Angels Holocaust

Iced Earth

Iced Earth: Angels Holocaust transcribed by: Russ Elton ([email protected]) edited by: Chris Van Lommel ([email protected]) Vassilis Androutsopoulos ([email protected]) Stefanos Danakos ([email protected]) Tuning: Eb Riff 1 Guitar 1 x2 eb|-----------------------|-----------------------------| Bb|-----------------------|-----------------------------| Gb|-----------------------|-----------------------------| Db|----------1211-119-9-|----------1211--12-14-12-11-| Ab|-----1010-10-9--97-7-|-----1010-10-9--10-12-10--9-| Eb|-0-0-------------------|-0-0-------------------------| * * * * * * * * Guitar 2 eb|-----------------------|-----------------------------| Bb|-----------------------|-----------------------------| Gb|-----------------------|-----------------------------| Db|------9-9---97--75-5-|------9-9---97---9-10--9--7-| Ab|-----------------------|-----------------------------| Eb|-0-0-------------------|-0-0-------------------------| * * * * * * * * Riff 2 eb|---------------------------------------| Bb|---------------------------------------| Gb|---------------------------------------| Db|-9-9-9-9-10-9--------------7-7-7-7-9-7-| Ab|-7-7-7-7--8-7-9-9-9-9-10-9-5-5-5-5-7-5-| Eb|--------------7-7-7-7--8-7-------------| eb|----------------------------| Bb|----------------------------| Gb|----------------------------| Db|-9-9-9-10-9----10-9----10-9-| Ab|-7-7-7--8-7-77--8-7-77--8-7-| Eb|----------------------------| ** ** Riff 3 (Acoustic) x4 eb|--------0--------|--------------------------------| Bb|----------0------|-------0------------------------| Gb|------------0----|-----0---0----------------------| Db|-----4--------4--|---2-------2--------0-----0-----| --> Play 3x Ab|---2-------------|-3-----------3----2-----0-------| Eb|-0---------------|----------------3-----2-----3-2-| "As I walk through..." eb|--------0-------------0--------| Bb|----------0--------------0-----| Gb|------------0--------------0---| Db|-----4--------4-----4--------4-| Ab|---2--------------2------------| Eb|-0--------------0--------------| Riff 4 (distortion) eb|-------------------------------| Bb|-------------------------------| Gb|-------------------------------| Db|-------------------------------| Ab|-4----4---------4----4---------| Eb|-2--0-2--2-2222-2--0-2--2-2222-| * * **** * * **** "I fight back..." eb|--------------------------------| Bb|--------------------------------| Gb|--------------------------------| Db|------3--------------3----------| Ab|-2----1--1-1111-2----1--1-1111--| Eb|-0--0-----------0--0------------| * * **** * * **** "...see..." Riff 5 (clean, Solo Rhythm) eb|----------------------------------| Bb|-----0---0------------0-----0-----| Gb|---0---0---0---0----2-----4-------| Db|-2-----------2----3-----5-----5-3-| Ab|----------------------------------| Eb|----------------------------------| Solo eb|----------------15---------------------------| Bb|-------------15----17~----17h20-17--17h18-15-| Gb|-------14-16---------------------------------| Db|-14-17---------------------------------------| Ab|---------------------------------------------| Eb|---------------------------------------------| eb|----------------15---------------------------| Bb|-------------15----17~----17h20-17-----------| Gb|-------14-16------------------------16h19-16-| Db|-14-17---------------------------------------| Ab|---------------------------------------------| Eb|---------------------------------------------| eb|----19~----22-19h22p1917----19-17h19p1715-------------| Bb|-17----------------------20-----------------18-15b17r15-| Gb|--------------------------------------------------------| Db|--------------------------------------------------------| Ab|--------------------------------------------------------| Eb|--------------------------------------------------------| eb|----17-19-22b24r22-22b24~-| Bb|-15-----------------------| Gb|--------------------------| Db|--------------------------| Ab|--------------------------| Eb|--------------------------| End solo Riff 5a (clean) eb|----------0------------------------| Bb|------0-----0----------0-----0-----| Gb|----0---0-----0------2-----4-------| Db|--2-------------2--3-----5-----5-3-| Ab|-----------------------------------| Eb|-----------------------------------| "He didn't think..." Riff 6 (distortion) x2 eb|--------------------------------------| Bb|--------------------------------------| Gb|--------------------------------------| Db|-9-----9-9-9-9-10---9-----9-9-9-10-9--| Ab|-7-777-7-7-7-7--8---7-777-7-7-7--8-7--| Eb|--------------------------------------| Riff 6a (Play 2x) eb|-------------------------------| Bb|-------------------------------| Gb|-------------------------------| Db|-9-----9---9-----9--10----107-| Ab|-7-777-7-7-7-777-7-0-8-----85-| Eb|-------------------------------| *** * *** * "Hate filled screams..." eb|-------------------------------| Bb|-------------------------------| Gb|-------------------------------| Db|-9-----9---9-----10---9----97-| Ab|-7-777-7-7-7-777--8-0-7----75-| Eb|-------------------------------| *** * *** * "...break the silence..." Riff 6b (Play 2x) eb|-------------------------------| Bb|-------------------------------| Gb|-------------------------------| Db|-9-----9---9-----9--10----107-| Ab|-7-777-7-7-7-777-7-0-8-----85-| Eb|---------------------8-----85-| *** * *** * "Blasphemy..." eb|-------------------------------| Bb|-------------------------------| Gb|-------------------------------| Db|-9-----9---9-----10---9----97-| Ab|-7-777-7-7-7-777--8-0-7----75-| Eb|----------------------7----75-| *** * *** * "...in the masses..." Riff 7 eb|----------------------------------------------------------| Bb|----------------------------------------------------------| Gb|----------------------------------------------------------| Db|-7--7/9-7----------------9-----9-----10-----7-----9---9---| Ab|-5--5/7-5--7/8--8/9-8-7--7-777-7-777--8-777-5-777-7-7-7-7-| Eb|-----------5/6--6/7-6-5-----------------------------------| *** *** *** *** * * eb|------------------------| Bb|------------------------| Gb|------------------------| Db|-7--7/9-7---------------| Ab|-5--5/7-5--7/8--8/9-8-7-| Eb|-----------5/6--6/7-6-5-| Play Riff 6a "Fear the angel's..." Play Riff 6b "Death and hatred..." Riff 7a eb|----------------------------------------------------------| Bb|----------------------------------------------------------| Gb|----------------------------------------------------------| Db|-7--7/9-7----------------9-----9-----10-----7-----9---9---| Ab|-5--5/7-5--7/8--8/9-8-7--7-777-7-777--8-777-5-777-7-7-7-7-| Eb|-----------5/6--6/7-6-5-----------------------------------| *** *** *** *** * * eb|-----------------------------------------------------| Bb|-----------------------------------------------------| Gb|-----------------------------------------------------| Db|-7--7/9-7----------------9---------------------------| Ab|-5--5/7-5--7/8--8/9-8-7--7---------------------------| Eb|-----------5/6--6/7-6-5----0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-| * * * * * * * * * * * * * Riff 7b x4 eb|------------------------|----------------------------------| Bb|------------------------|----------------------------------| Gb|------------------------|----------------------------------| Db|-7--7/9-7---------------|-9-----9-----10-----7-----9---9---| Ab|-5--5/7-5--7/8--8/9-8-7-|-7-777-7-777--8-777-5-777-7-7-7-7-| Eb|-----------5/6--6/7-6-5-|----------------------------------| *** *** *** *** * * Riff 8 Guitar 1 x2 eb|---------------------------------| Bb|---------------------------------| Gb|---------------------------------| Db|---------------------------------| Ab|-8-777-7-777-777-8-777-7-777-777-| Eb|---------------------------------| * *** * *** *** * *** * *** *** "For the last time..." x2 eb|---------------------------------| Bb|---------------------------------| Gb|---------------------------------| Db|---------------------------------| Ab|-9-888-8-888-888-9-888-8-888-888-| Eb|---------------------------------| * *** * *** *** * *** * *** *** "Never again will..." Guitar 2 