Band: Nile Album: Annihilation of the Wicked Song: Cast Down The Heretic . - palm mute / - slide up to \ - slide down to ~ - vibrato h - hammer on b - Bend p - pull off Suffixes for bend t - tap f - full bend h - half bend ph - pinched harmonic q - quarter bend t - tap bend * - see comment ^ - Hold bend r release bend x - Stuccatto ~ - vibrato bend , - slight palm mute () - ghost note, sustained note " - tremolo note <> - Trill Tuning Dropped A: A-E-A-D-F#-B 0:00 Riff 1 – (the last note isnt played the last time) x3 |---------------------------|----------------------------------------------| |---------------------------|----------------------------------------------| |---------------------------|----/-6---5---4-------------------------------| |---------------------------|----/-4---3---2-------------------------------| |--6-6-5-5-4-4-3-3-2-2-1-1--|--0-/-4---3---2-------------------------------| |--6-6-5-5-4-4-3-3-2-2-1-1--|--0-------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . 0:06 – Riff 2 Left Guitar |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-13-0-12-0-12-0-13-0-12-0-12-0-16-16-15-15--------------------------------| 0:08 – Riff 2 Both |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------10-12-13--------------------------| |-------------------------------------10-12-13--------------------------| |-13-13-13-13-12-12-13-13-12-12-13-13-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |-13-13-13-13-12-12-13-13-12-12-13-13-16-16-15-15-----------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------------------| |----------------------10-12-13-----------------------------------------| |-------------1-0-1-0--10-12-13-----------------------------------------| |-13-13-13-13-1-0-1-0---------------------------------------------------| . . . . 0:13 – Riff 3 |------------|------------------------------------------------------| |------------|------------------------------------------------------| |------------|------------------------------------------------------| |------------|---------------------3333-5~--------------------------| |------------|-33335566666655556666---------------------------------| |-333333333..|------------------------------------------------------| 0:21 – Riff 4 |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------10-12-13-------| |---------------------------------|----------1-0-1-0--10-12-13-------| |-1-1-1-1-0-0-1-1-0-0-1-1-4-4-3-3-|-1-1-1-1--1-0-1-0-----------------| . . . . |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------13-/-----------| |---------------------------------|----------1-0-1-0--13-/-----------| |-1-1-1-1-0-0-1-1-0-0-1-1-4-4-3-3-|-1-1-1-1--1-0-1-0-----------------| . . . . 0:28 – Riff 3 Variation |------------|------------------------------------------------------| |------------|------------------------------------------------------| |------------|----------------------------------ph------------------| |------------|---------------------33335555-----6~------------------| |------------|-33335566666655556666---------6-3---------------------| |-333333333..|------------------------------------------------------| . . 0:36 Riff 2 Variation (Repeat twice, each time with a different ending) Right Guitar |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-13-13-13-13-12-12-13-13-12-12-13-13-16-16-15-15-------------------------| Ending 1 Ending 2 |---------------------------------|----------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------------| |----------------------10-12-13---|----------------------13-/--------------| |-------------1-0-1-0--10-12-13---|-------------1-0-1-0--13-/--------------| |-13-13-13-13-1-0-1-0-------------|-13-13-13-13-1-0-1-0--------------------| . . . . . . . . 0:36 Low Harmony Left Guitar |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------10-12-13-------| |---------------------------------|----------1-0-1-0--10-12-13-------| |-1-1-1-1-0-0-1-1-0-0-1-1-4-4-3-3-|-1-1-1-1--1-0-1-0-----------------| . . . . |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|----------------------------------| |---------------------------------|-------------------13-/-----------| |---------------------------------|----------1-0-1-0--13-/-----------| |-1-1-1-1-0-0-1-1-0-0-1-1-4-4-3-3-|-1-1-1-1--1-0-1-0-----------------| Riff 5 Pt 1 0:43 |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-0-1-3-4-13-12-10-0-16-15-13-0-13-12-10-0--| |-0-1-3-4-13-12-10-0-16-15-13-0-13-12-10-0--| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------13------------| |-------------------------------11------------| |-0-1-3-4-13-12-10-0-16-15-13-0-11------------| |-0-1-3-4-13-12-10-0-16-15-13-0---------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . Pt 2 |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-0-1-3-4-13-12-10-0-16-15-13-0-13-12-10-0--| |-0-1-3-4-13-12-10-0-16-15-13-0-13-12-10-0--| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------13--14-----16-----------| |---------------------11--12-----14-----------| |-0-1-3-4-13-12-10-0--11--12-----14-----------| |-0-1-3-4-13-12-10-0--------------------------| . . . . . . . . . Pt 3 |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-0-1-3-4-13-12-10-0-16-15-13-0-13-12-10-0--| |-0-1-3-4-13-12-10-0-16-15-13-0-13-12-10-0--| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------| |-------------------------13-/----------------| |-0-1-3-4-13-12-10-0-1-0--13-/----------------| |-0-1-3-4-13-12-10-0-1-0----------------------| . . . . . . . . . . . 0:58 – Riff 3 1:06 – Riff 5 Pt 1 + Pt 3 1:14 – Riff 3 Variation 1:21 – Riff 5 Pt 1 + Pt 3 1:28 – Riff 1 x 2 1:40 – Riff 2 1:48 Riff 6 Left Guitar x2 |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-3-3-3-3------------------------------------------| |-------------------------4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2------------------| |-------------------------------------------------4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3--| | | Right Guitar |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-8-8-8-8-7-7-7-7-5-5-5-5------------------------------------------| |-------------------------6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-| Riff 7: Both (tremolo picking) |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |-12-11-----9-8-----6-5-----5~-------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |-------9-6-----6-3-----3-2----------------------------------| . . . . . . 1:55 – Riff 2 Variation 2:03 – Riff 6 2:07 Riff 8 Riff 7: Both (tremolo picking) |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |---6-5-----9-8-----12-11-----11~----------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |-------3-6-----6-9-------9-8--------------------------------| . . . . . . 2:10 – Riff 2 Variation 2:18 – Riff 1 x 2 |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |-13-0-12-0-12-0-13-0-12-0-12-0-16-16-15-15--------------------------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------13----------------------------------------------| |---------------------1-0--13----------------------------------------------| |-13-0-12-0-12-0-13---1-0--------------------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . . . SOLO BACKING |------------|------------------------------------------------------| |------------|------------------------------------------------------| |------------|------------------------------------------------------| |------------|-666666555------999999888-----666666555-----5~~~------| |------------|------------------------------------------------------| |-333333333..