----------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Song: Black Castle Band: Solitude Aeturnus Album: Beyond the Crimson Horizon Tabbed by: TrollFaceJesus E-mail: [email protected] Hey everyone, this is my tab for this song, and I think it sounds pretty awesome. All of the rhythm sections in the song are here, but I didn't tab out the solo. Hopefully everything in here is accurate, and you guys find this tab to be helpful! If you have any comments, questions or corrections to point out, please feel free to leave a message here, or to send me an email! :D Tuning: D-Standard Intro (0:00) ============ Riff 1a (Guitar 1 & 2) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a |-----------------------| |-----------------------| |-----------------------| x1 |-----------------------| |----4-/-5-------4-/-5--| |0---2-/-3---0---2-/-3--| . . Riff 1b (Guitar 1 & 2) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------| x1 |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------------|----4-/-5-------4-/-5---8------|----4-/-5-------4-/-5--| |0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|0---2-/-3---0---2-/-3---6------|0---2-/-3---0---2-/-3--| . . . . . . . . . . . . Verse I (0:09) ============== Riff 1c (Guitar 1 & 2) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a |-------------------------------|---------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------| x1 |-------------------------------|---------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------|----4-/-5-------4-/-5---8------|----4-/-5-------5-/-4--| |0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|0---0---0---0--|0---2-/-3---0---2-/-3---6------|0---2-/-3---0---3-/-2--| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Riff 1d (Guitar 1 & 2) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------| x1 |-------------------------------|-------------------------------|-----------------------| |-------------------------------|----4-/-5-------4-/-5---8------|----4-/-5-------5-/-4--| |0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|0---2-/-3---0---2-/-3---6------|0---2-/-3---0---3-/-2--| . . . . . . . . . . . . Riff 1e (Guitar 1 & 2) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 5 e + a |-------------------------------|---------------|---------------------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------|---------------------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------|---------------------------------------| x1 |-------------------------------|---------------|---------------------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------|----4-/-5-------4-/-5---8--------------| |0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|0---0---0---0--|0---2-/-3---0---2-/-3---6-------5------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Bridge I (0:31) =============== Riff 2a (Guitar 1 & 2) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| x1 |--------9\7-9-----------9\7----|--------9\7-9------------------| |--------7\5-7-----------7\5-8--|--------7\5-7---5tr7-----------| |0---0-0---------0---0-0-----6--|0---0-0-----------------6------| . . . . . . . . . Riff 2b (Guitar 1 & 2) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| x1 |--------9\7-9-----------7/9-7--|--------9\7-9------------------| |--------7\5-7-----------5/7-5--|--------7\5-7---5tr7-----------| |0---0-0---------0---0-0--------|0---0-0-----------------6---5--| . . . . . . . . . Riff 2a x 1 Riff 2c (Guitar 1 & 2) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 5 e + a |-------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------------------------------| x1 |--------9\7-9-----------7/9-7--|--------9\7-9--------------------------| |--------7\5-7-----------5/7-5--|--------7\5-7---5tr7-------------------| |0---0-0---------0---0-0--------|0---0-0-----------------6-------5------| . . . . . . . . . Verse II (0:50) =============== Riff 1a x 1 Riff 1c x 1 Riff 1d x 1 Riff 1f (Guitar 1 & 2) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |-------------------------------|---------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------|-------------------------------| x1 |-------------------------------|---------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|---------------|----4-/-5-------4-/-5---8------| |0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0--|0---0---0---0--|0---2-/-3---0---2-/-3---6------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Chorus I (1:13) =============== Riff 3a (Guitar 1) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| x2 |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |2---------------2--------------|2---3-------------------14\----| |0---------------0--------------|0---1-------------------12\----| Riff 3a (Guitar 2) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| x2 Note: Play the chord in the "( )" |----------------2--------------|----3----------(3)------14\----| on the second time only. |2---------------2--------------|2---3----------(3)------14\----| |0--------------(0)-------------|0---1-------------------12\----| ^ Note: When you see chords marked like this, put more emphasis on the high-end of the chord, or omit the root note completely. Riff 3b (Guitar 1) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| x3 |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |2---------------2--------------|2---3-----------3--------------| |0---------------0--------------|0---1-----------1-------3v-----| Riff 3b (Guitar 2) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| x3 |----------------2--------------|----3-----------3--------------| |2---------------2--------------|2---3-----------3--------------| |0--------------(0)-------------|0---1----------(1)------3v-----| Riff 3c (Guitar 1) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| x1 |-------------------------------|----------------5-------4------| |2---------------2--------------|2---3-----------3-------2------| |0---------------0--------------|0---1--------------------------| Riff 3c (Guitar 2) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| x1 |----------------2--------------|----3-----------5-------4------| |2---------------2--------------|2---3-----------3-------2------| |0-----------0--(0)-------------|0---1--------------------------| Riff 4 (Guitar 1 & 2) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| x1 |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |4------------------------------|3----------------------/14\----| |2------------------------------|1----------------------/12\----| Bridge II (1:47) ================ Riff 5a (Guitar 1 & 2) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| x1 |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |2---------------7--------------|----------------5-------7------| |0-----------------------7------|6b--------------3-------5------| ^ Note: Bend this note a 1/4 step. Riff 5b (Guitar 1 & 2) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| x1 |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |2---------------7--------------|----------------5-------3------| |0-----------------------7------|6b--------------3-------1------| ^ Note: Bend this note a 1/4 step. Riff 5a x 1 Riff 5b x 1 Riff 5a x 1 Riff 5b x 1 Solo I (2:16) ============= Riff 3b x 3 Riff 3c x 1 Riff 4 x 1 Riff 6 (Guitar 1) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| x1 |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |2------------------------------|-----------------------/14\----| |0------------------------------|-----------------------/12\----| Riff 6 (Guitar 2) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| x1 |-------------------------------|9------------------------------| |2------------------------------|7------------------------------| |0------------------------------|-----------------------/12\----| Bridge III (2:43) ================= Riff 7a (Guitar 1 & 2) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| x1 |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Riff 7b (Guitar 1 & 2) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| x1 |-------------------------------|1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1| |0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Riff 7a x 1 Riff 7b x 1 Solo II (2:58) ============== Riff 7a x 1 Riff 7b x 1 Riff 7a x 1 Riff 7b x 1 Verse III (3:13) ================ Riff 1a x 1 Riff 1c x 1 Riff 1d x 1 Riff 1f x 1 Chorus II (3:36) ================ Riff 3a x 2 Riff 3b x 3 Riff 3c x 1 Ending (4:04) ============= Riff 8 (Guitar 1 & 2) 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| x1 |-------------------------------|-------------------------------| |-------------------------------|2------------------------------| |2-2-2-2-4-2-3-2-1-1-1-1-3-1-3-2|0------------------------------| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Note: I'm not actually 100% sure about this riff, but I think that this is fairly close to how they play it in the song. And that's it! ************************************ | / slide up | \ slide down | h hammer-on | p pull-off | v vibrato | + harmonic | • mute note | b bend | pb pre-bend | br bend release | pbr pre-bend release | brb bend release bend ************************************