------------------------------------------------------------- Artist: Fear Factory Song: "Suffer Age" Album: Soul of a New Machine Label: Roadrunner Records, copyright 1992, (The All-Blacks B.V.) Dry Lung Vocal Martyr: Burton C. Bell All Discordant Guitars & Bass, Hardware, Utilities: Dino Cazares Dicordant Bass: Andrew Shives Variable Percussive Wrecking: Raymond Herrera Thanks a lot to Yani and Ray for giving me the opportunity to do this. Thanks also to my brother for loaning me Soul of a New Machine. 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. ------------------------------------------------------------- This is, I believe, the first song Fear Factory ever wrote. They wrote it on the Halloween night when they first jammed together. It is track number 13 on their debut album, Soul of a New Machine. Perhaps because it is one of their earlier songs, it does not have Fear Factory's trademark keyboard influence so it does lend itself a little more to live performance. Because it is a more "playable" song (so to speak), do not deceive yourself: it is still very trying and very difficult. If your right (picking) hand is not well-trained in tremolo picking and downstroking, this will not sound anywhere near good when you try to play it, so make sure your picking strategies are up to par. A good thing to try with Riff A is string muting. While you play the notes, use your inactive fingers to mute the G string, so as to prevent unwanted feedback or accidentally hitting the string. Don't press the string all the way down on the fretboard; simply rest your finger on the string. For Riffs D, F, and G, you will need to tremolo pick. Instead of holding your pick in the traditional fashion (between the bottoms of your index finger and thumb), try holding the pick between the bottom of your thumb and the side of your index finger. This will allow you to increase your speed quite a bit. Guitars 1 and 2 both tune all strings down a perfect fourth (B, E, A, D, F#, B) LEGEND: ^ -- bend up * -- palm-mute H -- hit-on P -- pull-off ~~~~ -- vibrato A.H. -- Artificial Harmonic N.H. -- Natural Harmonic \ -- slide down / -- slide up Tempo begins slow, and then speeds up significantly Riff A (played by guitar 1) Pre-bend (bend the G-string up a half-step, hold, and then begin to pick) on the first note, and then gradually lower the string back to its normal pitch after about twenty strokes. ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ ^ |--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--| |--4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4--| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| Riff B (played by guitar 2) ~~~~~(slightly)~~~~~(slightly)~~~ |-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |--3------------------(6)------------------5------------(6)---| |--3------------------(6)------------------5------------(6)---| |--1-------------------4-------------------3-------------4----| Riff C (played by guitar 2) * * * * * ring * * * * * ring * * * * * ring |-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------------| |--3-4-5-4-3----------3-4-5-4-3----------3-4-5-4-3------------| |--1-2-3-2-1----------1-2-3-2-1----------1-2-3-2-1------------| * * * * * ring * * * * * * * * * * |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------| |--3-4-5-4-3----------3-4-5-4-3--3-4-5-4-3--| |--1-2-3-2-1----------1-2-3-2-1--1-2-3-2-1--| Riff D (played by guitar 2) The single notes should receive only a light palm muting * * * * * * **** * * * * ****** * * * * * * * * * * |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9999-5-5-5-5-555555-----------------------| |---------------------------------3-4-5-4-3--3-4-5-4-3--| |---------------------------------1-2-3-2-1--1-2-3-2-1--| * * * * * * **** * * * * ****** * * * * * * * * * * |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-6-6-6-6-6-6-6666-3-3-3-3-333333-3-4-5-4-3--3-4-5-4-3--| |---------------------------------1-2-3-2-1--1-2-3-2-1--| * * * * * * **** * * * * ****** * * * * * * * * * * |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-9-9-9-9-9-9-9999-5-5-5-5-555555-----------------------| |---------------------------------3-4-5-4-3--3-4-5-4-3--| |---------------------------------1-2-3-2-1--1-2-3-2-1--| * * * * * * **** * * * * ****** * |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------| |-6-6-6-6-6-6-6666-3-3-3-3-333333-3-| |---------------------------------1-| Riff E (played by guitar 1) |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |-------------------------------------------------------| |--3---------3---------6-3--------3--------6-3----------| |--1---------1---------4-1--------1--------4-1----------| Riff F (played by guitar 2) Tremolo picking (with palm muting) at warp speed-this sounds like chaos set to a drum beat =). |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |--111111000000444444333333--| Riff G (played by guitar 2) Also tremolo picked (and palm muted) at a very high speed. |-----------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------7-4-----| |---------------------------------------------------5-2-----| |--111111000000444444333333111111000000444444333333---------| Riff H (played by guitar 2) |--------------------------| |--------------------------| |--------------------------| |--------------------------| |-----4\3-4-7-----4\3-4-2--| |--0--2\1-2-5--0--2\1-2-0--| Riff I (played by guitar 2) |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |----------------------------| |-----6----5----6----5-------| |--0004-0003-0004-0003-------| Riff J (played by guitar 2) This is the riff played above the "What is your major malfunction, numbnuts?!! Did Mommy and Daddy..." sample |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------| |--3---------5/6\5--2-----6-----5-------| |---------------------------------------| |--1---0(0)0-3/4\3--0--0004--0003--000--| Song Structure: (Fade in with) Riff A 4 times Riff B (Riff A played in background) 6 times Riff C 1 time Riff D 1 time Riff E 1 time w/ Riff F 4 times underneath Riff G 4 times Riff H 4 times Riff E 1 time w/ Riff F 4 times underneath Riff G 4 times Riff H 4 times Riff I 4 times Riff J 8 times Riff E 1 time w/ Riff F 4 times underneath Riff G 4 times and end with the two final chords played very harshly
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