• Song:

    Shattering The Skies Above

  • Artist:

    Trivium

band:  Trivium
song:  Shattering the skies above
album: From the new god of war 3 sound track "blood & metal"

this song is played on a 6 string guitar in drop D tuning
(D,A,D,G,B,E) high to low

comments and suggestions at greatly appreciated
a few friends let me know that this song is played 
on a 6 string in drop D tuning and not on a seven string
so i have spent some time modinfying the last one so....
please, please, please rate and enjoy!!!

also this tab is pretty much 100% correct and i have asked luke slater
if i could use his version of the solo so specialthanks to LUKIGE for the solos 
plus this tab should be spot on now ;D

bend up:                  BU(?)
bend return:              (?)
pre bend:                 PB
hammer on:                h
pull off:                 p
vibrato:                  ~
tremelo pick:             TR
triplets:                 _3_
slide up:                 /
pinch harmonic:           PH
whammy bar pitch lowered: WBL
palm mute:                PM

intro/verse 1
guitar 1
           PM---
E||---------------------|-1st,2nd&3rd-----|
B||---------------------|-------ending----|
G||---------------------|-----------------|
D||---------------------|-----------------|
A||-4BU(5)-------4BU(5)-|--------5-----4--|
D||--------0-0-0--------|--0-3-7---0-3----|

           PM---
E||---------------------|--4th-ending---------|
B||---------------------|---------------------|
G||---------------------|---------------------|
D||---------------------|--------5h7p5--------|
A||-4BU(5)-------4BU(5)-|--------------8-7----|
D||--------0-0-0--------|--0-3-7--------------|


verse 1 harmony
guitar 2
        PM---
E||---------------|-1st,2nd&3rd---|
B||---------------|------ending---|
G||---------------|---------------|
D||---------------|---------------|
A||-7~~-------7~~-|-------7-----6-|
D||-----0-0-0-----|-0-5-8---0-5---|

        PM---
E||---------------|-4th-ending-------|
B||---------------|------------------|
G||---------------|------------------|
D||---------------|-------7h8p7------|
A||-7~~-------7~~-|-------------10-8-|
D||-----0-0-0-----|-0-5-8------------|


verse 2
both guitars
E||---------------|---------------------|------------------|
B||o-------------o|-----guitar1---------|----guitar2-------|
G||--12----10-----|---------------------|------------------|
D||----x16---x16--|-------5h7p5---------|-------7h8p7------|
A||0-10-----8----o|-------------8-7-----|-------------10-8-|
D||---------------|-0-3-7---------------|-0-5-8------------|


verse 3
guitar 1
      PM-   PM-   PM-   PM-
E||-------------------------|-1st,2nd&3rd-|
B||-------------------------|------ending-|
G||-------------------------|-------------|
D||-------------------------|-------5-----|
A||-5-----8-----5-----8-----|-7-----------|
D||---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0-|---8-5-------|

       PM-   PM-   
E||------------------|-4th-ending----------------|
B||------------------|---------------------------|
G||------------------|---------------------------|
D||------------------|-5h7p5---------------------|
A||--5-----8-----5---|-------8-7--5h7p5----------|
D||----0-0---0-0---0-|------------------8-7------|


verse 3
guitar 2 harmony
      PM-    PM-   PM-    PM-
E||---------------------------|-1st,2nd&3rd-|
B||---------------------------|------ending-|
G||---------------------------|-------------|
D||---------------------------|--------8----|
A||-8-----12-----8-----12-----|-8-----------|
D||---0-0----0-0---0-0----0-0-|---10-8------|

      PM-    PM-
E||------------------|-4th-ending-------------|
B||------------------|------------------------|
G||------------------|------------------------|
D||------------------|-7h8p7------------------|
A||-8-----12-----8---|-------10-8--7h8p7------|
D||---0-0----0-0---0-|-------------------10-8-|


chorus
guitar 2
E||------------------|-----------------------|
B||------------------|-----------------------|
G||-12~--14~--10~~~--|-/14-12~--14~--9~---7~-|
D||------------------|-----------------------|
A||-10~--12~---8~~~--|-/12-10~--12~--7~---5~-|
D||------------------|-----------------------|

