AESTHETICS OF HATE
MACHINEHEAD
THE BLACKENING (track 3)
2007 ROADRUNNER RECORDS


legend:
( ): let note ring
^ : string bend
p : pull off
h : hammer on/off
* : artificial harmonic
/ : slide up/down
PM... : palm mute
x : mute string
ox: pick scrape
[]: second guitar (harmony)

Tuned down one and a half step


INTRO (clean)

C#|--------------------------|---------------|
G#|--------------------------|---------------|
E |---------------------3----|---------------|        8 TIMES
B |-------2----3----5--------|--5---3h5p3/2--|
F#|--------------------------|---------------|
C#|---0-(0)------------------|---------------|

Overdrive:

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------| (NOTE: THE CLEAN INTRO
|-------------------------8-----------------------|  CAN BE PLAYED THIS WAY
|------7----8------10-----------10-----8h10p8/7---|  BUT IT SOUNDS BETTER
|-0-0----0-----0-------0-----0------0-------------|  THE WAY IT IS ABOVE)
PM..     .     .       .     .      .

|---------------------------||---------------------------|
|---------------------------||---------------------------|
|---------------------------||---------------------------|
|-6-(6)---------------------||---------------------------|
|-6-(6)---------------------||---------------------ox----|
|-4-(4)---------------------||---------------------ox----|

|------------------------------[/13]----/16-----[/14]-|
|-------------/9---[/12]---/15------------------------|
|---/7--[/6]------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|


VERSE 1
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------8-----------------------|  
|------7----8------10-----------10-----8h10p8/7---|  
|-0-0----0-----0-------0-----0------0-------------|  
PM..     .     .       .     .      .

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------9----8----------|
|----------------------------------------7----|
|-6--6--7--6--9--6--7--9--6------6----6-------|

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------8-----------------------|  
|------7----8------10-----------10-----8h10p8/7---|  
|-0-0----0-----0-------0-----0------0-------------|  
PM..     .     .       .     .      .

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------6----8----------|
|----------------------------------------7----|
|-3--3--4--3--6--3--4--6--3------3----6-------|

________________________________________________________________
|-------------------------------------------------|             |
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------8-----------------------|  
|------7----8------10-----------10-----8h10p8/7---|  
|-0-0----0-----0-------0-----0------0-------------|  
PM..     .     .       .     .      .
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|   GUITAR 2
|-2-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|   <-----
|-2-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
|-0-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
PM. .  .  .  .  .  .  .   <--HEAVY PALM MUTES
________________________________________________________________|


|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------9----8----------|
|----------------------------------------7----|
|-6--6--7--6--9--6--7--9--6------6----6-------|

________________________________________________________________
|-------------------------------------------------|             |
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------8-----------------------|  
|------7----8------10-----------10-----8h10p8/7---|  
|-0-0----0-----0-------0-----0------0-------------|  
PM..     .     .       .     .      .
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|     GUITAR 2
|-2--(2)-----------------------|     <-----
|-2--(2)-----------------ox----|
|-0--(0)-----------------ox----|
________________________________________________________________|

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------6----8----------|
|----------------------------------------7----|
|-3--3--4--3--6--3--4--6--3------3----6-------|



|---------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------8---7---------|
|----------------------------------------7----|
|-5--5--6--5--8--5--6--5--8--5----5---5-------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|


CHORUS

|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|    3
|-7---------10--------6-------3--------|  TIMES
|-x---------x---------x-------x--------|
|-5---------8---------4-------1--------|


|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-3------3-3---3---2---6----|
|-3------3-3---3---2---6----|
|-1------1-1---1---0---4----|
PM       . . 

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|   4
|---------------------------------|   TIMES
|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0--0--0--[0-0-0-0--0--0]--|


                                                   *
|------------------------------[/13]----/16-----[/14]-|
|-------------/9---[/12]---/15------------------------|
|---/7--[/6]------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|


VERSE 2
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------8-----------------------|  
|------7----8------10-----------10-----8h10p8/7---|  
|-0-0----0-----0-------0-----0------0-------------|  
PM..     .     .       .     .      .

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------9----8----------|
|----------------------------------------7----|
|-6--6--7--6--9--6--7--9--6------6----6-------|

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------8-----------------------|  
|------7----8------10-----------10-----8h10p8/7---|  
|-0-0----0-----0-------0-----0------0-------------|  
PM..     .     .       .     .      .

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------6----8----------|
|----------------------------------------7----|
|-3--3--4--3--6--3--4--6--3------3----6-------|

________________________________________________________________
|-------------------------------------------------|             |
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------8-----------------------|  
|------7----8------10-----------10-----8h10p8/7---|  
|-0-0----0-----0-------0-----0------0-------------|  
PM..     .     .       .     .      .
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|   GUITAR 2
|-2-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|   <-----
|-2-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
|-0-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
PM. .  .  .  .  .  .  .   <--HEAVY PALM MUTES
________________________________________________________________|


|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------9----8----------|
|----------------------------------------7----|
|-6--6--7--6--9--6--7--9--6------6----6-------|

________________________________________________________________
|-------------------------------------------------|             |
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------8-----------------------|  
|------7----8------10-----------10-----8h10p8/7---|  
|-0-0----0-----0-------0-----0------0-------------|  
PM..     .     .       .     .      .
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|     GUITAR 2
|-2--(2)-----------------------|     <-----
|-2--(2)-----------------ox----|
|-0--(0)-----------------ox----|
________________________________________________________________|

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------6----8----------|
|----------------------------------------7----|
|-3--3--4--3--6--3--4--6--3------3----6-------|



|---------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------8---7---------|
|----------------------------------------7----|
|-5--5--6--5--8--5--6--5--8--5----5---5-------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|


CHORUS

|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|    3
|-7---------10--------6-------3--------|  TIMES
|-x---------x---------x-------x--------|
|-5---------8---------4-------1--------|


|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|---------------------------|
|-3------3-3---3---2---6----|
|-3------3-3---3---2---6----|
|-1------1-1---1---0---4----|
PM       . . 

|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|   16
|---------------------------------|   TIMES
|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0-0--0--0--[0-0-0-0--0--0]--|


BRIDGE PRT 1

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

|--------------------------------------|------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------*-----|
|--------------------------------------|------------------------4-----| DO 
|--------4-2-4---------4-2-4-----------|--------4-2-4---2-------------| TWICE
|-----------------------------0-3-0-3--|------------------3--2--------|
|-2-3-2---------2-3-2------------------|-2-3-2------------------------|

BRIDGE PRT 2


|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------15--|--------18-17-15----------|
|-------16-17-16-14--------|-17-16-----------17-16-14-|
|----14-------------17-----|--------------------------|
|-12-----------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
PM.  .  .
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------15--|--------18-17-15----------|
|-------16-17-16-14--------|-17-16-----------17-16-14-|
|----14-------------17-----|--------------------------|
|-12-----------------------|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
PM.  .  .

|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------15--|--------18-17-15----------|
|----17----17-16-14--------|-17-16-----------17-16-14-|
|-------------------17-----|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-13-----------------------|--------------------------|

|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|----------------------15--|--------18-17-15----------|
|----17----17-16-14--------|-17-16-----------17-16-14-|
|-------------------17-----|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|--------------------------|
|-13-----------------------|--------------------------|

|-------------5-6-5-6----------|
|-5-6-5-6-5-6---------6-8-6-8--|
|------------------------------| DO 4 TIMES
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|

REPEAT BRIDGE PRT 2 (sorry i dont know the harmony)

