Artist: Fear Factory
Song: "Leechmaster"
Album: Soul of a New Machine
Label: Roadrunner Records, copyright 1992, (The All-Blacks B.V.)
Dry Lung Vocal Martyr: Burton C. Bell
All Discordant Guitars & Bass, Hardware, Utilities: Dino Cazares
Dicordant Bass: Andrew Shives
Variable Percussive Wrecking: Raymond Herrera
Thanks a lot to Yani and Ray for giving me the opportunity to do this.
My name is Dimitrije Kostic and any questions about this tab or any
others in the Fear Factory Tablature Archive can be emailed to me at
martyr@fearfactory.com
I will gladly investigate any possible errors in any tablature on this site.
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Leechmaster is a hardcore tremolo workout for the guitarist. This
song takes a lot of study and practice to get it to sound like the
recording. It is important to pace yourself, make sure your wrist is
under control, and that youre locked in well with your drummer. Have
fun!
Tune all strings down a perfect fourth (B, E, A, D, F#, B)
LEGEND:
* -- palm-mute
H -- hit-on
P -- pull-off
~~~~ -- vibrato
A.H. -- Artificial Harmonic
N.H. -- Natural Harmonic
/ -- slide up
-- slide down
X -- lay fingers on strings to cause a "thud"; a "dead
note"
fairly fast speed
Intro: one snare hit
Riff A
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|-5-2222-2222-2222-2222-3-4-5-2222-2222-2222-2222-3-4-5--|
**** **** **** **** * * **** **** **** **** * *
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|-------------------------2--5--7--5--2-5--|
|-2222-2222-2222-2222-3-4-0--3--5--3--0-3--|
**** **** **** **** * * * * * * * *
Riff B
Use your ring finger to play the fifth fret on the B string, use your
pinkie finger to play the fifth fret on the E string, use your middle
finger to play the fourth fret on the E string, and use your index
finger to play the third fret on the B string. Although awkward at
first, this is the smoothest method of playing this riff.
P P P P
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|---------------------5-4-5-4---------------------5-4------|
|-5555-5555-5555-5555---------5555-5555-5555-5555-----3-5--|
**** **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
Riff C
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|-2222-2222-2222-2222-222-222--2222-2222-2222-2222-222-222--|
**** **** **** **** *** *** **** **** **** **** *** ***
Riff D
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|-------2-3333-2-------2-3333-2-------2-3333-2-------2-3333-2--|
|-0-3-4----------0-3-4----------0-3-4----------0-3-4-----------|
* * * * **** * * * * * **** * * * * * **** * * * * * **** *
Riff E
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|-6-------5-------4-------3--------------------------3--------|
|-4-------3-------2-------1-------444444333333222222-1--------|
|---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0----------------------0-0-0--|
* * * * * * * * * * * * ****************** * * * *
Riff F
Let notes that are not palm muted ring out
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|--------------3----2-----------------3-----------|
|-333333333333-----------333333333333-------------|
************ ************
Riff G
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|-6-----5-5-----4-4-----3-3------------|
|-4-----3-3-----2-2-----1-1-------2-2--|
|---0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-2-0-0--|
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Song Structure
Riff A 2 times
Riff B 2 times
Riff C 2 times
Riff A 1 time
Riff B 1 time
Riff C 2 times
Riff A 2 times
Riff D 2 times
Riff E 2 times
Riff F 2 times
Riff B 2 times
Riff C 2 times
Riff A 2 times
Riff D 2 times
Riff E 2 times
Riff F 4 times
Riff G 1 time and end abruptly