eb|---------------| Bb|---------------| Gb|---------------| Db|---------------| Ab|--2------5---3-| Eb|--0------3---1-| Riff 9 (Solo Rhythm) eb|-----------------------------------------------| Bb|-----------------------------------------------| Gb|-----------------------------------------------| Db|-9-----7-9--7-9-----7-9------------------------| Ab|-7-777-5-7--5-7-777-5-7--7-8--8-9-8-7----7-8-7-| Eb|-------------------------5-6--6-7-6-5--0-5-6-5-| *** *** * * * * * * eb|-----------------------------------------------| Bb|-----------------------------------------------| Gb|-----------------------------------------------| Db|-9-----7-9--7-9-----7-9------------------------| Ab|-7-777-5-7--5-7-777-5-7--7-8--8-9-8-7----7-8-5-| Eb|-------------------------5-6--6-7-6-5--0-5-6-3-| *** *** * * * * * * Solo eb|-------------------------------------------------------------| Bb|-17t15p13h15p13-15t14p12h14p12-17t15p13h15p13-15t14p12h14p12-| Gb|-------------------------------------------------------------| Db|-------------------------------------------------------------| Ab|-------------------------------------------------------------| Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------| eb|-------------------------------------------------------------| Bb|-17t15p13h15p13-15t14p12h14p12-17t15p13h15p13-15t14p12h14p12-| Gb|-------------------------------------------------------------| Db|-------------------------------------------------------------| Ab|-------------------------------------------------------------| Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------| eb|-------------------------------------------------------------| Bb|-18t15p13h15p13-17t14p12h14p12-18t15p13h15p13-17t14p12h14p12-| Gb|-------------------------------------------------------------| Db|-------------------------------------------------------------| Ab|-------------------------------------------------------------| Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------| eb|--------------------------------------| Bb|-15t14p12h14p12/-20t18--20t17--20t15--| Gb|--------------------------------------| Db|--------------------------------------| Ab|--------------------------------------| Eb|--------------------------------------| eb|-------------------------------------------------------------| Bb|-18-17-15--17--15--------------------------------------------| Gb|-------------------17-15-17b18r17----------------------------| Db|--------------------------a--------18~----18b19~~---(19)r18-| Ab|-------------------------------------------------------------| Eb|-------------------------------------------------------------| eb|---------------------------------------------| Bb|---------------------------------------------| Gb|-16-19-19p16-16-16-16~-----------------------| Db|-----------------------16-19-19p16-16-16-16~-| Ab|-----------------------------a------a--a-----| Eb|---------------------------------------------| eb|-------------------------------------------| Bb|-------------------------------------------| Gb|-16h19p16-16-17-16---------19p16-----------| Db|---------------------19p16--a----19p16-----| Ab|----------------------a-----------a----19~-| Eb|----------------------------------------a--| eb|---------------------------------------------| Bb|---------------------------------------------| Gb|---------------------------------------------| Db|-16-19-19p16-16-17-16~--16-19-16--16--17-16~-| Ab|-------------------------a--a--a---a---a--a--| Eb|---------------------------------------------| eb|------------------------------------------| Bb|------------------------------------------| Gb|-16-19-16--16--17-16~~--17-14-14--16~--14-| Db|--a--a--a---a---a--a-----a--a--a---a----a-| Ab|------------------------------------------| Eb|------------------------------------------| eb|----------------------------------------| Bb|-12-15-12--12-12~--10-14-10--10--14-10~-| Gb|--a--a--a---a--a----a--a--a---a---a--a--| Db|----------------------------------------| Ab|----------------------------------------| Eb|----------