Band: Nile
Album: In Their Darkened Shrines
Song: Execration Text
Copyright (c) Relapse Records (2002)
Version 1.0 - August 16, 2004
Transcribed By: Antoine Poliquin
Email: legrandtony@hotmail.com
. - palm mute / - slide up to
- slide down to ~ - vibrato
h - hammer on b - Bend e.g.: 10b(12) = bend 1 tone
p - pull off pb - pre-Bend
t - tap dv - dive (tremolo bar)
p.h. pinched harmonic |--3---| - triplets
* - commentary r - release bend
x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend
, - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note
" - tremolo note <> - Trill
Most of the times, two (-) are equal to one 8th note (if else,
i'll indicate it) to lighten the reading of the tabs.
The numbers above the measures are the time signatures.
As always, I'm not claiming that this is THE perfect tab. It's
simply my interpretation of the song, or how I like to play it.
Of course, any suggestions, improvements or comments are welcome.
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EXECRATION TEXT
Tuning DROP-A (A-E-A-D-F#-B)
INTRO (play once the four boxes)
T =120
Guits 1& 2 :
3/4
||----------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------------------| All in 16th
||----------------------------------------------------| triplets here.
||9-------------------------9-------------------------|
||--13-12-13-12-11-12-11-10---13-12-13-12-11-12-11-10-|
_____________________________________________
|1.3. (2/4) |--3--|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------| All in regular 32nd here
|---------------------------------------------| except for the last
|11-11-11-11----------------------------------| three notes (which are,
|------------13-13-13-13-12-12-12-12-10-------| again, 16th triplets)
|---------------------------------------14-13-|
________________
|2.4. (2/4)
|----------------||
|----------------||
|----------------|| Regular 16th here.
|----------------||
|4-5-4-5-7-8-7-5-||
|4-5-4-5-7-8-7-5-||
. . . . . . . .
Then play again the last box twice.
Then the fast run (for the rythm, just look at the powertab or
guitar pro version instead, both hosted on metaltabs.com):
BRIDGE :
T=120
Guit 1 & 2 play :
4/4
||---------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------|
||14h15p14p12-11h12p11----14h15p14p12-11h12p11-------------------|
||---------------------13----------------------12-13h16p13-12-10-|
||---------------------------------------------------------------|
||---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|12h13p12-10----10h12p10----------------------------------------------------||
|------------13----------13-12-13h15p13-12-10-12h13p12-10-9-10h12p10p9------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------------13---||
RIFF 1 (play once)
T=120
Guits 1 & 2 play :
4/4
||----------------------------|
||----------------------------|
||-----------/12-/11----------| Pick the bottom A with your pick
||10-/12-/13---------/13-/13--| and the upper melody with any other
||----------------------------| finger you like (thanks to Karl Sanders
||0---0---0---0---0---0---0---| for the input !)
12/8 |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------/12-----------------------------------------------------------||
|10-/12-/13------13-12-10-----------------------------------10-12-13-13---||
|-------------------------13-12-10-9----------------9-10-12----------10---||
|0---0---0---0-----------------------13-12-10-12-13------------------10---||
RIFF 1a (play twice)
T=120
Guit. 1 plays RIFF 1
Guit. 2 plays the harmony :
||----------------------------|
||-----------/15-/14----------|
||12-/14-/15---------/15-/12--|
||----------------------------|
||----------------------------|
||0---0---0---0---0---0---0---|
12/8 |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------a.h.--||
|-----------/15-----------------------------------------------------[11]~-||
|12-/14-/15---------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------13-12-10-----------------------------------10-12-13------||
|-------------------------13-12-10-9----------------9-10-12---------------||
|0---0---0---0-----------------------13-12-10-12-13-----------------------||
BRIDGE
T=120
GUits 1 & 2 play :
4/4
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
||--------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------5---|
||6-5-3-------------3-5-6-------5-6-8-6---3---|
||------8-7-5-4-5-7-------5-7-8---------------|
.
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|7-----8-----7---8-----7-----8---||
|5-----6-----5---6-----5-----6---||
|--------------------------------||
Then play the INTRO once.
Then play the last box 3x.
Then play the first bar of the bridge, but skip the last note.
Then play :
RIFF 2
T=120
Guitar 1 above, guitar 2 below.
4/4
||--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||7-7-7-7---------8-8-8-8---------|10101010---------8-8-8-8---------|
||--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||--------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-|---------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-|
| |
||--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||14141414-------15151515---------|17171717---------15151515--------|
||--------------------------------|---------------------------------|
||--------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-|---------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-|
______________________________________________________
|1.2.3. (4/4)
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|13h16p13p12---12h13p12p11---11h12p11p8----8h11p8p7----|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
| |
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|15h18p15p14---14h15p14p13---13h14p13p10---10h13p10p9--|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
Then both guitars play :
_____________________________
|4. (4/4)
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|0-----1-----0-----1-----0---4---||
|0-----1-----0-----1-----0---4---||
. . . . . .
