Band:  Suffocation
Album: Pierced from Within
Song:  Pierced from Within

.  - palm mute           /  - slide up to
  - slide down to       ~  - vibrato
h (x2444x@1)- hammer on           b (x24432@1)- Bend  e.g.: 10b(12) = bend 1 tone
p  - pull off            pb - pre-Bend
t  - tap                 dv - dive (tremolo bar)
p.h. pinched harmonic    
*  - commentary          r - release bend
x  - Stuccatto           ~  - vibrato bend
,  - slight palm mute    () - ghost note, sustained note
"  - tremolo note        tr - 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.
I know there is already a tab for this song on the internet, but
in my opinion it is very wrong, so I thought I'd add my
version for people to choose which one they prefer.
By the way, guitar 1 = right channel and guitar 2 = left channel.
Those two are tuned differently, making it harder to transcribe the notes.
The solos are, of course, not written the way Cerrito and Hobbs play them 
but the way I like to play them. If you know better, please email me at: 
legrandtony@hotmail.com
Thanks to Michael King for the input concerning RIFF 2 ! 
Greatly appreciated !
----------------------------------------------------------------------
PIERCED FROM WITHIN

Tuning C# F# B E G# C#

2/4
||----------------||
||----------------||
||------drum------||
||------fill------||
||----------------||
||----------------||

RIFF 1 (play 2x)
T=105
Guitars 1 & 2 :
    12/8
C#||--------------------------------------------------|
G#||--------------------------------------------------|
E ||------------------------0h1p0---------------------|
B ||3-----------5-----------------3-0-----------------|
F#||1---4---5---3-------1-2-----------3-0---6---4---3-|
C#||----2---3-------123-------------------4---3---2---|
        .   .       ... . .       . . . . .   .   .

|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|--------6-----------5-------3---4---------------|
|--------4-----------3---3---1---2---3---4---5---|
|33333333----22222222----1-----------1---2---3---|
 ........    ........    .           .   .

4/4
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|------------------------------1-||
|--------------------------1-2---||
|----2-1-----3-2-----2-1-2-------||
|123-----234-----123-------------||
 ... . . ... . . ... . . . . .

BRIDGE 1 (play once)
T=105
Guitar 1 :
  2/4
||----------------||
||3---------------||
||--1---2-1-------||
||----0-----2-----||
||------------3-2-||
||----------------||
  . . . . . . . .

Guitar 2 :
||----------------||
||6---------------||
||--4---5-4-------||
||----3-----5-----||
||------------6-2-||
||----------------||
  . . . . . . . .

RIFF 2 (play once all the boxes)
T=150
Guitars 1 & 2 :                    ________________________________
  4/4                             |1. 3.
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|----------------------4-3-------|
||--------3-4-------------3-4-3-4-|--------3-4-----4-5-4-2-1-4-----|
||222222221-2-2222222222221-2-1-2-|222222221-2-22222-3-2-----2-1tr2| (trill)
          . .             . . . .          . .     . . . . . .
 __________________________________ __________________________________
|2.                                |4.
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|----------------these-are-triplets|----------------these-are-triplets||
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------6--5-----|-------------------------5--4-----||
|--------3-4-----6--4--5--4--3--6--|--------3-4-----6--4--5--3--2--5--||
|222222221-2-22224--2--3--4--3--4--|222222221-2-22224--2--3--3--2--3--||
         . .     .  .  .                    . .     .  .  .

BRIDGE 2 (play once)
T=105
Guitar 1 only :
  4/4
||--------------------------------||
||--------------------------------||
||--------------------------------||
||--------------------------------||
||4-----5---5-4-----5---5-4---4---||
||2---2---3-----222---3-----5---5-||
      .   .     ...   .     .   .

RIFF 3 (play once all the boxes)
T=105
Guitars 1 & 2 :
  4/4
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||----------------------------1-2-|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------2-----|------------------------5---4---|
||3-----4---4-3---------2-1-------|4-----5---5-4-----5-4-5---5---5-|
||1---1---2-----111-4-3-----------|2---2---3-----222---------------|
      .   .     ...   . . . .          .   .     ... . . .   .   .

_________________________________________________________________
|1.
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|3-----4---4-3-----4-3-4---4-----|4-----5---5-4-----5---5-4---4---|
|1---1---2-----111-------4---5-4-|2---2---3-----222---3-----5---5-|
     .   .     ... . . . . . . .      .   .     ...   .     .   .

________________________________________
|2. (5/4)
|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------2-------||
|3-----4---4-3-----4-3-4-3---4---2-------||
|1---1---2-----111-------1---2---0-------||
     .   .     ...       .   .

