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MASS OBLITERATION
As recorded by Suffocation
(From the 1991 Album EFFIGY OF THE FORGOTTEN)
Gtr I (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Doug Cerrito'
Gtr II (C F Bb Eb G C) - 'Terrance Hobbs'
Q=175
15/8 16/8
Gtrs I, II
E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------4-3-4------------5-4---|--------4-3-4------------5-4----|
|-4-3--2-1-2--3-4-3-2-3-----6-|-4S3S4--2-1-2--3-4-3-2-3-----6--|
|-2-1-------------------------|-2S1S2--------------------------|
15/8 16/8
Gtr I
E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------4-3-4------------5-4---|---------4-3-4------------5-4---|
|-4-3--2-1-2--3-4-3-2-3-----6-|--4S3S4--2-1-2--3-4-3-2-3-----6-|
|-2-1-------------------------|--2S1S2-------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------4-3-4------------5-4---|---------4-3-4------------7-6---|
|-4-3--2-1-2--3-4-3-2-3-----6-|--4S3S4--2-1-2--5-6-5-4-5-----8-|
|-2-1-------------------------|--2S1S2-------------------------|
15/8 17/8
Gtrs I, II
PM----------|
E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E Q Q Q Q
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------|
|------4-3-4------------5-4---|---------4-3-4-----------------|
|-4-3--2-1-2--3-4-3-2-3-----6-|--4S3S4--2-1-2--5--4--4--4--4--|
|-2-1-------------------------|--2S1S2---------3--2--2--2--2--|
Q=135
8/4
Gtrs I, II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------4-4-3-3-5-5-------------------------------------|
|---------4-4-5-5-------------4-4---------3-3-4-4-2-2---------0-0-|
|-2-2-3-3-------------------------2-2-3-3-------------3-3-1-1-----|
9/4
Gtrs I, II
PM PM--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q E E E E
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------4-4-3-3-5-5---------------------------------|
|---------4-4-5-5-------------4-4---------3-3-4-4-4----3-4-3--|
|-2-2-3-3-------------------------2-2-3-3---------2----1-2-1--|
Q=220
4/2
Gtrs I, II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------4-4-4---3-3-3---5-5-5-----------|
|-----------------4-4-4---5-5-5---------------------------4-4-4---|
|-2-2-2---3-3-3---------------------------------------------------|
Gtrs I, II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------3-3-3---4-4-4---2-2-2-------------------0-0-0---|
|-2-2-2---3-3-3---------------------------3-3-3---1-1-1-----------|
4/2
Gtrs I, II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------4-4-4---3-3-3---5-5-5-----------|
|-----------------4-4-4---5-5-5---------------------------4-4-4---|
|-2-2-2---3-3-3---------------------------------------------------|
Q=145
7/4
Gtrs I, II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q E E E E
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-----------------3-3-3---4-4-4---4----3-4-3-|
|-2-2-2---3-3-3-------------------2----1-2-1-|
Q=130 Q=200
3/4 6/4
Gtrs I, II Gtr I
PM--------|
E E E E E E 4x E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E E E
||---------------||-|-------------------------------------|
||o-------------o||-|-------------------------------------|
||---------------||-|-------------------------------------|
||---------------||-|-----------5-------------------------|
||o-3-5-6-8-7-5-o||-|-5-------------------5-----------6p5-|
||--1-3-4-6-5-3--||-|---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-4-----|
7/4
Gtr I
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E Q Q
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-----------4---------------------------|
|-4-------------------4---------5h6-----|
|---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2------3--|
|
| Gtr II
| E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E Q Q
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-4-------------------4---------5h6-----|
|-2-------------------2--------------3--|
13/8
Gtrs I, II
E S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E E E E
||----------------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------------|
||----------------------------------------|
||------------5---------------------------|
||o-5-------------------5-----------6p5-4-|
||----3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3---3-3-3-3-4-------|
S S S S E S S S S E S S S S E Q Q 3x
|--------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------o||
|--------------------------------------||
|---------4----------------------------||
|-------------------4---------5h6-----o||
|-2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2---2-2-2-2------3---||
Q=150
9/4
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------5h6p4h5p4---------6---------5---------5h6p4h5p4-5---6---|
|-3-3-3-3-----------3-3-3-6---3-3-3-6---3-3-3-3-----------3---4---|
Q=170
5/2
Gtrs I, II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------5h6p4h5p4---------6---------5---------5h6p4h5p4-------------|
|-3-3-3-3-----------3-3-3-6---3-3-3-6---3-3-3-3-----------3-3-3-4-4-4-|
Q=150
3/4 19/16
Gtrs I, II
E E E E E E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S 3x
|-------------||------------------------------------------||
|-------------||o----------------------------------------o||
|-------------||------------------------------------------||
|-------------||------------------------------------------||
|-------------||o---------5h6p4h5p4---------6---------5--o||
|-7-7-7-6-6-6-||--3-3-3-3-----------3-3-3-6---3-3-3-6-----||
Q=170
11/4
S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E Q S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------||
|-------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------5h6p4h5p4-------------------------4-----------------||
|-3-3-3-3-----------3-3-3-4-4-4-7-7-7-6-6-6-2-----------------||
Q=150
6/2
