Dimmu Borgir - Cataclysm Children (05:15)
Album: Death Cult Armageddon (Nuclear Blast, 2003)
Track: 08
Tabber: Dan ze Man
Tuning: Standard
Music/Lyrics: Silenoz, Galder and Mustis
Notation legend:
/\ - Slide up/down
x - muffled string(s)
P.M. - Palm mute
(8) - ghost note
p - pulloff
> - accents
Note: This is a very underestimated song on Dimmus last album.
It definetely has one of their best solos ever, and the chorus is
great. Alot of sounds in the song are synths/pianos though, so you
won't be able to play it exact on only a guitar. whatever.
Intro:
-|------------|-
-|------------|-
-|------------|-
-|--5-4--3-4--|-
-|--5-4--1-4--|-
-|--3-2----2--|-
> > > >
-|---------------------------------|-
-|---------------------------------|-
-|---------------------------------|-
-|-----------9-9-------------------|-
-|-----------7-7----------6\5-5/8--|-
-|--00000000-----00000000-4\3-3/6--|-
-|--------------------------------|-
-|--------------------------------|-
-|------------------------7-6-----|-
-|-----------9-9----------5-4--8--|-
-|-----------7-7---------------6--|-
-|--00000000-----00000000---------|-
Then at 00:09 guitar 2 and drums enter, fading in:
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------|-
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------|-
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------|-
-|---------------------------------------------------------------3----|-
-|-----------------------------------------------------------5-4-1-4--|-
-|--000-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-000-000--3-2---2--|-
then both guitars play intro for a while, then
this part comes at 00.35, with some heavy fuzz and ***:
-|-------------------------|-
-|-------------------------|-
-|-------------3-3-2--3-2--|-
-|--5-5-5--4-5-------------|-
-|-------------------------|-
-|-------------------------|-
-|----------|-
-|----------|-
-|----------|-
-|----------|-
-|--5-4-5---|-
-|--3-2-3---|-
-|-------------------------|-
-|-------------------------|-
-|-------------3-3-2--3-2--|-
-|--5-5-5--4-5-------------|-
-|-------------------------|-
-|-------------------------|-
Verse:
-|--------------------------|-
-|--------------------------|-
-|------------------1--1-2--|-
-|------------------2--2-3--|-
-|--2222222-3-22222---------|-
-|--0000000-1-00000---------|-
-|--------------------------|-
-|------------------2-1-2-1-|-
-|------------------3-2-3-2-|-
-|--2222222-3-22222---------|-
-|--0000000-1-00000---------|-
-|----------------------|-
-|----------------------|-
-|----------------------|-
-|----------------------|-
-|--22222222-33333333---|-
-|--00000000-11111111---|-
At 01:24 the intro riff is played again.
Pre Chorus:
The Pre Chorus consists of two guitars, one
clean/acoustic and one distorted/electric.
the distorted guitar plays this next riff:
-|--------------------|-
-|-------0--------0---|-
-|-----0----x-3-4-----|-
-|-x-2----------------|-
-|--------------------|-
-|--------------------|-
-|--------------------|-
-|-------0------0-5---|-
-|-----0------3-------|-
-|-x-2------x---------|-
-|--------------------|-
-|--------------------|-
-|-----------------------|-
-|-----------------------|-
-|-----------------------|-
-|----------4-3333333-4--|-
-|--2222222-2-1111111-2--|-
-|--0000000--------------|-
This is the bridge riff that is played at
02:05, right after the prechorus. It has
a weird rotary effect or some ***.
-|-----------------------------------|-
-|-----------------------------------|-
-|-----------------------------------|-
-|-----------------------------8-5---|-
-|---------------------------4-------|-
-|--0-0000000-0000000-000000---------|-
-|------------------------------------|-
-|------------------------------------|-
-|------------------------------------|-
-|---------------------------5-4-3-2--|-
-|---------------------------5-4-3-2--|-
-|--0-0000000-0000000-000000-3-2-1-0--|-
This li'l riff is played at 02:16
-|---------------|-
-|---------------|-
-|---------------|-
-|------7-----8--|-
-|----7-----8----|-
-|--6-----7------|-
To chorus.
Chorus:
This part has a lot of synth/piano as the leading
instrument, the guitars onle play chords as i could hear.
-|--------------------------|-
-|--------------------------|-
-|--------7-----4-----------|-
-|--2-----7-----4----2-2-2--|-
-|--2-----5-----2----2-2-2--|-
-|--0----------------0-0-0--|-
Guitar solo (with Chorus riff) (fade in):
-|----------------------------------------------------------|-
-|------------------------12---11-12-11---------------------|-
-|-------------------11-12--------------12---11-12-11-9~*---|- (pinch harmonic)
-|----------------12----------------------------------------|-
-|----------10-14-------------------------------------------|-
-|--(10)-12-------------------------------------------------|-
-|-----------------------|-
-|--12-------------------|-
-|----12-11--------------|-
-|----------12-14-12-11--|-
-|-----------------------|-
-|-----------------------|-
-|-----------------------------------------------|-
-|-----------------------------------------------|-
-|-----------------------------------------------|-
-|--------------------------------9--11-9-11/12--|-
-|----------7--9-7-9-10--12-11-12----------------|-
-|--10-9-10--------------------------------------|-
_P.M.____/
All notes are speed picked:
-|--------------------------|-
-|----------------------14--|-
-|----------------11-15-----|-
-|-------------12-----------|-
-|-----9-10-13--------------|-
-|--12----------------------|-
Layered and harmonised guitars:
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|-
-|--15p14----------14-15p14----------14-15p14----------14-15p14----------14-|-
-|--------16-15-16----------16-15-16----------16-15-16----------16-15-16----|-
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|-
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|-
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|-
|
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|-
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|-
-|--12p11----------11-12p11----------11-12p11----------11-12p11----------11-|-
-|--------14-13-14----------14-13-14----------14-13-14----------14-13-14----|-
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|-
-|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|-
-|--15p14----------14-15p14----------14---------|-
-|--------17-16-17----------17-16-17-----17-\--|-
-|----------------------------------------------|-
-|----------------------------------------------|-
-|----------------------------------------------|-
-|----------------------------------------------|-
|
-|----------------------------------------------|-
-|--13p12----------12-13p12----------12---------|-
-|--------14-13-14----------14-13-14-----14-\--|-
-|----------------------------------------------|-
-|----------------------------------------------|-
-|----------------------------------------------|-
-|--------------------------------------------------------|-
-|--------------------------------------------------------|-
-|--------------------------------------------------------|-
-|--------------------------------------------------------|-
-|----------------6-7-9--10---9--10-9-10-------/14-12-10--|-
-|--10--9-10-9-7-------------------------0-----/15-14-12--|-
-|--------------------------------------------------|-
-|--------------------------------------------------|-
-|--------------------------------------------------|-
-|--------------------------------------------------|-
-|----------------6-7-9--10---9--10-9-10------------|-
-|--10--9-10-9-7---------------------------3-2-0----|-
-|--12---------------------|-
-|-----12------------------|-
-|--------12--11-12-11--9--|-
-|-------------------------|-
-|-------------------------|-
-|-------------------------|-
all notes are tremolo picked:
-|--12---15---18---21---|-
-|----------------------|-
-|----------------------|-
-|----------------------|-
-|----------------------|-
-|----------------------|-
ending:
-|-------------|-
-|-------------|-
-|--------9\--|-
-|--2--2--9\--|-
-|--2--2--7\--|-
-|--0--0-------|-