RIFF 2a (play once all the boxes)
T=150
Guitars 1 & 2:                     ________________________________
  4/4                             |1. 3.
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|----------------------4-3-------|
||4-4-4-4-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-4-3-4-|4-4-4-4-3-4-4-4-4-3-4-2-1-4-----|
||2-2-2-2-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-2-1-2-|2-2-2-2-1-2-2-2-2-1-2-----2-1tr2|
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .  . . . . . . . . . . .

__________________________________ __________________________________
|2.                                |4.
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|----------------these-are-triplets|----------------these-are-triplets||
|----------------------------------|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------6--5-----|-------------------------5--4-----||
|4-4-4-4-3-4-4-4-6--4--5--4--3--6--|4-4-4-4-3-4-4-4-6--4--5--3--2--5--||
|2-2-2-2-1-2-2-2-4--2--3--4--3--4--|2-2-2-2-1-2-2-2-4--2--3--3--2--3--||
 . . . . . . . . .  .  .            . . . . . . . . .  .  .

Then play BRIDGE 2 once.
Then :

RIFF 4 (play 1x all the boxes)
T=105
Guitars 1 & 2:
  4/4                              6/8
||--------------------------------|------------------------|
||--------------------------------|------------------------|
||--------------------------------|------------------------|
||4---------6---4---3-2---2-------|4-----------------------|
||2-----4-5---4---4-----3---3-2---|2---5-6-5-6-6---5-6-5-6-|
||--333-------------------------3-|--333-4-3-4-4-333-4-3-4-|
    ... . .   .   .     .   . . .    ... . . .   ... . . .

|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------|2---5---3---------------|
|------------3/4-4/5-5/6-|4---------6---4---3-2---|--3---6---4---4-3---2---|
|3---3-2-3-2-1/2-2/3-3/4-|2-------5---4---3-----3-|------------5-----4---3-|
|1-111-0-1-0-1/2-2/3-3/4-|--333-4-----------------|------------------------|
   ... . . .                ... . . . . . . . . .    .   .   . . . . . . .

_____________________________________
                         |1. (9/8)
|------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------|0tr1---------------------------------|
|------------------------|------------------------(drum-stick)-|
|--------1---------------|---------3h4-3-6-4-7-3---------------|
|--3-2-----2-1-----1-2-3-|-----3-4-----1-4-2-5-1---------------|
|4-----3-------2-1-------|-------------1-4-2-5-1---------------|
 . . . . . . . . . . . .       . .     . .     .

_________________________
|2. (3/4)
|-------------------------||
|0tr1---------------------||
|-------------------------||
|---------3h4-3-6-4-7-----||
|-----3-4-----1-4-2-5-3---||
|-------------1-4-2-5-1---||
      . .     . .     .

RIFF 5 (play once)
T=105
Guitar 1 :
 4/4
||--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|
||5---------------4---------------|
||3---------------2---------------|
  .               .

|--------------------------------|-----------------------p.h.-----||
|--------------------------------|------------------------6~------||
|--------8888888888888888--------|--------8888888877777777--------||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|5-----------------------5-------|4-------------------------------||
|3-----------------------3-------|2-------------------------------||
 .                       .        .

Guitar 2 :
 4/4
||--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|
||------3-5-6-5-6-------2-4-5-4-5-|
||--------------------------------|
||3-6-7-----------2-5-6-----------|
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

|--------------------------------|-----------------------p.h.-----||
|--------------------------------|----------------444444446~------||
|--------5555555555555555--------|--------55555555----------------||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|5-----------------------5-------|4-------------------------------||
|3-----------------------3-------|2-------------------------------||
 .                       .        .

BRIDGE 3 (play once)
T=105
Both guitars :
 4/4                              3/4
||--------------------------------|-------------------||
||--------------------------------|-------------------||
||--------3-4-3-4---------2-3-2-3-|----snare-hits-----||
||--4-3-4-----------3-2-3---------|-------------------||
||--------------------------------|-------------------||
||2---------------1---------------|-------------------||
  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

RIFF 6 (play once all the boxes)
T=105
Both guitars :                     ________________________________
 4/4                              |1.
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||55445544----55445544------------|55445544----55445544----6655----|
||--------3322--------3322--------|--------3322--------3322----4433|
||------------------------33223344|--------------------------------|

________________________________
|2.
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|55445544------------------------||
|--------3322--------------------||
|------------33223344332255443322||

RIFF 6a (play once)
T=105
Guitar 1 :                         ________________________________
  4/4                             |1.
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|----------------------------5-4-|
||------------------------5-4-5-6-|------------------------5-4-3-2-|
||------------------------3-2-3-4-|------------------------3-2-----|

________________________________
|2.
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|------------5-4-5-6-5-4-7-6-5-4-||
|------------3-2-3-4-3-2-5-4-3-2-||