PM------| PM------| PM------| PM--------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||o-------------------------------------------------------o||
||---------------------------------------------------------||
||--------------------------[5]----------------------------||
||o-3-5-4-7-4-[4]-3-5-4-5-6-----3-5-4-6-3-[4]-3-5-4-7-4-5-o||
||--1-3-2-5-2-----1-3-2-3-4-----1-3-2-4-1-----1-3-2-5-2-3--||
Q=220
8/4
Gtr I
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5---------5-5-5-5-------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-----------------4-4-4-4---------4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4---------------------------------1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-|
|---------2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5---------5-5-5-5-------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-----------------4-4-4-4---------4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4-----------------------------------------||
|-2-2-2-2-------------------------4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-----------------||
|-------------------------1-1-1-1-----------------2-2-3-3-2-2-2-2-||
Gtrs I, II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||------------------------------------------------------------------|
||o-----------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------|
||------------------------------------------------------------------|
||o---------6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5---------5-5-5-5-------------------------|
||--3-3-3-3-----------------4-4-4-4---------4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-4-4-4-4---------------------------------1-1-1-1-3-3-3-3-4-4-4-4-|
|---------2-2-2-2-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-1-1-1-1-------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------6-6-6-6-5-5-5-5---------5-5-5-5-------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-----------------4-4-4-4---------4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3-2-2-2-2-|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------------------------o||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------5-5-5-5-4-4-4-4---------------------------------------------||
|-2-2-2-2-------------------------4-4-4-4-3-3-3-3--------------------o||
|-------------------------1-1-1-1-----------------2-2-3-3-2-2-2-2-----||
15/8 16/8
Gtr I
E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------4-3-4------------5-4---|--------4-3-4------------5-4----|
|-4-3--2-1-2--3-4-3-2-3-----6-|-4S3S4--2-1-2--3-4-3-2-3-----6--|
|-2-1-------------------------|-2S1S2--------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E Q E E Q E E E E E E E E
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|--------------------------------|
|------4-3-4------------5-4---|--------4-3-4------------7-6----|
|-4-3--2-1-2--3-4-3-2-3-----6-|-4S3S4--2-1-2--5-6-5-4-5-----8--|
|-2-1-------------------------|-2S1S2--------------------------|
Q=130 Q=120
3/4 5/4
Gtr I
PM-------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-----------------2-2-2-2-|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-1-1-2-2-----------------6--4--5--3--||
|-0-0-0-0-4-4-3-3---------|---------0-0-0-0-4-4-3-3-4--2--3--1--||
|
| Gtr II
| PM-------|
| Q S S S S S S S S S S S S Q S S S S E E E E
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------------------||
|-2-----------------------|---------2---------------6--4--5--3--||
|-0-----------------------|---------0---------------4--2--3--1--||
Q=130
3/4 5/4
Gtrs I, II
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||--------------------------|-----------------------------------------||
||o-------------------------|----------------------------------------o||
||--------------------------|-----------------------------------------||
||------------------2-2-2-2-|-----------------------------------------||
||o-------------------------|-1-1-2-2--------------------------------o||
||--0-0-0-0-4-4-3-3---------|---------0-0-0-0-4-4-3-3-4-4-2-2-3-3-1-1-||
Q=110
6/4 2/4
PM----|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E 3x
|--------------------------------------------------||--------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||o------------o||
|--------------------------------------------------||--------------||
|-----------------2-2-2-2--------------------------||--------------||
|--------------------------1-1-2-2-----------------||o-6-4-5-3----o||
|-0-0-0-0-4-4-3-3------------------0-0-0-0-4-4-3-3-||--4-2-3-1-----||
Q=190
8/2
PM| PM PM| PM PM| PM----------------|
E E E E Q E E E E Q E E Q E E E E Q E E E E E E E E E E 6x
||----------------------------------------------------------------||
||o--------------------------------------------------------------o||
||----------------------------------------------------------------||
||------3---3------3---3------4------3---3------------------------||
||o-----1---1------1---1------2------1---1------4-5-7-6-5-8-7-6--o||
||--0-0---0----0-0---0----0-0----0-0---0----0-0-2-3-5-4-3-6-5-4---||
9/4
Q W W
|------------------||
|------------------||
|------------------||
|------------------||
|-2----------------||
|-0----------------||
Q=135
8/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------4-4-3-3-5-5---------------------------------------|
|---------4-4-5-5-------------4-4---------3-3-4-4-2-2---------0-0---|
|-2-2-3-3-------------------------2-2-3-3-------------3-3-1-1-------|
9/4
PM PM--|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q E E E E
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------4-4-3-3-5-5---------------------------------|
|---------4-4-5-5-------------4-4---------3-3-4-4-4----3-4-3--|
|-2-2-3-3-------------------------2-2-3-3---------2----1-2-1--|
Q=220
8/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------4-4-4---3-3-3---5-5-5-----------|
