Artist: Fear Factory
Song: "Suffer Age"
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.
Thanks also to my brother for loaning me Soul of a New Machine.
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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This is, I believe, the first song Fear Factory ever wrote. They wrote
it on the Halloween night when they first jammed together. It is track
number 13 on their debut album, Soul of a New Machine. Perhaps because
it is one of their earlier songs, it does not have Fear Factory's
trademark keyboard influence so it does lend itself a little more to
live performance.
Because it is a more "playable" song (so to speak), do not deceive
yourself: it is still very trying and very difficult. If your right
(picking) hand is not well-trained in tremolo picking and downstroking,
this will not sound anywhere near good when you try to play it, so make
sure your picking strategies are up to par.
A good thing to try with Riff A is string muting. While you play the
notes, use your inactive fingers to mute the G string, so as to prevent
unwanted feedback or accidentally hitting the string. Don't press the
string all the way down on the fretboard; simply rest your finger on the
string.
For Riffs D, F, and G, you will need to tremolo pick. Instead of
holding your pick in the traditional fashion (between the bottoms of
your index finger and thumb), try holding the pick between the bottom of
your thumb and the side of your index finger. This will allow you to
increase your speed quite a bit.
Guitars 1 and 2 both tune all strings down a perfect fourth
(B, E, A, D, F#, B)
LEGEND:
^ -- bend up
* -- palm-mute
H -- hit-on
P -- pull-off
~~~~ -- vibrato
A.H. -- Artificial Harmonic
N.H. -- Natural Harmonic
\ -- slide down
/ -- slide up
Tempo begins slow, and then speeds up significantly
Riff A (played by guitar 1)
Pre-bend (bend the G-string up a half-step, hold, and then begin to
pick) on the first note, and then gradually lower the string back to its
normal pitch after about twenty strokes.
^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^
|--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
|--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--|
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Riff B (played by guitar 2)
~~~~~(slightly)~~~~~(slightly)~~~
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|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3------------------(6)------------------5------------(6)---|
|--3------------------(6)------------------5------------(6)---|
|--1-------------------4-------------------3-------------4----|
Riff C (played by guitar 2)
* * * * * ring * * * * * ring * * * * * ring
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3-4-5-4-3----------3-4-5-4-3----------3-4-5-4-3------------|
|--1-2-3-2-1----------1-2-3-2-1----------1-2-3-2-1------------|
* * * * * ring * * * * * * * * * *
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|--3-4-5-4-3----------3-4-5-4-3--3-4-5-4-3--|
|--1-2-3-2-1----------1-2-3-2-1--1-2-3-2-1--|
Riff D (played by guitar 2)
The single notes should receive only a light palm muting
* * * * * * **** * * * * ****** * * * * * * * * * *
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9999-5-5-5-5-555555-----------------------|
|---------------------------------3-4-5-4-3--3-4-5-4-3--|
|---------------------------------1-2-3-2-1--1-2-3-2-1--|
* * * * * * **** * * * * ****** * * * * * * * * * *
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6666-3-3-3-3-333333-3-4-5-4-3--3-4-5-4-3--|
|---------------------------------1-2-3-2-1--1-2-3-2-1--|
* * * * * * **** * * * * ****** * * * * * * * * * *
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-9-9-9-9-9-9-9999-5-5-5-5-555555-----------------------|
|---------------------------------3-4-5-4-3--3-4-5-4-3--|
|---------------------------------1-2-3-2-1--1-2-3-2-1--|
* * * * * * **** * * * * ****** *
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-6-6-6-6-6-6-6666-3-3-3-3-333333-3-|
|---------------------------------1-|
Riff E (played by guitar 1)
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
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|-------------------------------------------------------|
|--3---------3---------6-3--------3--------6-3----------|
|--1---------1---------4-1--------1--------4-1----------|
Riff F (played by guitar 2)
Tremolo picking (with palm muting) at warp speed-this sounds like
chaos set to a drum beat =).
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|--111111000000444444333333--|
Riff G (played by guitar 2)
Also tremolo picked (and palm muted) at a very high speed.
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------7-4-----|
|---------------------------------------------------5-2-----|
|--111111000000444444333333111111000000444444333333---------|
Riff H (played by guitar 2)
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-----4\3-4-7-----4\3-4-2--|
|--0--2\1-2-5--0--2\1-2-0--|
Riff I (played by guitar 2)
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|-----6----5----6----5-------|
|--0004-0003-0004-0003-------|
Riff J (played by guitar 2)
This is the riff played above the "What is your major malfunction,
numbnuts?!! Did Mommy and Daddy..." sample
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--3---------5/6\5--2-----6-----5-------|
|---------------------------------------|
|--1---0(0)0-3/4\3--0--0004--0003--000--|
Song Structure:
(Fade in with) Riff A 4 times
Riff B (Riff A played in background) 6 times
Riff C 1 time
Riff D 1 time
Riff E 1 time w/ Riff F 4 times underneath
Riff G 4 times
Riff H 4 times
Riff E 1 time w/ Riff F 4 times underneath
Riff G 4 times
Riff H 4 times
Riff I 4 times
Riff J 8 times
Riff E 1 time w/ Riff F 4 times underneath
Riff G 4 times and end with the two final chords played very harshly
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