Leechmaster

Artist:  Fear Factory
Song:  "Leechmaster"
Album:  Soul of a New Machine
Label:  Roadrunner Records, copyright 1992, (The All-Blacks B.V.)

Dry Lung Vocal Martyr:  Burton C. Bell
All Discordant Guitars & Bass, Hardware, Utilities:  Dino Cazares
Dicordant Bass:  Andrew Shives
Variable Percussive Wrecking:  Raymond Herrera

Thanks a lot to Yani and Ray for giving me the opportunity to do this.

My name is Dimitrije Kostic and any questions about this tab or any 
others in the Fear Factory Tablature Archive can be emailed to me at
                [email protected]
I will gladly investigate any possible errors in any tablature on this site.

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“Leechmaster” is a hardcore tremolo workout for the guitarist.  This 
song takes a lot of study and practice to get it to sound like the 
recording.  It is important to pace yourself, make sure your wrist is 
under control, and that you’re locked in well with your drummer.  Have 
fun!


Tune all strings down a perfect fourth (B, E, A, D, F#, B)


LEGEND:
        
        *    -- palm-mute 
        H    -- hit-on
        P    -- pull-off
        ~~~~ -- vibrato
        A.H. -- Artificial Harmonic
        N.H. -- Natural Harmonic
          /    -- slide up
          \      -- slide down
          X    -- lay fingers on strings to cause a "thud"; a "dead 
note"


fairly fast speed


Intro: one snare hit


Riff A


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|-5\-2222-2222-2222-2222-3-4-5\-2222-2222-2222-2222-3-4-5\--|
     **** **** **** **** * *    **** **** **** **** * *


|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------2--5--7--5--2-5--|
|-2222-2222-2222-2222-3-4-0--3--5--3--0-3--|
  **** **** **** **** * * *  *  *  *  * *


Riff B


Use your ring finger to play the fifth fret on the B string, use your 
pinkie finger to play the fifth fret on the E string, use your middle 
finger to play the fourth fret on the E string, and use your index 
finger to play the third fret on the B string.  Although awkward at 
first, this is the smoothest method of playing this riff.


                       P   P                       P   P
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|---------------------5-4-5-4---------------------5-4------|
|-5555-5555-5555-5555---------5555-5555-5555-5555-----3-5--|
  **** **** **** ****         **** **** **** ****


Riff C


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|-2222-2222-2222-2222-222-222--2222-2222-2222-2222-222-222--|
  **** **** **** **** *** ***  **** **** **** **** *** ***


Riff D


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|-------2-3333-2-------2-3333-2-------2-3333-2-------2-3333-2--|
|-0-3-4----------0-3-4----------0-3-4----------0-3-4-----------|
  * * * * **** * * * * * **** * * * * * **** * * * * * **** *


Riff E


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|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-6-------5-------4-------3--------------------------3--------|
|-4-------3-------2-------1-------444444333333222222-1--------|
|---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0----------------------0-0-0--|
    * * *   * * *   * * *   * * * ****************** * * * *


Riff F


Let notes that are not palm muted ring out


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|------------------------------------------2------|
|--------------3----2-----------------3-----------|
|-333333333333-----------333333333333-------------|
  ************           ************


Riff G


|--------------------------------------|
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|--------------------------------------|
|-6-----5-5-----4-4-----3-3------------|
|-4-----3-3-----2-2-----1-1-------2-2--|
|---0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-2-0-0--|
  * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *


Song Structure


Riff A 2 times
Riff B 2 times
Riff C 2 times
Riff A 1 time
Riff B 1 time
Riff C 2 times
Riff A 2 times
Riff D 2 times
Riff E 2 times
Riff F 2 times
Riff B 2 times
Riff C 2 times
Riff A 2 times
Riff D 2 times
Riff E 2 times
Riff F 4 times
Riff G 1 time and end abruptly