Darkness Descends

Band: Dark Angel Album: Darkness Descends Song: Darkness Descends Copyright (c) 1986 Combat (c) 1998 Century Media (re-release) Version 1.1 - 05-08-2005 Transcribed By: Steve - MetalThrashingMad Email: LRubek@msn.com Gtr I (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Guitar 1' Gtr II (D# G# C# F# A# D#) - 'Guitar 2' Q=65 4/4 Gtr I Q Q Q Q W +W |-------------|----------||----------|| |-------------|----------||o--------o|| |-3-----------|----------||----------|| |-1--2--------|----------||----------|| |----0--4--6--|-3--------||o-(3)----o|| |-------2--4--|-1--------||--(1)-----|| Q=120 PM----| ~~~~~~~~~~~~ PM-----| ~~~~~~~~PM| S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E E E S S E |---------------------|------------------------| |---------------------|------------------------| |---------------------|------------------------| |---------------------|------------------------| |---------3-3-2-2-----|----------3-3-2-2-----7-| |-0-0-0-0---------5-5-|-0--0-0-0---------0-0-5-| | | Gtr II | W H. S S E |---------------------|------------------------| |---------------------|------------------------| |---------------------|------------------------| |---------------------|------------------------| |---------------------|----------------------7-| |---------------------|------------------0-0-5-| PM----| ~~~~~~~~~~~~ PM----| ~~~~~~~~PM| S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E E E S S E ||----------------------|-----------------------| ||o---------------------|-----------------------| ||----------------------|-----------------------| ||----------------------|-----------------------| ||o---------3-3-2-2-----|---------3-3-2-2-----7-| ||--0-0-0-0---------5-5-|-0-0-0-0---------0-0-5-| PM----| ~~~~~~~~~~~~ PM----| ~~~~~~~~PM| S S S S E E E E E E S S S S E E E E S S E W +W |---------------------|-----------------------|----------|---------|| |---------------------|-----------------------|----------|--------o|| |---------------------|-----------------------|----------|---------|| |---------------------|-----------------------|----------|---------|| |---------3-3-2-2-----|---------3-3-2-2-----7-|-2--------|-(2)----o|| |-0-0-0-0---------5-5-|-0-0-0-0---------0-0-5-|-0--------|-(0)-----|| PM----| ~~~~PM----| ~~~~ PM----| ~~~~PM----| ~~~~ S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E S S S S E E W +W |-------------------------|-------------------------|----------|--------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|----------|--------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|----------|--------| |-------------------------|-------------------------|----------|--------| |---------3-3---------2-2-|---------3-3---------2-2-|-2--------|-(2)----| |-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-----|-0-0-0-0-----0-0-0-0-----|-0--------|-(0)----| Q=230 PM------------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| S S S S S S S S Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E ||------------------------|---------------------------|| ||o-----------------------|--------------------------o|| ||------------------------|---------------------------|| ||------------------------|---------------------------|| ||o-----------------4--6--|-5h6p5-------5h6p5--------o|| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--4--|-------5h6p5-------5h6p5---|| PM--------| PM------------------------------------------| E S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S ||------------------------------|---------------------------------| ||o-----------------------------|---------------------------------| ||------------------------------|---------------------------------| ||------------------------------|---------------------------------| ||o-5-------------3-------------|---------------------------------| ||--3-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| PM--------| PM--------------------------| |-3-| |-3-| E S S S S S S E S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E |-----------------------------|------------------------------|| |-----------------------------|-----------------------------o|| |-----------------------------|------------------------------|| |-----------------------------|------------------------------|| |-5-------------3-------------|-----------------5h6p5-------o|| |-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------5h6p5--|| PM----------------------------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E ||----------------------------------|--------------------------|| ||o---------------------------------|-------------------------o|| ||----------------------------------|--------------------------|| ||----------------------------------|--------------------------|| ||o---------------------------------|-5h6p5-------5h6p5-------o|| ||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------5h6p5-------5h6p5--|| PM------------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| S S S S S S S S Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E ||------------------------|---------------------------|| ||o-----------------------|--------------------------o|| ||------------------------|---------------------------|| ||------------------------|---------------------------|| ||o-----------------4--6--|-5h6p5-------5h6p5--------o|| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--4--|-------5h6p5-------5h6p5---|| PM----------------------------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E ||----------------------------------|--------------------------|| ||o---------------------------------|-------------------------o|| ||----------------------------------|--------------------------|| ||----------------------------------|--------------------------|| ||o---------------------------------|-5h6p5-------5h6p5-------o|| ||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------5h6p5-------5h6p5--|| PM------------| PM------------| S S S S S S S S E E Q S S S S S S S S E E Q ||-------------------------|--------------------------|| ||o------------------------|-------------------------o|| ||-------------------------|--------------------------|| 