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Metal Thrashing Mad
Anthrax
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METAL THRASHING MAD
As recorded by Anthrax
(From the 1983 Album FISTFUL OF METAL)
Transcribed by B. Johnson
Words and Music by Anthrax
Arranged by Anthrax
Gtr I (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Gtr II (E A D G B E) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Fast Rock Q=184 1.,2.,3. 4.
4/4
Gtr I
PM------------------------| PM----|
H Q E E Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 4x E E E E E E E E
|-------------||-----------------|------------------||------------------|
|-------------||o----------------|-----------------o||------------------|
|-----------7-||--7--------------|---------------7--||------------------|
|-----------7-||--7--7-7-7-7-7-7-|-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--||-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7--|
|-----------5-||o-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-o||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-------------||-----------------|------------------||------------------|
PM--| PM| PM| PM--| PM| PM|
Q E E E E E E E E E E +E Q E +Q E E E E E E E E E E +E Q E
|----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-2--------4-----|-5-----4-(4)S7--2-|-(2)--------4-----|-5-----4-(4)S3--2-|
|-2--------4-----|-5-----4-(4)S7--2-|-(2)--------4-----|-5-----4-(4)S3--2-|
|-0--0-0-0---0-0-|---0-0----------0-|-(0)--0-0-0---0-0-|---0-0----------0-|
|----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
PM--| PM| PM| PM--| PM| PM|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E +E Q E +Q E E E E E E E E E E +E Q E
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------||
|-(2)--------4-----|-5-----4-(4)S7--2-|-(2)--------4-----|-5-----4-(4)S3--2-||
|-(2)--------4-----|-5-----4-(4)S7--2-|-(2)--------4-----|-5-----4-(4)S3--2-||
|-(0)--0-0-0---0-0-|---0-0----------0-|-(0)--0-0-0---0-0-|---0-0----------0-||
|------------------|------------------|------------------|------------------||
1st, 2nd, 3rd Verses
$
PM------------------------------------------------------------|
+Q E E E E E E 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------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||--(2)--------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------2--|
||--(2)--------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------------2--|
||o-(0)--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
||-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
PM--------------------------------------------------------------|
+Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-(2)--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-(2)--------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-(0)--0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
|------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
Chorus
PM PM| PM|
W H Q. E Q Q +Q. E Q E E Q E E
|----------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-7--------|-------------|-3--3--(3)---2-|-2------5------|
|-7--------|-3----5------|-3--3--(3)---2-|-2------5------|
|-5--------|-3----5------|-1--1--(1)---0-|-0--0-0-3--3-3-|
|----------|-1----3----1-|---------------|---------------|
To Coda
PM
E E Q +Q. E H Q. E Q Q +Q. E Q Q H
|-----------------|-------------|---------------|------------|
|-----------------|-------------|---------------|------------|
|-10-9-7--(7)-----|-------------|-3--3--(3)---2-|-2--2--5----|
|-10-9-7--(7)-----|-3----5------|-3--3--(3)---2-|-2--2--5----|
|--8-7-5--(5)-----|-3----5------|-1--1--(1)---0-|-0--0--3----|
|---------------0-|-1----3----1-|---------------|------------|
1.
PM--| PM| PM| PM--| PM| PM|
Q E E E E E E E E E E +E Q E +Q E E E E E E E E E E +E Q E
|----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
|-2--------4-----|-5-----4-(4)S7--2-|-(2)--------4-----|-5-----4-(4)S3--2-|
|-2--------4-----|-5-----4-(4)S7--2-|-(2)--------4-----|-5-----4-(4)S3--2-|
|-0--0-0-0---0-0-|---0-0----------0-|-(0)--0-0-0---0-0-|---0-0----------0-|
|----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------|
PM--| PM| PM| PM--| PM| PM|
Q E E E E E E E E E E +E Q E +Q E E E E E E E E E E +E Q E
|----------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
|----------------|------------------|------------------|------------------o||
|-2--------4-----|-5-----4-(4)S7--2-|-(2)--------4-----|-5-----4-(4)S3--2--||
|-2--------4-----|-5-----4-(4)S7--2-|-(2)--------4-----|-5-----4-(4)S3--2--||
|-0--0-0-0---0-0-|---0-0----------0-|-(0)--0-0-0---0-0-|---0-0----------0-o||
|----------------|------------------|------------------|-------------------||
2.