Guitar 2 :
                                   ________________________________
                                  |1.
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||55445544----55445544------------|55445544----55445544--------5-4-|
||--------3322--------33225-4-5-6-|--------3322--------33225-4-3-2-|
||------------------------3-2-3-4-|------------------------3-2-----|

________________________________
|2.
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------||
|55445544------------------------||
|--------33225-4-5-6-5-4-7-6-5-4-||
|------------3-2-3-4-3-2-5-4-3-2-||

Break.
Then :

RIFF 7 (play 2x)
T=60
Guitars 1 & 2 :
  4/4
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||7---6---6---------------7---6---|6---9---9---8---8---7---7---6---|
||5---4---4---------------5---4---|4---7---7---6---6---5---5---4---|
||5---4---4---------------5---4---|4---7---7---6---6---5---5---4---|

5/4
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|----------------------------------------||
|3-------2-------2---2---2---2---|3---4---2-------2---2---2-3-4-2-3-4-5-6-||
|1-------0-------0---0---0---0---|1---2---0-------0---0---0-1-2-0-1-2-3-4-||
|1-------0-------0---0---0---0---|1---2---0-------0---0---0-1-2-0-1-2-3-4-||
         .       .   .   .   .            .       .   .   . . . . . . . .

Then play the first two bars of RIFF 7 slower than before.
Then the solos :

SOLO RYTHM :
T=105
 4/4
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||4-----5---5-4-----5-4-5-7---6---|4-----5---5-4-----5-4-5---------|
||2---2---3-----222-------5---4---|2---2---3-----222-------4-5-4-2-|
      .   .     ... . . .              .   .     ...       . . . .
                                            
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|3-----4---4-3-----4-3-4---------|3-----4---4-3-----4-3-4---------|
|1---1---2-----111-------44443333|1---1---2-----111-------44443333|
     .   .     ...                    .   .     ...

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|4-----5---5-4-----5-4-5---------|4-----5---5-4-----5-4-5---------|
|2---2---3-----222-------55554444|2---2---3-----222-------55554444|
     .   .     ...                    .   .     ...

|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|3-----4---4-3-----4-3-4---------|
|1---1---2-----111-------44443333|
     .   .     ...

5/4                                      4/4
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------0-------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------2-------|--------------------------------|
|3-----4---4-3-----4-3-4-3---4---2-------|4-4-4-4-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-4-3-4-|
|1---1---2-----111-------1---2---0-------|2-2-2-2-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-2-1-2-|
     .   .     ...       .   .            . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
      
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------4-3-------|--------------------------------|
|4-4-4-4-3-4-4-4-4-3-4-2-1-4-3---|4-4-4-4-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-4-3-4-|
|2-2-2-2-1-2-2-2-2-1-2-----2-1---|2-2-2-2-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-2-1-2-|
 . . . . . . . . . . .            . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-------------------------6--5-----|--------------------------------|
|4-4-4-4-3-4-4-4-6--4--5--4--3--6--|4-4-4-4-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-4-3-4-|
|2-2-2-2-1-2-2-2-4--2--3--4--3--4--|2-2-2-2-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-2-1-2-|
 . . . . . . . . .  .  .            . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|----------------------4-3-------|--------------------------------|
|4-4-4-4-3-4-4-4-4-3-4-2-1-4-3---|4-4-4-4-3-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-3-4-3-4-|
|2-2-2-2-1-2-2-2-2-1-2-----2-1---|2-2-2-2-1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-1-2-1-2-|
 . . . . . . . . . . .            . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|----------------------------------||
|-------------------------5--4-----||
|4-4-4-4-3-4-4-4-6--4--5--3--2--5--||
|2-2-2-2-1-2-2-2-4--2--3--3--2--3--||
 . . . . . . . . .  .  .

For the solos, I tried to reproduced the rythm the best I could.
But Notepad being what it is, you'd better just download the GP4 
version or listen to the song for an approximative idea of what it is.

FIRST SOLO (Hobbs) :
  4/4
||--------------0-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-/-|
||------------------(just-slide-your-fingers-up-the-neck)-|
||--------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------|
||--------------------------------------------------------|

(these are 32nd notes)
|24"------22-24-24-22-24-24-22-21-21-22-21-21-19-21-21-19---------|
|---------------------------------------------------------21~-----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|

(these are normal 16th notes)
|---17-21----19-17----17----22-21----------------|
|19-------19-------21-------------19-18-21-22----|
|------------------------20-------------------19-|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|

(these are 32nd notes)
|22-21-19-------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------21-20-19----------------------------------------------------------
|------------------18-17-16-15----------------------------13-15-13----------
|------------------------------17-16-15-14-11-13-11-13-15----------15-13-11-
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------

...rest of the last bar...
-------------------
-------------------
-------------------
-------------------
-15-13-15-13-11----
----------------14-...