      PM-   PM-   PM-   PM-   PM  PM
E||---------------------------------|-------------------------|
B||---------------------------------|-------------------------|
G||-7-----6-----7-----9-----7---9---|-10~~---12~~---14~~~~~~~-|
D||---------------------------------|-------------------------|
A||-5-----4-----5-----7-----5---7---|--8~~---10~~---12~~~~~~~-|
D||---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0---0-|-------------------------|

guitar 1
                   PM-------
E||---------------------------|
B||o-------------------------o|
G||--3-3-----3-3--------------|
D||---------------------------|
A||o-1-1-0-0-1-1-0-----------o|
D||------0-0-----0-0-0-0-0-0--|

      PM-   PM-   PM-   PM-   PM  PM    PM-    PM-
E||---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G||---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
D||---------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
A||-5-----4-----5-----7-----5---7---|-8-----10-----12-12-12-12-12-12-12~~-|
D||---0-0---0-0---0-0---0-0---0---0-|---0-0----0-0------------------------|


solo 1 CKB
guitar 2
    TR------     ___3___  ___3___  ___3___  ___3___
E||-22-------21-22-21-18-21-18-17-18-17-15-17-15-14-17~~~-|
B||-------------------------------------------------------|
G||-------------------------------------------------------|
D||-------------------------------------------------------|
A||-------------------------------------------------------|
D||-------------------------------------------------------|

    TR--- ___3___  TR---
E||-------------------------|---------------|
B||-18----18-17-15-17----17-|--15-14--------|
G||-------------------------|--------15-14--|
D||-------------------------|---------------|
A||-------------------------|---------------|
D||-------------------------|---------------|

E||-------------------------------------------------------|
B||-------------------------------------------------------|
G||-------------------------------------------------------|
D||--/15WBL--/15WBL-14WBL-12WBL-14WBL-12WBL-11WBL-7WBL~~~-|
A||-------------------------------------------------------|
D||-------------------------------------------------------|

E||-------------------------------------------------|
B||----------------------------------------15PH-WBL-|
G||-----6-9----------9-12------------12-15----------|
D||---------5-8-----------8-11----------------------|
A||-4-7---------7-10-----------10-13----------------|
D||-------------------------------------------------|


verse 4
all of these notes are palm muted
E||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A||-5555--5555--5555--5555--555-555--4444--4444--4444--0000--8888-7777-|
D||--------------------------------------------------------------------|

all of these notes are open
E||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
B||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
G||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
D||--------------------------------------------------------------------|
A||----------------------------------4444--4444--4444--0000------------|
D||-0000--0000--0000--0000--000-000--------------------------3333-2222-|


solo 2 CKB
guitar 2
E||-10-------10~~~~~~~~~----10-12-13~~---12h13p12-12----------|
B||-13BU(15)-13BU(15)~~~-----------------------------13-------|
G||-----------------------------------------------------12\10-|
D||-----------------------------------------------------------|
A||-----------------------------------------------------------|
D||-----------------------------------------------------------|

E||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
B||----------11-------------------------------------|---------------------|
G||-12BU(14)------14--12----12-10----10\9-10-12-12~-|-14~-14h15p14p12-14~-|
D||-------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
A||----------------------13-------12----------------|---------------------|
D||-------------------------------------------------|---------------------|


E||--------------------------------------------------|
B||--------------------------------------------------|
G||-12\10--12-10-9--10-9-7--9-10-9--7-5-7--7~--------|
D||-------------------------------------------/7-7~~-|
A||--------------------------------------------------|
D||--------------------------------------------------|

solo 3 MKH
guitar 1
all of these note are triplets
E||------------------------------------------------------|
B||------------------------------------------------------|
G||------------------------------------------------------|
D||---------------------------5-7-8-5-7-8----------------|
A||---------------5-7-8-5-7-8-------------7-8-10-7-8-10--|
D||-7-8-10-7-8-10----------------------------------------|