PM| PM| PM| PM| ~~~~~~ PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E +H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
|-----2-----4-----|-5-----5-(5)----|-----2-----4-----|-4s5---4s5---4--|
|-----2-----4-----|-5-----5-(5)----|-----2-----4-----|-4s5-5-4s5-4-4--|
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0-3-(3)----|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|----------------|
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------|
PM| PM| PM| PM| ~~~~~~ PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E +H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----2-----4-----|-5-----5-(5)----|-----2-----4-----|-4s5---4s5---4--||
|-----2-----4-----|-5-----5-(5)----|-----2-----4-----|-4s5-5-4s5-4-4--||
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0-3-(3)----|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|----------------||
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------||
Guitar Solo
Gtr I
H.. E E E E E Q Q
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--7-------------------------9-|-9s===10-----x----9s===10----5-------|
|--7-------------------------9-|-9s===10-----x----9s===10----5-------|
|--5-------------------------7-|-7s====8-----x----7s====8----3-------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
| Gtr II
| ~~~~
| |---3---| |---3----| |---3---|
| E E E E E +H E E E E E E Q +Q
|------------17----------------|-------------------------------------|
|-20---17-20----20b22-(20)-----|-x-20----17--------------------------|
|------------------------------|------------19-17---19---------------|
|------------------------------|-----------------------19--(19)b21\--|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
+W Q. E Q. E
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|-(5)----------------------------------|-12--------------10----10-----------7--------|
|-(5)----------------------------------|-12--------------10----10-----------7--------|
|-(3)----------------------------------|-10---------------8-----8-----------5--------|
|--------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|
| |--3---| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3---| |---3----|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q +E. +S
|--------------------------------------|-----------------------20---(20)b22---(20)---|
|--------------------------------------|-17-----17-20-17----17-----------------------|
|-----------------------------19-17-19-|-----19--------------------------------------|
|-----------------------17-19----------|---------------------------------------------|
|-----------15-17-15-19----------------|---------------------------------------------|
|-17--15-17----------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
H.. E E E E E Q Q
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|--7---------------------------------9----|--9s===10-----x----9s===10--------5-------|
|--7---------------------------------9----|--9s===10-----x----9s===10--------5-------|
|--5---------------------------------7----|--7s====8-----x----7s====8--------3-------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|
| |---3---| |--3--| |--3--| |---3---| |---3----| |---3---| |--3--| |--3--|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-17------------------17------------------|-17---------------------17----------------|
|------20-18-20-19-20----20-18-20-18---20-|----20----18-20-19---20----20-18-20-18-20-|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
+W Q. E Q. E
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-(5)----------------------------------|-12--------------10----10---------7--|
|-(5)----------------------------------|-12--------------10----10---------7--|
|-(3)----------------------------------|-10---------------8-----8---------5--|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~
| |--3---| |--3--| |--3--| |--3--| |--3---| |---3----|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q +Q
|-17-----------------17----------------|-17----------------------------------|
|-----20-18-20-19-20----20-18-20-19-20-|-----20-19-17------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|--------------19----17-17---(17)\----|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
H.. E E E E E Q Q
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|--7---------------------------------9----|--9s===10-----x-----9s===10--------5------|
|--7---------------------------------9----|--9s===10-----x-----9s===10--------5------|
|--5---------------------------------7----|--7s====8-----x-----7s====8--------3------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|
| |---3---| |--3--| |--3--| |---3---| |---3----| |--3--| |-3--|
| E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E S S S S E E E E E E
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------|------------------------------------------|
|-15---15-15------------------------------|-------------------------15----15-17-x-17-|
|-15---15-15-17-15-17-15------------------|-15-------15-17-15-17-17----17------------|
|------------------------17-17-17-17---17-|----17------------------------------------|
+W Q. E Q. E
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-(5)---------------------------------------------|-12--------------------10----10----7-|
|-(5)---------------------------------------------|-12--------------------10----10----7-|
|-(3)---------------------------------------------|-10---------------------8-----8----5-|
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|
| ~~~
| |----3----| |-----3-----|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S S E E S S E E H
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|--------------17-17-------17-19------|
|-19--17-19-19-x-17----17-19-17----17----17----17-|-19--19-17-19-------19---------------|
|-------------------20----------20----20----20----|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
H.. E E E E E Q Q
|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|--7----------------------------------------9-|--9s===10-----x-----9s===10-----------5-------|