SECOND SOLO (Cerrito) :
4/4       
(these are 32nd notes)
   -11-12-|14-12-11-------11-12-11-14-12-11----------11-12-|
   -------|---------12-11-------------------12-11-12-------|
   -------|------------------------------------------------|
   -------|-----------play-these-notes-twice-(=1 bar)------|
   -------|------------------------------------------------|
...-------|------------------------------------------------|

|14-12-11---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------14-12-11-12-14-12-11-12-11-12-14-12-14-11-12-14---------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------11-12-14-12---------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------11~-----|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|----12-15-16-13~-----------------------------------------------------------|
|--12-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
|13-----------------17-16-17-18----------------------------------16-17~-----|
|-------------------------------17-18-20-18-17----------16-18-20------------|
|----------------------------------------------16-18-20---------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|

5/4
|----15h19h15--------15-18-17-21-18---------------21--24b(25)-24b(25)-24b(26)~-|
|--17--------------------------------14-18-14--19------------------------------|
|17----------16-17-17----------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

THIRD SOLO (cerrito) :
 4/4
|----------------24b(29)r--------|----------------24b(26)-24b(26)-24b(26)-24*~
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------------
|16dv---------------------------|--------------------------------------------
|16dv---------------------------|16~(tremolo)--------------------------------
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------------
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------------------...
                                                           *4 tones inverted dip

-------15-17|19-15---------15----------15----------16---------------p.h.----|
   -----17-----|--------15-17----17-15-17----17-15-18----18-16---------18b(20)~|
   ---16-------|----------------------------------------------17-16-17---------|
   -17---------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
  19-----------|---------------------------------------------------------------|
...------------|---------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------15---14---15/--18---17/--24---|
|------------------------17-18-17-18-17-18-------------------------------|
|------------------17-19-------------------------------------------------|
|------17-16-17-19-------------------------------------------------------|
|17-19-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|24~--(w/-echo)------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|

FOURTH SOLO (Hobbs) :
The sweeps! I'm not sure at all about these ones, but they sound good.
Start at the same time Cerrito plays the last note of the 3rd solo.

|17-------------------------------------20----------------18--------------|
|--17------17-----20-17-17-20-17------20--20------------20--20------------|
|----19--19--19-----------------19--21------21--------21------21--------21|
|------21------21-----------------21----------21p17h21----------20p17h20--|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|

|--19--------------17------------17h22p17----------17h20p17-----------|
|19--19----------19--19------------------19------19--------18------18-|
|------19------19------19------19----------19--19------------19--19---|
|--------21--21----------19--19--------------19----------------19-----|
|----------21--------------21-----------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|

|14h17---------------------------20----------------------------|
|-----17------17h20p17------18-20--20------20h23p20------21-23-|
|-------19--19--------19--19---------22--22--------22--22------|
|---------19------------19-------------22------------22--------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------|

|------------------------------------------------19b(25)--19------------||
|24-23-22-21--------------------------------------------------------18*-||
|------------22-21-20-19------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------21-20-19-18----------------------------16------||
|------------------------------------20-19-18-17-------------17---------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------||
                                                    *Played by fucking with your
                                                     pickup switching blade

Play BRIDGE 2
Play RIFF 3
Then...

RIFF 8 (play once all the boxes)
T=105
Guitars 1 & 2 :
  4/4
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
||------------------------------5-|--------------------5-4---------|
||5-------6-------5-------6-5-5---|5-------6-------5-6-----5-4-----|
||--333-3---333-3---333-3---------|--333-3---333-3-------------5-4-|
    ... .   ... .   ... . . . . .    ... .   ... .|. . . . . . . . |
                                                  |                |
                                                  |----------------|
                           second time, guit. 2   |----------------|
                           plays that instead :   |----3-2---------|
                                                  |4-5-----4-3-----|
                                                  |------------4-3-|
                                                  |----------------|
                                                   . . . . . . . . .
 _________________________________________________________________
|1.
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------------------------------3-|----------------------3-------4-|
|3-------4-------3-------4-3-3---|3-------4-------3-4-3---4-5-4---|
|--111-1---111-1---111-1---------|--111-1---111-1-----------------|
   ... .   ... .   ... . . . . .    ... .   ... . . . .   . . .

_________________________________________________________________
|2.
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|--------------------------------|--------------------------------||
|----------------------4---------|----------------4-3-------------||
|3-------4-------3-4-3---3-4-3---|3-------4-----------4-3-------5-||
|--111-1---111-1---------------4-|--111-1---111-1---------4-3-1-3-||
   ... .   ... . . . .   . . . .    ... .   ... . . . .   . . .

2/4
||--------------------------------||
||--------------------------------||
||------------drum-fill-----------||
||--------------------------------||
||keep-the-last-chord-ringing-here||
||--------------------------------||

Then play the two first bars of RIFF 1.

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