Artist:  Fear Factory
Song:  "Freedom or Fire"
Album:  "Obsolete"
Label:  Roadrunner Records, copyright 1998, (The All-Blacks B.V.)

Nihilistic Automaton:  Burton C. Bell
Hypercharged Detonator:  Dino Cazares
Substatic Intensifier:  Christian Olde Wolbers
Automodulated Groove Injector:  Raymond Herrera

hey peoples, whats up? My name is Dave Theriaque, but my friends call 
me DeMoN(no clue), but if you have any comments or requests or corrections
just e-mail me and i'll see what i could do   
My E-mail is slipknot31386@yahoo.com
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The bass here, as usual, follows the guitar melody pretty well.  There 
should be few trouble spots in this tab.  Just try to keep your stamina 
up towards the end.  Also, feel free to make octave substitutions, such 
as...

|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-----instead-of-----0--|
|-5---------------------|

...as it may be easier to play.  I included more open D strings to give 
the bass a more resonating effect.  Have fun!

Tune all strings down a perfect fifth (A, D, G, C)

LEGEND:
 
        H    -- hit-on
        P    -- pull-off
        ~~~~ -- vibrato
        A.H. -- Artificial Harmonic
        N.H. -- Natural Harmonic
  /    -- slide up
  \ -- slide down

moderate to fast speed

Riff A

This riff is accompanied by the sounds of a pick scraping against guitar 
strings.

|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|--------0---------------------------------0------------|
|-2-------------2------2--3--2------4-------------4--2--|

Riff B

|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------00-0----------------------------------------00-----------|
|-22-2----------------22-2----33-3--22-2------44-4--------------4--2-|

Riff C

|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|----------0-0-0----------0-0-0--|
|-/7--4-2--------/7--4-2---------|

Riff D

|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|----------0-0-0----0---------0--|
|-/7--4-2--------/7---7--4-/7----|

Riff E

|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|----------0-0-0-2\0-----0-0/2--|
|-/7--4-2------------2/4--------|

Riff F

|-----------------------|
|-----------------------|
|-------------------2---|
|-2------/5--4--5-------|

Riff G

|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-------------------------|
|-2------5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|

Riff H

|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|----------0-0-0-2-------0--|
|-/7--4-2----------4-\-2----|

Riff I

|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------0---------------|
|-1------4------2------(2)-(4)-1------4-------------(4)-(2)--|

Riff J

|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-33-4-33-4-33-4-33-4-33-4-33-4-33-4-33-4-33-4-33-4--|

Riff K

|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-3---4--3--4--3--4--3--4--3--4--|

Riff L

|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-333-4-4-4-3-4-4-4-3-4-4-4-3-4-4-4--|

Riff M

|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-3/4-4--4/5--5\(4)-5-(6)-7--|

Riff N

|----------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|
|-------------------------2-2-2-2--|
|-333-4-4-3-3-4-4-333-4-5----------|

Riff O

|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-5--------5----------------|
|-3/4-4-4--3/4-4-5-7-7-7-7--|


Riff P

|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------0--------------------|
|-1------4------2------(2)-(4)-1------4-------------(4)-22222222--|

Riff Q

|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-4-4-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-4-4--|

|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-2-2-2--|

Riff R

|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-1-1-1-1-1-1-4-4-4-4-4-4-5-5-5-5-5-5-4-4-2-2-2--|

Riff S

Let the note sustain, feedback, and fade out

|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|-1-------|

Song Structure

Riff A 1 time 
Riff B 3 times
Riff C 3 times
Riff D 1 time
Riff C 3 times
Riff E 1 time
Riff F 8 times
Riff C 3 times
Riff E 1 time
Riff F 7 times
Riff G 1 time
Riff C 3 times
Riff H 1 time
Riff I 2 times
Riff J 2 times
Riff K 4 times
Riff L 4 times
Riff M 3 times
Riff N 1 time
Riff L 4 times
Riff M 3 times
Riff O 1 time
Riff P 1 time
Riff Q 2 times
Riff R 4 times
Riff S 1 time, feedback and fade out with synths