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|-----------------------------|------------------------------|| |-5-------------3-------------|-----------------5h6p5-------o|| |-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------5h6p5--|| PM----------------------------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E ||----------------------------------|--------------------------|| ||o---------------------------------|-------------------------o|| ||----------------------------------|--------------------------|| ||----------------------------------|--------------------------|| ||o---------------------------------|-5h6p5-------5h6p5-------o|| ||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------5h6p5-------5h6p5--|| PM------------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| S S S S S S S S Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E ||------------------------|---------------------------|| ||o-----------------------|--------------------------o|| ||------------------------|---------------------------|| 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||o-----------------5S4-1--|-----------------5S4-5---o|| ||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3S2----|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3S2-3----|| PM------------| PM------------| S S S S S S S S E E Q S S S S S S S S E E Q ||-------------------------|------------------------| ||o------------------------|------------------------| ||-------------------------|------------------------| ||-------------------------|------------------------| ||o-----------------3-5-6--|-----------------3-5-6--| ||--2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------| PM------------| PM------------| S S S S S S S S E E Q S S S S S S S S E E Q |------------------------|--------------------------| |------------------------|--------------------------| |------------------------|--------------------------| |------------------------|--------------------------| |-----------------3-5-6--|-----------------3-5-6----| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------| PM------------| PM------------| S S S S S S S S E E Q S S S S S S S S E E Q |------------------------|------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------| |------------------------|------------------------| |-----------------2-4-5--|-----------------2-4-5--| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------| |------------------------|------------------------| PM------------| PM------------| S S S S S S S S E E Q S S S S S S S S E E Q |------------------------|---------------------------|| |------------------------|--------------------------o|| |------------------------|---------------------------|| |-----------------2-4-5--|-----------------2-4-5-----|| |-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2----------o|| |------------------------|---------------------------|| 2/4 PM------------| PM------------| S S S S S S S S E E Q S S S S S S S S E E Q E H E Q H |------------------------|------------------------|-------------|------| |------------------------|------------------------|-------------|------| 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|-----------------------------|-----------------------------o|| |-----------------------------|------------------------------|| |-----------------------------|------------------------------|| |-5-------------3-------------|-----------------5h6p5-------o|| |-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-------5h6p5--|| PM----------------------------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E ||----------------------------------|--------------------------|| ||o---------------------------------|-------------------------o|| ||----------------------------------|--------------------------|| ||----------------------------------|--------------------------|| ||o---------------------------------|-5h6p5-------5h6p5-------o|| ||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------5h6p5-------5h6p5--|| PM------------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| S S S S S S S S Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E ||------------------------|---------------------------|| ||o-----------------------|--------------------------o|| ||------------------------|---------------------------|| ||------------------------|---------------------------|| ||o-----------------4--6--|-5h6p5-------5h6p5--------o|| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--4--|-------5h6p5-------5h6p5---|| PM----------------------------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E E E E E E E E E ||----------------------------------|--------------------------|| ||o---------------------------------|-------------------------o|| ||----------------------------------|--------------------------|| ||----------------------------------|--------------------------|| ||o---------------------------------|-5h6p5-------5h6p5-------o|| ||--3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|-------5h6p5-------5h6p5--|| PM------------| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| |-3-| S S S S S S S S Q Q E E E E E E E E E E E E ||------------------------|---------------------------|| ||o-----------------------|--------------------------o|| ||------------------------|---------------------------|| ||------------------------|---------------------------|| ||o-----------------4--6--|-5h6p5-------5h6p5--------o|| ||--0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-2--4--|-------5h6p5-------5h6p5---|| 2/4 E H E Q H |-------------|------*| |-------------|------*| |-------------|------*| |-------------|------*| |-2------6-5--|-3----*| |-0------4-3--|-1----*| Duration Legend --------------- W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura + - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration) Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the duration for. Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests. Multi-bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for. Low melody durations appear below the staff 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 Tempo markers - = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths