EXTAR'S SHEET METAL PRESENTS M E T A L A L T A R G U I T A R T A B Best viewed in Terminal font, or Lucida Console. Coincidence? I think not. h - hammer on v - hand vibrato * - mute strings/kill sustain > > R I F F S T R U C T U R E < < >>INTRO Rhythm 1<< Guitar 1- |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------15h14h15h14-| |-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-14-14-14-14-14-14-------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------15h14h15-| |-------------------------------------15h14h15----------| |-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-14-14-14-14-------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| Guitar 2- |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------15h1415h14--| |-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-14-14-14-14-14-14-------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------------------------------15h14h15-| |-------------------------------------15h14h15----------| |-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-15-14-14-14-14-------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| >>INTRO Rhythm 2<< (Both guitars) |--------------------------|----------------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------------| |-4-4-5--------------------|-4-4-3----------------------| |-4-4-5--------------------|-4-4-3----------------------| |-2-2-3--------------------|-2-2-1----------------------| >>INTRO Rhythm 3<< (Guitar 1 only) |--------------------------|----------------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------------| |-12-12-11-----------------|-11-11-10-------------------| |-12-12-11-----------------|-11-11-10-------------------| |-10-10-9------------------|-9--9--8--------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------------| >>INTRO Rhythm 4<< Guitar 1- |--------------------------|----------------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------------| |-----4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|-----4--4--4--4--4--5-------| |-----4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|-----4--4--4--4--4--5-------| |--0--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|--0--2--2--2--2--2--3-------| |Palm muted-----------| |Palm muted----| |--------------------------|----------------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------------| |--------------------------|------------0--2--3--2v-----| |-----4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|---0--2--3------------------| |-----4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|----------------------------| |--0--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|----------------------------| |Palm muted-----------| Guitar 2- |--------------------------|----------------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------------| |-----4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|-----4--4--4--4--4--5-------| |-----4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|-----4--4--4--4--4--5-------| |--0--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|--0--2--2--2--2--2--3-------| |Palm muted-----------| |Palm muted----| |--------------------------|----------------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------------| |-----4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|-----------0--2--3--2v------| |-----4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--0--2--3-------------------| |--0--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|----------------------------| |Palm muted-----------| >>Verse Rhythm<< |--------------------------|----------------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------------| |--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--4--4--4--4--4--4--5-------| |--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--4--4--4--4--4--4--5-------| |--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|--2--2--2--2--2--2--3-------| |Palm muted------------------------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------------| |--------------------------|-----------------5--4-------| |--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--4--4--4--5-----5--4-------| |--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--4--4--4--5-----3--2-------| |--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|--2--2--2--3----------------| |Palm muted----------------| >>Chorus Rhythm 1<< |--------------------------|----------------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------------| |--4--4--4--5--------------|--4--4--4--2----------------| |--4--4--4--5--------------|--4--4--4--2----------------| |--2--2--2--3--------------|--2--2--2--0----------------| >>Chorus Rhythm 2<< |--------------------------|----------------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------------| |--11-11-11-12-------------|--11-11-11-9----------------| |--9--9--9--10-------------|--9--9--9--7----------------| |--------------------------|----------------------------| >>Solo Rhythm<< |--------------------------|----------------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------------| |--------------------------|----------------------------| |--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--6--|--6--6--6--8-----9--8-------| |--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--4--|--4--4--4--6-----7--6-------| |Palm muted---------------------------| >>Last chord<< |--------------------------| |--------------------------| |--------------------------| |--4-----*-----------------| |--4-----*-----------------| |--2-----*-----------------| A note on solos. The solo section can either comprise of two four bar solos by each guitar, 2 bar exchanges or simply one long solo. The first person to soo should start pick sliding and making noise in the last bar or two of the second chorus and the last person to solo should end the solo with a high note with lots of vibrato or and if possible a whammy bar dive. The first solo can start the solo by playing the solo rhythm on a single string up the octave and can them modulate from there. The solo is in G# minor (I think) so useful scales are G# minor harmonic, melodic, any modes starting on G# and possibly some variants of the pentatonic scale. Blues scales and major scales could be used sparingly, but should generally be avoided. You can afford a certain amount of the solo to be completely out of key or just comprise of noise and tricks, but you want to be starting and ending in key. > > S O N G S T R U C T U R E < < [Time marks] represent reference points from original recording (http://www.extarscube.com/cube3/audio/extar_-_metal_altar.mp3). Bear in mind the verse riff is played instead of intro rhythm 4 in recording. Original is about 150-155bpm, but it sounds better nearer 170bpm. Guitar 1 Guitar 2 INTRO 1 INTRO 1 [0:04] INTRO 1 INTRO 1 INTRO 2 INTRO 2 [0:17] INTRO 2 INTRO 2 INTRO 3 INTRO 2 INTRO 3 INTRO 2 INTRO 4 INTRO 4 [0:42] INTRO 4 INTRO 4 VERSE VERSE [1:08] VERSE VERSE VERSE VERSE VERSE VERSE CHORUS 1 CHORUS 1 [1:33] CHORUS 1 CHORUS 1 CHORUS 2 CHORUS 1 CHORUS 2 CHORUS 1 VERSE VERSE [1:59] VERSE VERSE VERSE VERSE VERSE VERSE CHORUS 1 CHORUS 1 [2:25] CHORUS 1 CHORUS 1 CHORUS 2 CHORUS 1 CHORUS 2 CHORUS 1 (Pick slide into Solo Rhythm) SOLO (x8) SOLO (x8) [2:50] SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO SOLO VERSE VERSE [3:16] VERSE VERSE VERSE VERSE VERSE VERSE CHORUS 1 CHORUS 1 [3:41] CHORUS 1 CHORUS 1 CHORUS 2 CHORUS 1 CHORUS 2 CHORUS 1 LAST LAST That's it, and it should be accurate. So you've got no excuses now. :D