Band: The Raven Age
Song: "The Death March"
Tuning: Bb F Bb Eb G C, low to high
Tabbed by: jjhand
This song has some good heavy metal gallop rhythms, melody and harmony parts. Reminded me of Bullet for
My Valentine and other British metal bands current and past. The band's lineup includes guitarist
George Harris, son of Iron Maiden bassist Steve Harris. Please vote or comment.
Intro - Palm muted triplet 'Gallop' Riff
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|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------| repeated during fade in
|-----------------------------|
|-----------------------------|
|-0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--|
Main Riff - played 2x
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-0-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-0-----------------------|------8--7-------10--8-|
|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--|-7--8------8--10-------|
PM***************** * * * * * * * *
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|--9---9------10--------|
|---------------------------|--10--10-----10--------|
|---------------------------|--8---8------8---------|
|-12~--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------|
|-------------------------|-----------------------| go to endings
|-0-----------------------|-----------------------|
|-0-----------------------|------8--7-------10--8-|
|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--|-7--8------8--10-------|
PM***************** * * * * * * * *
** 1st ending
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|---------------8-------|
|---------------------------|--10-10-----8--8-------|
|-12~--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--|--10-10-----8--8-------|
** 2nd ending
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|-----------------------|
|---------------------------|--10-10--12--10/12-----|
|-12~--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--|--10-10--12--10/12-----|
Chorus - 2 guitars
|---------------|----------------|-------------|------------------------|
|---------------|----------------|-------------|------------------------|
|---------10----|----------12----|-------------|------------------------|
|------10---10--|-------12---12--|-------------|-12-12-12-12-12\10-10---|
|-8-------------|-10-------------|-0---(x8)----|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0----|
|-8-------------|-10-------------|-0-----------|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0----|
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|--------------|-7-7-7-7-8-8-8-8-|-----------------|
|-8---(x8)-----|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-8------------|-----------------|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|----------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-9/10-10-10-10-10-9-7-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|------------------|
|----------------------|-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3--|-7-7-7-8-8-8---7--|
|--0-0--0--0--0--0-0-0-|-1-1-1-1-1-1-1-1--|-0-0-0-0-0-0---0--|
|--0-0--0--0--0--0-0-0-|------------------|---------------0--|
Play Main Riff again but a second guitar joins the ascending notes with harmony:
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----
|-------------------------|-------------------------|-----
|-0-----------------------|-------------------------|-----
|-0-----------------------|-------12-10-------13-12-|-----
|-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--0-0-0--|-10-12-------12-14-------|-15~-
Play Chorus Again
Bridge (1:28) played 4x
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|------9---9-9-9--9-9--|------5---5-5-5--5-5--|------5---5-5-5--5-5--|
|------7---7-7-7--7-7--|-3----3---3-3-3--3-3--|-5----5---5-5-5--5-5--|
|------5---5-5-5--5-5--|-1----1---1-1-1--1-1--|-0----0---0-0-0--0-0--|
|-0--------------------|----------------------|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|----------------------|
|------7---7-7-7--7-7--|
|-5----5---5-5-5--5-5--|
|-5----5---5-5-5--5-5--|
Bridge Part 2, play 2x
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|--------------------------|----------------------------|
|------10--10-10-10--10-10-|-------12---12-12-12--12-12-|
|-8----8---8--8--8---8--8--|-10----10---10-10-10--10-10-|
|-8----8---8--8--8---8--8--|-10----10---10-10-10--10-10-|
Solo Rhythm Part 1 (2:08) - all PM, played 3x
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0----------------|---------------------------------|
|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---12-12-121212-|-8-8-8---8-8-8---5-5-5---5-7-7-7-|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0----------------|-------------------------------------|
|-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---12-12-121212-|-8-8-8---8-8-8---10-10-10---10-7-7-7-|
Solo Part 1, starts on 3rd time through above Rhythm part
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------10-10h13p10--10-|-------------------------------------|
|---14-----12---------10-12-----------12---|---14-----12-------------9-10-9------|
|-0---15-0---14--10-12---------------------|-0---15-0---14--10-12--12------12-10-|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
Solo Part 1 Harmony, starts after 4 bars of Part 1 on 2nd guitar
|---------------------------8--8h12p8----8-|--------------------------------------|
|---13-10--11-8-------10-11-----------11---|---13-10--11-8--------------10--------|
|-----------------9-10---------------------|-----------------9-10--10-12--12-10-9-|
|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|
Main Solo Rhythm Guitar (2:38) - play 4x
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|-14--14--14------x-x--|-10--10--10--12--12--12--|
|-12--12--12------x-x--|--8---8---8--10--10--10--|
|-12--12--12------x-x--|--8---8---8--10--10--10--|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-------------------------|
|----------------------|-14--14--14--15--15--15--|
|-14--14--14------x-x--|-12--12--12--15--15--15--|
|-12--12--12------x-x--|-10--10--10--13--13--13--|
|-12--12--12------x-x--|-------------------------|
Main Solo (2:38) - faster tempo
|-10~-------------------10-|-12-13-12-10------------------|--------------------|
|------------------10-13---|------------13-/15-13h15-13---|-15-13--------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|-------14-15-14-12--|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------|
|--------------------------|------------------------------|--------------------|
2 guitars here
|-----------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|-13--12----------------|--------------------------13p11p10-11-10------|
|-14--12-14-12-14~------|------------------14p12p10--------------12-10-|
|--------15-14-15~------|-15p14p12-17p15p14----------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------|-----------------|
|-10---------------------------------------|-----------------|
|---12p10-12p10p9-10p9--9------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------12-12p10-10h12-10h12-|-----------------|
|------------------------------------------|-12~--------\7/--|
|------------------------------------------|-----------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------------|----------------|---------------------|
|------9h10p9---------------------|--------10--9---|--7-----7h9p7~~~-\---|
|-10h12------12p10--10h12TP--10\--|----------------|----10---------------|
|-----------------12--------------|----------------|---------------------|
|---------------------------------|-\x/------------|---------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|--------------8h10h11p10p8-----|--------8h10p8h11-T13p11p10p8p10-|
|-------7h9h10-------------10p9-|-10p9h10-------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
|----------------|------------------|--------10-10-10-12-|-12br13-10---10------|
|------13b15--13-|-10----10-13-10---|-10-----------------|----------13---13-10-|
|----------------|----12---------12-|--------------------|---------------------|
|----------------|------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|----------------|------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
|----------------|------------------|--------------------|---------------------|
play 2x:
|----------------|------------------|----------------|---------------|
|-11----13-11----|------------------|-11----13-11----|---------------|
|-------------12-|-11---------------|-------------12-|-11brbr12------|
|----------------|-12---------------|----------------|----------12---|
|----------------|------------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|------------------|----------------|---------------|
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| rhythm gtr
|----------------|------------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|------------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|------------------|----------------|---------------|
|----------------|-0----------------|----------------|--0------------|
|-8----------10--|-0----------------|-8-----------10-|--0------------|
|-8----------10--|-0----------------|-8-----------10-|--0------------|
Final Bridge Riff - played 4x similarly with drum beats
rhythm
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|-8-8-8-8-8-10-10-10-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
|
| lead
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|-3-3-3-5-3----------|-----------------|
|-----------5--5--5--|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
|--------------------|-----------------|
|--------------------|-----------------|
Play Chorus
Play Solo Rhythm Part 1 Riff to end song
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| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| T Right hand tap
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