|--7----------------------------------------9-|--9s===10-----x-----9s===10-----------5-------|
|--5----------------------------------------7-|--7s====8-----x-----7s====8-----------3-------|
|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|
| E S S S S S S S S S S S E. S S S S S S S S S S S S E +E
|---------------------------------------------|-------------------------17-17----------------|
|-15---------------------17-17-15-15-15-15----|-20-20-17-17-17-17-17-17-------20-20-20-(20)\-|
|------17-17-17-17-17-17----------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|----------------------------------------------|
+W Q. E Q. +E
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-(5)---------------------------------------|-12-----------------10-10----(10)\-|
|-(5)---------------------------------------|-12-----------------10-10----(10)\-|
|-(3)---------------------------------------|-10------------------8--8-----(8)\-|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|
| ~~~
| |-----3------|
| S S S S S S S S S S S S E E E E Q Q H
|-17h20-17-17-17-17-17-17-20-17-17-17-17-19-|-22p17-22b24==22b24----22r---------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|
PM-| PM| PM| PM| ~~~~~~ PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E +H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|--------2-----4-----|---5------5-(5)----|-----2-----4-----|-4s5---4s5---4--|
|--------2-----4-----|---5------5-(5)----|-----2-----4-----|-4s5-5-4s5-4-4--|
|---0--0---0-0---0-0-|------0-0-3-(3)----|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|----------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
| +W +W W W
|-(22)---------------|-(22)--------------|-----------------|----------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
|--------------------|-------------------|-----------------|----------------|
PM| PM| PM| PM| ~~~~~~ PM| PM|
E E E E E E E E E E E E +H E E E E E E E E E E E E E E Q
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------||
|-----2-----4-----|-5-----5-(5)----|-----2-----4-----|-4s5---4s5---4--||
|-----2-----4-----|-5-----5-(5)----|-----2-----4-----|-4s5-5-4s5-4-4--||
|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|---0-0-3-(3)----|-0-0---0-0---0-0-|----------------||
|-----------------|----------------|-----------------|----------------||
PM--| PM| PM PM--| PM| PM|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q E +Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|----------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------|
|-2--------4-----|-5p0---4-xs7--2-|-(2)--------4-----|-5-----4s3-3s2-2-|
|-2--------4-----|-5p0---4-xs7--2-|-(2)--------4-----|-5-----4s3-3s2-2-|
|-0--0-0-0---0-0-|-----0--------0-|-(0)--0-0-0---0-0-|---0-0---------0-|
|----------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------|
D.S. al Coda
PM--| PM| PM PM--| PM| PM|
Q E E E E E E E E E E E Q E +Q E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|----------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------||
|----------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------||
|-2--------4-----|-5p0---4-xs7--2-|-(2)--------4-----|-5-----4s3-3s2-2-||
|-2--------4-----|-5p0---4-xs7--2-|-(2)--------4-----|-5-----4s3-3s2-2-||
|-0--0-0-0---0-0-|-----0--------0-|-(0)--0-0-0---0-0-|---0-0---------0-||
|----------------|----------------|------------------|-----------------||
Out-Chorus
&
PM PM| PM|
W H Q. E Q Q +Q. E Q E E Q E E
|----------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|----------|-------------|---------------|---------------|
|-7--------|-------------|-3--3--(3)---2-|-2------5------|
|-7--------|-3----5------|-3--3--(3)---2-|-2------5------|
|-5--------|-3----5------|-1--1--(1)---0-|-0--0-0-3--3-3-|
|----------|-1----3----1-|---------------|---------------|
PM
E E Q +Q. E H Q. E Q Q +Q. E Q Q H
|-----------------|-------------|---------------|------------|
|-----------------|-------------|---------------|------------|
|-10-9-7--(7)-----|-------------|-3--3--(3)---2-|-2--2--5----|
|-10-9-7--(7)-----|-3----5------|-3--3--(3)---2-|-2--2--5----|
|--8-7-5--(5)-----|-3----5------|-1--1--(1)---0-|-0--0--3----|
|---------------0-|-1----3----1-|---------------|------------|
Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q Q. Q. Q
|--------------|--------------|--------------||
|--------------|--------------|--------------||
|-7---------5--|-7---------5--|-7---------5--||
|-7----3----5--|-7----3----5--|-7----3----5--||
|-5----3----3--|-5----3----3--|-5----3----3--||
|------1-------|------1-------|------1-------||
W +W
|--------------------:-------------------------:
|--------------------:-------------------------:
|--7-----------------:--(7)--------------------:
|--7-----------------:--(7)--------------------:
|--5-----------------:--(5)--------------------:
|--------------------:-------------------------:
|
| Gtr II
| H. Q +Q H Q
|-15b17--------------:-------------------------:
|--------------------:-------------------------:
|------------10tr12--:-(10)--12tr14----14tr16--:
|--------------------:-------------------------:
|--------------------:-------------------------:
|--------------------:-------------------------:
+W +W +H H
|-------------------------:--------------:---------------*|
|-------------------------:--------------:---------------*|
|--(7)--------------------:--(7)---------:--(7)/---------*|
|--(7)--------------------:--(7)---------:--(7)/---------*|
|--(5)--------------------:--(5)---------:--(5)/---------*|
|-------------------------:--------------:---------------*|
|
| \2_____________/
| +Q Q H +W +H H
|-------------------------:--------------:---------------*|
|-------------------------:--------------:---------------*|
|-(14)--16tr17--17tr19----:-(17)---------:-(17)/---------*|
|-------------------------:--------------:---------------*|
|-------------------------:--------------:---------------*|
|-------------------------:--------------:---------------*|
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
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