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Metal Thrashing Mad
Anthrax
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METAL THRASHING MAD (Bassline)
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) - 'Untitled'
Intro
Fast Rock Q=184 1.,2.,3. 4.
4/4
Gtr I
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
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|-------------||o----------------|-----------------o||------------------|
|-----------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--|
|-------------||-----------------|------------------||------------------|
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 E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-2-2-5-5-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-2-2-1-1-0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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 E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-2-2-5-5-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-2-2-1-1-0-||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
1st, 2nd, 3rd Verse
$
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 E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||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-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
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 E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
Chorus
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 E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----3---3-------|---2---------5---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-1-1---1---1-1p0-|-0---0-0-3-3---3-|
|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-1-|-----------------|-----------------|
To Coda
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 E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----3---3-------|-----------------||
|-3-2-0-----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|---------5-5-5---|-----------------|-1-1---1---1-1p0-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-||
|-------3-------0-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-1-|-----------------|-----------------||
1.
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 E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-2-2-5-5-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-2-2-1-1-0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
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 E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-2-2-5-5-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-2-2-1-1-0-o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
2.
E E Q H E E Q H E E Q H E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-0-0---------|-0-0---------|-0-0---------|-2-3-3-2-3-2-2-2-|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
E E Q H E E Q H E E Q H E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-0-0---------|-0-0---------|-0-0---------|-2-3-3-2-3-2-2-2-|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
Guitar Solo
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5s7-|-7s8-8-7s8-8-----|
||------------------|-------------8-8-|
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E 3x
|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------|-10-10-10-8-8-8-8s5--o||
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|----------------------||
E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5s7-|-7s8-8-7s8-8-----|
|-----------------|-------------8-8-|
E E E E E E E E S S S S S S E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-8--||
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|------------------------------||
E E Q H E E Q H E E Q H E E E E E E E E
||--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|------------------o||
||o-0-0---------|-0-0---------|-0-0---------|-2-3-3-2-3-2-2-2--o||
||--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------||
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 E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-2-2-5-5-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-2-1-1-0-0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
D.S. al Coda
+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 E E
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-2-2-5-5-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-2-1-1-0-0-||
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
Out-Chorus
&
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 E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----3---3-------|---2---------5---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-1-1---1---1-1p0-|-0---0-0-3-3---3-|
|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-1-|-----------------|-----------------|
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 E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----3---3-------|-----------------|
|-3-2-0-----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------5-5-5---|-----------------|-1-1---1---1-1p0-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|
|-------3-------0-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-1-|-----------------|-----------------|
Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q Q E Q E Q
|----7---------|----7---------|----7----------|
|---------3----|---------3----|---------3-----|
|-5---------3--|-5---------3--|-5---------3s==|
|------1-------|------1-------|------1--------|
W +W +W +W +H H
|----------|------------|------------|------------|--------------*|
|----------|------------|------------|------------|--------------*|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)\---------*|
|----------|------------|------------|------------|--------------*|
Duration Legend
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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
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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
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| - 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