|-----------333------------666-----------333-----------| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|-----------------7-8-| |--------------------|-----------------5-6-| |--------------------|-----------------5-6-| |-111111-0-1-0-1-4-3-|-111111-0-1-0-1------| . . . . . . . . . . |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|-----------------0---| |--------------------|-----------------1---| |--------------------|-----------------1---| |-111111-0-1-0-1-4-3-|-111111-0-1-0-1------| . . . . . . . . . . |------------|------------------------------------------------------| |------------|------------------------------------------------------| |------------|------------------------------------------------------| |------------|-666666555------999999888-----12121212111111-----11~~-| |------------|------------------------------------------------------| |-333333333..|-----------333------------666----------------999------| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|-----------------7-8-| |--------------------|-----------------5-6-| |--------------------|-----------------5-6-| |-111111-0-1-0-1-4-3-|-111111-0-1-0-1------| . . . . . . . . . . |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|---------------------| |--------------------|-----------------0---| |--------------------|-----------------1---| |--------------------|-----------------1---| |-111111-0-1-0-1-4-3-|-111111-0-1-0-1------| . . . . . . . . . . 3:09 |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------888777-------777666---------666555--------555444-----------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-555555--------444444--------333333--------222222------------------| Ending I Ending II |-------------------------------------------|---------------|----------| |-------------------------------------------|---------------|----------| |-------------------------------------------|---------------|----8~----| |--------333444-------666777---------999888-|---------------|----7~----| |-------------------------------------------|---------------|----6~----| |-111111--------444444--------777777--------|-555555-555555-|----------| x2 |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------14-12----------------------------------------------------| |---------12-11---------4---3--------------------------------------| |-0-0-0-0-------6-6-6-6-4-0-3-0------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------777666-666555---------------------------------------------| |-555555---------------777666--555555------------4-3-1-------------| |-------------------------------------777666-666-4-3-1-------------| . . . x2 |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-5---5/8----8\7---7-----------------------------------------------| |-3---3/6----6\5---5-----------------------------------------------| |---------------------000000-000000-000000-000000------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-5---5/12-----12--11-8--7-----------------------------------------| |-3---3/10-----10--9--6--5-----------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| x3 |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-5---5/8----8\7---7-----------------------------------------------| |-3---3/6----6\5---5-----------------------------------------------| |---------------------000000-000000-000000-000000------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-7--7---7/12----12--11-8--8---------------------------------------| |-5--5---5/10----10--9--6--6---------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |-5---5/8----8\7---7-----------------------------------------------| |-3---3/6----6\5---5-----------------------------------------------| |---------------------000000-000000-000000-000000------------------| 4:02 |------------|------------------------------------------------------| |------------|------------------------------------------------------| |------------|-333355666666556666665533-6~--------------------------| |------------|------------------------------------------------------| |-111111111..|-111133444444334444443311-----------------------------| |------------|------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------888777-------777666---------666555--------555444-----------| |-------------------------------------------------------------------| |-555555--------444444--------333333--------222222------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------8~----| |--------333444-------666777---------999888-----------| |-----------------------------------------------------| |-111111--------444444--------777777------------------| x2 |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------14-12----------------------------------------------------| |---------12-11---------4---3--------------------------------------| |-0-0-0-0-------6-6-6-6-4-0-3-0------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------777666-666555---------------------------------------------| |-555555---------------777666--555555------------4---3---1---------| |-------------------------------------777666-666-4-0-3-0-1-0-------| . . . . . . x2 |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------14-12----------------------------------------------------| |---------12-11---------4---3--------------------------------------| |-0-0-0-0-------6-6-6-6-4-0-3-0------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |--------777666-666555---------------------------------------------| |-555555---------------777666--555555------------4---3---1---------| |-------------------------------------777666-666-4---3---1---------| 4:32 - Chorus x3 then |---------------------|-------------------| |---------------------|-------------------| |---------------------|-------------------| |---------------------|---------------ph--| |-0---5----br---br----|-0---5----br--4~~--| |-0---5---3----2------|-0---5---3---------| . x2 then |---------------------|-------------------| |---------------------|-------------------| < |---------------------|-------------------| x3 |---------------------|--tremelo picking--| |-0---5----br---br----|-------------------| < |-0---5---3----2------|-12--16--15--13----| 5:07 - Riff 2 (Both) 5:18 - Harmonized |------------|------------------------------------------------------| |------------|------------------------------------------------------| |------------|------------------------------------------------------| |------------|-666666555------999999888-----1212121111----11~~------| |------------|------------------------------------------------------| |-333333333..|-----------333------------666-----------999-----------| x4 |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------------| |---------14-12----------------------------------------------------| |---------12-11---------4---3--------------------------------------| |-0-0-0-0-------6-6-6-6-4-0-3-0------------------------------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . Riff 1 x 2 End.