------------------------------| eb|-------------------------------| Bb|-8-12-8--8--12-8~--10-7-7-8--7-| Gb|-a--a-a--a---a-a----a-a-a-a--a-| Db|-------------------------------| Ab|-------------------------------| Eb|-------------------------------| eb|---------------------------| Bb|---------------------------| Gb|-9-7-7-9--7---12-9-9-12--9-| Db|-a-a-a-a--a----a-a-a--a--a-| Ab|---------------------------| Eb|---------------------------| eb|--------------------------------------| Bb|--------------------------------------| Gb|---------------------------------7~---| Db|---------------------------------a----| Ab|-9---------10-9-------12-10-9---------| Eb|---12-10-9------12-10---------12------| eb|-------14/15~-14----14----------------------------| Bb|-12-17-----------17----17-15----------------------| Gb|-----------------------------(16)/17~--17--12/14~-| Db|----------------------------------------a---------| Ab|--------------------------------------------------| Eb|--------------------------------------------------| eb|-------------------------------------| Bb|-------------------------------------| Gb|-14-12-11-12-11-9-11-9-7-9-7-6-7-6---| Db|-----------a-----------------------9-| Ab|-------------------------------------| Eb|-------------------------------------| Random artificial harmonics in this bar: eb|------------------------------------| Bb|------------------------------------| Gb|-7-6---6-----6----------------------| Db|-----9---9-7---9-7-9-7-6-7-6---6----| Ab|-----------------------------9---9--| Eb|------------------------------------| End Solo Ending Guitar 1 eb|------------------------| Bb|------------------------| Gb|------------------------| Db|------------------------| Ab|-4---------3----------7-| Eb|-2--2-2-2--1--1-1-1---5-| * * * * * * Guitar 2 eb|------------------------------| Bb|------------------------------| Gb|-11--11-9--------------12-/14-| Db|----------12--10--10-12-------| Ab|------------------------------| Eb|------------------------------| Guitar 3 eb|-----------------------------| Bb|-10--10-8-------------15-/17-| Gb|----------10--9--9-10--------| Db|-----------------------------| Ab|-----------------------------| Eb|-----------------------------| The next part is the bridge between Angel's and Stormrider. On one cd it's the end of Angel's, the other it's the beginning of Stormrider. So here it is. (acoustic) Guitar 1 x2 x2 eb|-----------------|-----------------| Bb|-----------------|-----------------| Gb|-----9-------9---|-----7-------7---| Db|---7---7---7---7-|---5---5---5---5-| Ab|-0-------0-------|-0-------0-------| Eb|-----------------|-----------------| "As I travel through..." Guitar 2 x2 x2 eb|----12-----12---|----10-----10---| Bb|----------------|----------------| Gb|----------------|----------------| Db|----------------|----------------| Ab|----------------|----------------| Eb|----------------|----------------| Guitar 3 towards end of intro (Distortion) eb|--------------------------------------------------| Bb|--------------------------------------------------| Gb|--------------------------------------------------| Db|-14----12----14----12----10---9--7----------------| Ab|-12----10----12----10-----8---7--5--------------2-| Eb|------------------------------------0-0-0-0-...-0-| "Lightning breaks..." Notation: 10b12 = pick the 10th fret, then bend to the 12th fret. 10b12r10 = pick the 10th fret, then bend to the 12th fret, then release to the 10th fret. {10}12r10 = bend to the 12th fret from the 10th fret, pick, then release to the 10th fret. 10b12 {14} = pick the 14th fret while holding the previous bend. 10b15* = tremolo bar bend, from the 10th fret to the 15th fret. 7d2* = tremolo bar dive, from the 7th fret to the 2nd fret. 12~* = tremolo bar vibrato. x = mute with fret-hand * = palm mute X\ = pick slide h = hammer-on p = pull-off ~ = vibrato t = finger tap / = slide up = slide down h = natural harmonics a = artificial harmonics (9) = ghost note tm = trem picking tr = trill

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