E||--------------------------------|
B||--------------------------------|
G||---------------7-9-10-7-9-10----|
D||-7-8-10-7-8-10------------------|
A||--------------------------------|
D||--------------------------------|

E||---------------------------------|
B||---------------------------------|
G||-----------------9-10-12-9-10-12-|
D||-8-10-12-8-10-12-----------------|
A||---------------------------------|
D||---------------------------------|

E||----------------------------------------------------------|
B||-------------------------------------11-13-15-11-13-15----|
G||-------------------10-12-14-10-12-14----------------------|
D||-10-12-14-10-12-14----------------------------------------|
A||----------------------------------------------------------|
D||----------------------------------------------------------|

E||-------------------------------------12-13-15-12-13-15-|
B||-------------------11-13-15-11-13-15-------------------|
G||-10-12-14-10-12-14-------------------------------------|
D||-------------------------------------------------------|
A||-------------------------------------------------------|
D||-------------------------------------------------------|

E||-13-12-13-15-13~~-|-----------------------------------------|
B||------------------|--------------------------13PH-BU(15)~~~-|
G||------------------|-----10-12-12BU(14)-12-10----------------|
D||------------------|-/12-------------------------------------|
A||------------------|-----------------------------------------|
D||------------------|-----------------------------------------|

each bend excet the last is picked once but after the note 
is picked the bend then goes up, then down and then up again
E||-10----------------12----------------13----------------|
B||-13BU(15)(13)(15)--15BU(17)(15)(17)--16BU(18)(16)(18)--|
G||-------------------------------------------------------|
D||-------------------------------------------------------|
A||-------------------------------------------------------|
D||-------------------------------------------------------|

E||-15----------------17----------------20~-20BU(22)~~--|
B||-18BU(20)(18)(20)--20BU(22)(20)(22)------------------|
G||-----------------------------------------------------|
D||-----------------------------------------------------|
A||-----------------------------------------------------|
D||-----------------------------------------------------|


verse 5
guitar 1
E||----------------------------------|-----------------|
B||----------------------------------|-----------------|
G||-7-----9-----10------14-12-14-15--|--7--------------|
D||---x24---x8-----x24---x--x--x--x--|--x--10--7---0~--|
A||-5-----7-----8-------12-10-12-13--|--5---x--x---0~--|
D||----------------------------------|-----10--7---0~--|

E||-----------------------|----------------|
B||-----------------------|----------------|
G||-7~-9~-10~-14-12-14-15-|--7-------------|
D||-x--x---x---x--x--x--x-|--x--10--7------|
A||-5~-7~--8~-12-10-12-13-|--5---x--x------|
D||-----------------------|-----10--7------|

guitar 2
harmony
E||--------------------------------|
B||--------------------------------|
G||-3-----5-----7------10-9-10-12--|
D||---x24---x8-----x24--x-x--x--x--|
A||-1-----3-----5-------8-7--8-10--|
D||--------------------------------|

E||-----------------------------------------------------|
B||-----------------------------------------------------|
G||-----------------3~-5~-7~--10-9-10-12----------------|
D||--8--7--3---0~---x--x--x----x-x--x--x---8--7--3------|
A||--8--7--3---0~---1~-3~-5~---8-7--8-10---8--7--3------|
D||--8--7--3---0~--------------------------8--7--3------|


verse 6
both guitars
E||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
G||----------------------------------|---------------------------------|
D||-3--3-3----------3--3-3-0---------|---------------------------------|
A||-1--1-1-0--------1--1-1-0---------|---------------------000-444-777-|
D||--------0-000000--------0-000000--|--333-222-555-333333-------------|


order of song:
intro/verse 1
verse 2
verse 3
chorus
verse 1
verse 2
solo 1 CKB
verse 3
chorus
verse 4
solo 2 CKB
solo 3 MKH
verse 5
verse 3
chorus
verse 6
verse 3

thats all ,enjoy :)
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