|-----------------4-4-4---5-5-5---------------------------4-4-4---|
|-2-2-2---3-3-3---------------------------------------------------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------3-3-3---4-4-4---2-2-2-------------------0-0-0---|
|-2-2-2---3-3-3---------------------------3-3-3---1-1-1-----------|
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------4-4-4---3-3-3---5-5-5-----------|
|-----------------4-4-4---5-5-5---------------------------4-4-4---|
|-2-2-2---3-3-3---------------------------------------------------|
Q=145
7/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S Q E E E E
|--------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------||
|-----------------3-3-3---4-4-4---4----3-4-3-||
|-2-2-2---3-3-3-------------------2----1-2-1-||
Q=130
3/4 6/4 13/8
PM------| PM------------------| PM------------------|
E E E E E E 4x E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
||---------------||-|-------------------------|-----------------------------
||o-------------o||-|-------------------------|-----------------------------
||---------------||-|-------------------------|-----------------------------
||---------------||-|-------------------------|---------------4---4---------
||o-3-5-6-8-7-6-o||-|-5-5-5-6-6-6-5-5-5-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-6-6-6-3-2-3-2-3-[2]---
||--1-3-4-6-5-4--||-|-3-3-3-4-4-4-3-3-3-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-4-4-4-1---1---1-------
12/8
PM--------------------------------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-------------------------|---------------------------
|-------------------------|---------------------------
|-------------------------|---------------------------
|-------------------------|---------------4---4-------
|-5-5-5-6-6-6-5-5-5-3-3-3-|-5-5-5-6-6-6-3-2-3-2-3-[2]-
|-3-3-3-4-4-4-3-3-3-1-1-1-|-3-3-3-4-4-4-1---1---1-----
6/4 13/8
PM------------------| PM------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|----------------------------|
|-------------------------|---------------4---4--------|
|-5-5-5-6-6-6-5-5-5-4-4-4-|-5-5-5-6-6-6-3-2-3-2-3-[2]--|
|-3-3-3-4-4-4-3-3-3-2-2-2-|-3-3-3-4-4-4-1---1---1------|
6/4
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------------------|
|---------------------------|----------------4---4-------|
|-5-5-5-/6-6-6-5-5-5-/3-3-3-|-5-5-5-/6-6-6-3-2-3-2-3-[2]-|
|-3-3-3-/4-4-4-3-3-3-/1-1-1-|-3-3-3-/4-4-4-1---1---1-----|
Q=140
8/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
||o------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
||-------------------------------------------------------------------|
||o---------6-6-5-5---------5-5-4-4---------6-6-5-5------------------|
||--3-3-3-3---------2-2-2-2---------3-3-3-3---------2-2-2-2-3-3-5-5--|
8/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------6-6-5-5---------5-5-4-4---------6-6-5-5-----------------o||
|-3-3-3-3---------2-2-2-2---------3-3-3-3---------2-4-5-1-2-4-4-5--||
4/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-6-5-5-6-6-5-5-|
11/8
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|---------------5--------------------------------|
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----2-2-3-3-2-2-3-3-2-2-3-3-2-2---|
4/4
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
||----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|
||----------------------------------|
||o---------------------------------|
||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-6-6-5-5-6-6-5-5-|
13/8
S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S
|------------------------------------------------------||
|-----------------------------------------------------o||
|------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------5-----------------------4-------------o||
|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2---2-2-3-3-2-2-3-3-2-2-3---2-2-3-3-2-2--||
Q=130
6/4
PM--------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||--------------------------|------------------------|
||o-------------------------|------------------------|
||--------------------------|------------------------|
||--------------------------|-------5-----------5----|
||o-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-4-4-4-|-5-4-5-3-4-5-5-4-5-3-4-5|
||--3-3-3-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2-|-3-2-3---2-3-3-2-3---2-3|
PM--------------------|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-------------------------o||
|-------------------------|--------------------------||
|-------------------------|-----8-----8-----8-----8--||
|-5-5-5-4-4-4-5-5-5-4-4-4-|-6-8-6-6-8-6-6-8-6-6-8-6-o||
|-3-3-3-2-2-2-3-3-3-2-2-2-|-4-6---4-6---4-6---4-6----||
11/8
PM----------------|
E E E E E E E E E Q
|------------------------*|
|------------------------*|
|------------------------*|
|------------------------*|
|-5-5-5-6-6-6-5-5-5-4----*|
|-3-3-3-4-4-4-3-3-3-2----*|
Tablature Legend
----------------
h - hammer-on
p - pull-off
b - bend
pb - pre-bend
r - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
/\ - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
s - legato slide
S - shift slide
- natural harmonic
[n] - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
~ - vibrato
tr - trill
T - tap
TP - trem. picking
PM - palm muting
\n/ - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
\n - tremolo bar down
n/ - tremolo bar up
/n\ - tremolo bar inverted dip
= - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
<> - volume swell (louder/softer)
x - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
o - on rhythm slash represents single note slash
Misc Legend
-----------
| - bar
|| - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*| - double bar (ending)
: - bar (freetime)
$ - Segno
& - Coda