RIFF 3 (play 2x)
T=120
Guits 1 & 2 play :
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
||----------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------|
||0h2p0---0h2h3p2p1p0-2h3h5p3p2----------|
||------4---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------11110000|
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
|--------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------||
|0h2p0---0h2h3p2p1p0-------------------||
|------4-----------------------1tr4----||
|----------------------1---0-----------||
|----------------------1---0-----------||
.
SOLO BACKING :
T=120
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||11111111111111114444444455555555|44444444444444444444444411111111|
|--------------------------------|-two-gtrs-harmonized------------|
|--------------------------------|-----------------------a.h.-----|
|--------------------------------|------------------------5-------|
|--------------------------------|333333333333333344444444--------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|00000000000000000000000000000000|0000000000000000000000003-------|
Then play the first two bars, palm muted.
Then play that bar twice :
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|------0---------0-----------------0---|
|0-0-0-0---0-0-0-0---000000000-0-0-0---|
. . . . . . . . ......... . . .
Then play the first three bars, palm muted.
Then play that bar :
T=100
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|00--11--00--11--00--11--0-------||
|00--11--00--11--00--11--0-------||
SOLO (not perfect at all, but sounds close to the cd) :
T=120
||----------------18----------17--|--------------------------------|
||20b(22)~--------------20--------|19----20----16--19----15----16--|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|19b(20)r-------------------------|17b(19)--------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|18-17-15-17-15-14-15-17-18-17-15-14-15-17-15-14-15-17-18-17-14-15-17-18-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------all-in-16th-triplets-----------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|17-14-15-17-18-16b(17)--18-20-18-17-15-17-18-17-15-14-15-17-18-17-15-14-|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------all-in-16th-triplets-----------------------------|
|-----------------------except-for-the-bend------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|14--15h17p15p14-15--14h15p14-11h14p11-10h11p10---------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------13-13b(15)-13h15p13-|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------10-11-8-10----8----------------|
|11--11h13p11-10-----------------11---10-11-8-10-7-8-|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------this-in-16th-triplets----------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|7-8----7----------------------------------------------------|
|----10---8-10-7-8----7------7b(8)r--------------------------|
|------------------10---9-10---------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------7-----8---7~------------------------------|
|10----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------111311------------1315|
|----------------------------1012101214------1412--121415----|
|------------1012------101214--------------------15----------|
|------101213----101213--------------------------------------|
|121415------------------------------------------------------|
T=100
|15171817151315171817151415171514141514-------------------|
|--------------------------------------1615161513-13b(15)-| let ring.
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------|
RIFF 4 (play once the 4 boxes):
T=120
Guits 1 & 2 play :
________________________
3/4 |1.3.
||------------------------|----two-guitars-in-one--|
||------------------------|------------------------|
||------------------------|--------555566665555----|
||------------------------|----8888------------8888|
||----66668888999988886666|555566668888999988886666|
||0000--------------------|------------------------|
__________________________________
|2.4. (4/4) |-3-|
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|6---5-------5---2-------2h5p2-1---||
|----------------------------------||
RIFF 4a (play 3x)
T=120
Guits 1 & 2 play :
3/4
||------------------------||
||------------------------||
||------------------------||
||------------------------||
||5-5-6-6-8-8-9-9-8-8-6-6-||
||------------------------||
. . . . . . . . . . . .
Then play RIFF 4's last bar once.
Then play half of RIFF 4 (just the two first boxes).
Then play :
|-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-|
||----------------------------------------||
||----------------------------------------||
||0h2p0---0h2h3p2p1p0-2h3h5p3p2----------||
||------4---------------------------------||
||--------------------------------1---0---||
||--------------------------------1---0---||
. .
Then play RIFF 2, harmonizing only the 3rd and 4th times.
Instead of the last box, play that fast run (VERY APPROXIMATIVE !):
T=120
4/4
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------13-------13-15----13-15-16-|
||9-10-12-13-10-12-13-15-12-13-15-17-13-15-17----15-17-------17----------|
||-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------14-------14-15-14h15p14-12-11h12p11-------------|
|---13-15-16-13-15-16----15-16----------------------------12-13h16p13-|
|17-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |-3--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|12h13p12-10----10h12p10--------------------------------------------------|
|------------13----------13-12-13h15p13-12-10-12h13p12-10-9-10h12p10p9----|
|----------------------------------------------------------------------13-|
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|12------------------------------||
|12------------------------------||
|12------------------------------||
The end.
By the way if daniel, curt, william, cj, and paul is looking at this they are gay in the "a"!
