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Artist:  Fear Factory
Song:  "Descent"
Album:  "Obsolete"
Label:  Roadrunner Records, copyright 1998, (The All-Blacks B.V.)

Dry Lung Vocal Martyr:  Burton C. Bell
Heavy Duty Scarifier:  Dino Cazares
Total Harmonic Distortion:  Christian Olde Wolbers
Maximum Effective Pulse Generator:  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
                martyr@fearfactory.com
I will gladly investigate any possible errors in any tablature on this site.

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This song sounded a little strange the first time I heard it.  The intro 
sounds a little like something Machine Head might have written.  
Although that's definitely not a bad thing, it seems a little out of 
style for Fear Factory.

The opening guitar riff is rather tricky to play (although it does not 
sound so difficult) and much practice may be required to get it.  You 
should bar your first finger on the second fret and use your middle 
finger to play the third fret on the F# string.  Use your ring finger to 
play the fourth fret on the low A string.  Use your pinkie to play the 
fifth fret on the low A string.  Then, play the open E string and keep 
your hand in position.  With practice, you will be able to hold your 
middle finger down on that F# string.  It is tricky, but keep 
practicing.

Another unfamiliar chord to you may be this...

|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|--7--|
|--5--|
|--7--|

...which occurs in Riffs F and G.  Remember that since your lowest 
string is down to A, this is just a root-fourth chord.  To play it, I 
recommend this fingering...

|-----|
|-----|
|-----|
|--7--| <-- pinkie
|--5--| <-- index finger
|--7--| <-- ring finger

Have fun!

Tune top string down a perfect fifth (to A) and all other strings down a 
perfect fourth (A, 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"

moderate speed

Intro:  Song kicks right into Riff A

Riff A

Let high-pitched notes ring out.  Let the final low A note sustain at 
the end of the first measure

|---2-----2-----2-------2---------2-----2--------------|
|-----3-----3-----3---3---3---------3-----3------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------0----------------------------------|
|-2-----4-----5-------------(0)-2-----4-----0----------|
                             *

|---2-----2-----2-------2---------2-----2-----------------------|
|-----3-----3-----3---3---3---------3-----3---------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------0-------------------------0--0-0--0-2--2-2--|
|-2-----4-----5-------------(0)-2-----4-----0-0--0-0--0-2--2-2--|
                             *              *    *    * 

Riff B

|---2-----2-----2-------2---------2-----2-----2-------2----|
|-----3-----3-----3---3---3---------3-----3-----3---3---3--|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------0--------------------------------------|
|-2-----4-----5-------------(0)-2-----4-----0-----2--------|
                             *

Riff C

Play chord and let it fade into the chorus

|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|--2----------|
|--2----------|
|--2----------|

Riff D

|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------|
|-2---(4)-4-4-4-4---4-5---(5)/7-7-7--|
|-2---(4)-4-4-4-4---4-5---(5)/7-7-7--|
|-2---(4)-4-4-4-4---4-5---(5)/7-7-7--|
       *

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-----2---(4)-4-4-4-4-------(2)---2-2-2--|
|-----2---(4)-4-4-4-4--------0----2-2-2--|
|-(0)-2---(4)-4-4-4-4---(0)--0----2-2-2--|
   *                     *

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-----2---(4)-4-4-4-4---4-5---(5)/7-7-7--|
|-----2---(4)-4-4-4-4---4-5---(5)/7-7-7--|
|-(0)-2---(4)-4-4-4-4---4-5---(5)/7-7-7--|
   *

|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-----2---(4)-4-4-4-4-----------------------|
|-----2---(4)-4-4-4-4-----0--0-0--0-2--2-2--|
|-(0)-2---(4)-4-4-4-4---0-0--0-0--0-2--2-2--|
   *                    *    *    *

Riff E

Play chord and then mute it (no sustain)

|-------------|
|-------------|
|-------------|
|--2----------|
|--2----------|
|--2----------|

Riff F

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-2--2-2/4-(4)-4-4-4---(4)-5--5--(5)/7-(7)-7-7-7--|
|-2--2-2/4-(4)-4-4-4---(4)-5--5--(5)/7-(7)-7-7-7--|
|-2--2-2/4-(4)-4-4-4---(4)-5--5--(5)/7-(7)-7-7-7--|

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-2-----(2)-(2)-----7-7------2-2------2--|
|-2------0---0------5-5------2-2------2--|
|-2------0---0------7-7------2-2------2--|

Riff G

Riff under "I am nothing..." etc.

|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------------|
|-2---2-----(2)---(2)-----7---7------2-2-----(0)-2--|
|-2---2------0-----0------5---5------2-2-----(0)-2--|
|-2---2------0-----0------7---7------2-2-----(0)-2--|

Song Structure

Riff A 1 time
Riff B 2 times
Riff C 1 time

guitar silence while Burton sings first verse backed 
by the bass

Riff D 1 time
Riff B 2 times
Riff E 1 time

guitar silence while Burton sings second verse again
backed by the bass

Riff D 1 time
Riff B 2 times
Riff F 2 times
Riff G 8 times
Riff A 1 time
Riff B 4 times
Riff C and fade out