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From: andrew_zombie@hotmail.com (Andrew Macdonald)

DESCENT
By: Fear Factory
from the CD "Obsolete"
1998 The All Blacks B.V.
Transcribed by Andrew Macdonald
andrew_zombie@hotmail.com

Tuning is a little different for this song.Tune top string down a perfect fifth and all other strings down a perfect fourth (low to high):B, F#, D, A, E, A

Key:
           . =palm-mute                   
	  /  = slide up to
	  \  = slide down from
	  X  = dead note/mute

Riff A

Let ring with mch sustain at the end.

|----2-----2-----2-------2---------2-----2--------------|
|-----3------3-----3---3---3---------3-----3------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------0----------------------------------|
|-2-----4------5--------------0--2-----4-----0----------|
                              .

|---2------2-----2-------2---------2-----2-----------------------|
|-----3------3-----3---3---3---------3-----3---------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------0-------------------------0--0-0--0-2--2-2--|
|-2-----4------5--------------0--2-----4-----0-0--0-0--0-2--2-2--|
                              .              .    .    .

Riff B

|---2------2-----2-------2---------2-----2-----2-------2----|
|-----3------3-----3---3---3---------3-----3-----3---3---3--|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------0---------------------------------------|
|-2-----4------5--------------0--2-----4-----0-----2--------|
                              . 

Riff C


|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|--2----------|
|--2----------|
|--2----------|...fade into chorus

Riff D

|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-2---(4)-4-4-4-4---4-5---(5)/7-7-7--|
|-2---(4)-4-4-4-4---4-5---(5)/7-7-7--|
|-2---(4)-4-4-4-4---4-5---(5)/7-7-7--|
       .

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-----2---(4)-4-4-4-4--------2----2-2-2--|
|-----2---(4)-4-4-4-4--------0----2-2-2--|
|-(0)-2---(4)-4-4-4-4---(0)--0----2-2-2--|
   .                     .

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-----2---(4)-4-4-4-4---4-5---(5)/7-7-7--|
|-----2---(4)-4-4-4-4---4-5---(5)/7-7-7--|
|-(0)-2---(4)-4-4-4-4---4-5---(5)/7-7-7--|
   .

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-----2---(4)-4-4-4-4-----------------------|
|-----2---(4)-4-4-4-4-----0--0-0--0-2--2-2--|
|-(0)-2---(4)-4-4-4-4---0-0--0-0--0-2--2-2--|
   .                      .  .    .

Riff E

same as C but no sustain after, just mute.

|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|--2----------|
|--2----------|
|--2----------|


Riff F

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-2--2-2/4-(4)-4-4-4---(4)-5--5--(5)/7-(7)-7-7-7--|
|-2--2-2/4-(4)-4-4-4---(4)-5--5--(5)/7-(7)-7-7-7--|
|-2--2-2/4-(4)-4-4-4---(4)-5--5--(5)/7-(7)-7-7-7--|

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-2--------x----x-------7--7-------2-2------2-----|
|-2--------x----x-------5--5-------2-2------2-----|
|-2--------x----x-------7--7-------2-2------2-----|


Riff G

"I am nothing......" 

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-2---2------x-----x------7---7------2-2-----(0)-2--|
|-2---2------x-----x------5---5------2-2-----(0)-2--|
|-2---2------x-----x------7---7------2-2-----(0)-2--|

structure:

Riff A x1
Riff B x2
Riff C x1

guitar silence while Burton sings first verse 

Riff D x1
Riff B x2
Riff E x1

guitar silence while Burton sings second verse 

Riff D x1
Riff B x2
Riff F x2
Riff G x8
Riff A x1
Riff B x4
Riff C x1 and fade.........

Decent is a great song off obsolete. A lot of credit for this tab goes to Dimitrije Kostic
(martyr@fearfactory.com) cuz I took some of the riffs from his tab(I couldnt figure out some by myself).