TRADE GUITAR SOLO
GUITAR 1 (ROBB FLYNN) (I DONT KNOW PHIL DEMMELS PART, SORRY)
|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|---------------17-12-17-18-17-15--------------------|---------------------|
|-14-(14)--------------------------17-16-------------|---------------------|
|-----------------------------------------17-15-14---|--15-----14----15--14|
|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|---------------------|

|-------|-------------------------|--------|--------------------------|
|-------|-------------------------|--------|----------15-18-17-15-----|
|-------|-------------------------|----13--|-14-16-17-------------17--|
|-------|-------12-14-15-14-12----|-14-----|--------------------------|
|----11-|-14-15----------------15-|--------|--------------------------|
|-12----|-------------------------|--------|--------------------------|

|----16-|-16-17-19-20-19-17-16-0--|-19-0-19-0-19-0-20-0-19-20-19-20-0-|
|-17----|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|

|--^------------------|--^-----------------|-17-15-13-15-13--13-------------|
|-20----19-20-19------|-20----19-20-19-----|---------------17--17-15--------|
|---------------------|--------------------|------------------------13-14-16|
|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|---------------------|--------------------|--------------------------------|

|---------------------------------|
|-18--------17--------18-------17-|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|

|-------|-------------------------|--------|--------------------------|
|-------|-------------------------|--------|----------15-18-17-15-----|
|-------|-------------------------|----13--|-14-16-17-------------17--|
|-------|-------12-14-15-14-12----|-14-----|--------------------------|
|----11-|-14-15----------------15-|--------|--------------------------|
|-12----|-------------------------|--------|--------------------------|

|----16-|-16-17-19-20-19-17-16-0--|-19-0-19-0-19-0-20-0-19-20-19-20-0-|
|-17----|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------|-------------------------|-----------------------------------|

END OF SOLO
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-7--------7---------3--------3-------3-------|
|-7--------7---------3--------3-------3-------|
|-5--------5---------1--------1-------1-------|

|-------0-------------------0----------|
|-------0-------------------0----------|
|-------0-------------------0----------|  play 4 times
|-2-----x------3-----2------x----------|
|-2-----x-------------------x----------|
|-0-----0------------------------------|



|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|    PLAY 3 TIMES DECREASING
|-7-------10-------6-------3-----------|    NOTE LENGTH EACH BAR
|-x-------x--------x-------x-----------|
|-5-------8--------4-------1-----------|


|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--9-9-9-9-------------8-8-8-8---------------|
|----------12-12-12-12-----------------------|
|------------------------------10-10-10-10---|
|--------------------------------------------|


|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-3-------------------3-----3-3--3---2---6--|
|-3-------------------3-----3-3--3---2---6--|
|-1-------------------1-----1-1--1---0---4--|
 I HOPE YOU BURN!            BURN   IN HELL

|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|   
|-2-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|   
|-2-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|
|-0-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
PM. .  .  .  .  .  .  .   <--HEAVY PALM MUTES

|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|  
|-9-9--9--9--9--9--9--9--|   
|-7-7--7--7--7--7--7--7--|
|-0-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--|
PM. .  .  .  .  .  .  .   <--HEAVY PALM MUTES


|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------6----8----------|
|----------------------------------------7----|
|-3--3--4--3--6--3--4--6--3------3----6-------|



|---------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------8---7---------|
|----------------------------------------7----|
|-5--5--6--5--8--5--6--5--8--5----5---5-------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|


|--------------------------|---------------|
|--------------------------|---------------|
|---------------------3----|---------------| 8 TIMES
|-------2----3----5--------|--5---3h5p3/2--|
|--------------------------|---------------|
|---0-(0)------------------|---------------|
MAY THE HAND OF GOD STRIKE THEM DOWN


|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------| 
|------2-------3-----5----8-----5-----3-/-5---2--|
|-2-2--2-------3-----5----8-----5-----3-/-5---2--|
|-0-0--0-------1-----3----6-----3-----1-/-3---0--|
PM. .  

|------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------*--*-*--|
|----------------------------------------5--5-5--| 
|------2-------3-----5----8-----5-----3----------|
|-2-2--2-------3-----5----8-----5-----3----------|
|-0-0--0-------1-----3----6-----3-----1----------|
PM. .