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Blood Fire Death is the fourth studio album by Swedish extreme metal band Bathory. It was released on 8 October 1988, through Music for Nations sublabel, Under One Flag. The album, although mostly black metal, includes some of the first examples of Viking metal. According to the book Black Metal: Evolution of the Cult by Dayal Patterson, Blood Fire Death began a second trilogy, an era Quorthon described as the "pre-Christian Swedish Viking Era".
Key: / \=slide p=pull off h=hammer on ~=vibrato ??=muted #-Thrill
ACOUSTIC INTRO (TUNNING D!!!!) INTRO RIFF 1A |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----| |----1---1-------1---1-------3---3-------3---3---| |--3-----------3-----------3-----------3---------| |------------------------------------------------| *** slower sometimes *** INTRO RIFF 1B |------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------| |------0-----------0-----------0-----------0-----| |----1---1-------1---1-------1---1-------1---1---| |--3-----------3-----------3-----------3---------| |------------------------------------------------| *** slower sometimes *** INTRO RIFF 2 |-------------------------| |-------------------------| |-------0-----------------| |-----1---1---1----3------| |---3---------3----2------| |-------------------------| DISTORTED! (TUNNING E!!!!) Riff 1 (enter the Elec guitar) |------------------------------------------------------------| |------------------------------------------------------------| |---5--55-45---------545--------4----------------------------| |---5--55-45--2-22-22545---2----4----------------------------| |---3--33-23--2-22-22323---2----2----------------------------| |-------------0-00-00------0----------0-5-3-2-3-2-0-2H3P2-00-| ?? ???? ???? Riff 2 (main ryhthm 1) |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |-----------------------------------------3--------| |--2-22-5-4--2222-5-4---2222--5-4----3----1--------| |--2-22-3-2--2222-3-2---2222--3-2----5-------------| |--0-00------0000-------0000------00---00----------| ???? ???????? ???????? ???? ???? RIFF 3 |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |-2~--5-4-2-2~--5-4-2-2~--5-4-2-5-4-2-5-4-2-2~-----| |-2~--3-2-0-2~--3-2-0-2~--3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0-2~-----| |-0~--------0~--------0~--------------------0~-----| RIFF 4 |--------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------| |-4~--------4~--------4~--------------------4~-----| |-2~--5-4-2-2~--5-4-2-2~--5-4-2-5-4-2-5-4-2-2~-----| |-----3-2-0-----3-2-0-----3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0--------| |--------------------------------------------------| RIFF 5 |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |---------------------------------------------------------------| |-2-2222-2-222--2---4-5-5555-5-5555-4-4444-4-4444-3-3333-3-3333-| |-2-2222-2-2222-2-0-4-5-5555-5-5555-4-4444-4-4444-3-3333-3-3333-| |-0-0000-0-0000-0-0-2-3-3333-3-3333-2-2222-2-2222-1-1111-1-1111-| RIFF 6 (First Part only every First Time!) |----||---------------------------------| |----||---------------------------------| |----||-------------------5-5-----------| |-22-||-2-2-2542-2-2-2542-5-5---2-2-----| |-22-||-2-2-2542-2-2-2542-3-3---2-2-----| |-00-||-0-0-0320-0-0-0320-------0-0-----| RIFF 7 Guitar 1 Guitar 2 at the end |----------------||--------------------------| |-5~-------------||--------------------------| |-4~---4~---5~---||--5-4-2-5-4-2-5-4-2-7-777-| |-2~---4~---5~---||--5-4-2-5-4-2-5-4-2-7-777-| |------2~---3~---||--3-2-0-3-2-0-3-2-0-5-555-| |----------------||--------------------------| RIFF 8 |--------------------------------------------------------| |--------------------------------------------------------| |-5-5555-5-553-4-4444-4-444--------------------4~-----4~-| |-5-5555-5-553-4-4444-4-444-22-5-5555-5-5--555-2~-555-2~-| |-3-3333-3-333-2-2222-2-222-22-5-5555-5-5--555----555----| |---------------------------00-3-3333-3-3--333----333----| ???? ?????? ?????? RIFF 9 |-------------------------| |-------------------------| |-5-5555-5-553------------| |-5-5555-5-553--22-5~--4~-| |-3-3333-3-333--22-5~--4~-| |---------------00-3~--2~-| ???? RIFF 10 (really spaced) (x3) |-----||------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----||------------------------------------------------------------------| |-----||---9-9-----7-7-----5-5------7-7-----9-9-----7-7-----5-5---4~---4--| |-2~--||---9-9-----7-7-----5-5------7-7-----9-9-----7-7-----5-5---4~---4--| |-2~--||---7-7-----5-5-----3-3------5-5-----7-7-----5-5-----3-3---2~---2--| |-0~--||------------------------------------------------------------------| # RIFF 11 |------------| |------------| |----4----4--| |-22-4-22-4--| |-22-2-22-2--| |-00---00----| ???? ???? ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- SONG COMPOSITION - ACOUSTIC INTRO ------------------------------ INTRO_RIFF 1A (x4) (4th TIME,SLOWER LAST PART) INTRO RIFF 1B (X1) INTRO_RIFF 1A (x4) (4th TIME,SLOWER LAST PART) INTRO RIFF 1B (X2) INTRO_RIFF 1A (x4) INTRO_RIFF 2 (x4) INTRO RIFF 1B (X2) INTRO_RIFF 1A (x4) (4th TIME,SLOWER LAST PART) - DISTORTED ----------------------------------- RIFF 1 (X4) RIFF 2 (X2) RIFF 3 (X2) RIFF 4 (X2) RIFF 5 (X2) RIFF 6 (X4) RIFF 2 (X2) RIFF 3 (X2) RIFF 7 (X8) (LAST TIME GUITAR 2 PLAYS THE OTHER PART - SEE THE RIFF) RIFF 2 (X2) RIFF 3 (X2) RIFF 7 (X4) (LAST TIME GUITAR 2 PLAYS THE OTHER PART - SEE THE RIFF) RIFF 2 (X2) RIFF 3 (X2) RIFF 8 (X1) RIFF 9 (X1) RIFF 2 (X2) -| RIFF 3 (X2) -| SOLO OVER THOSE RIFFS RIFF 7 (X4) -| RIFF 7 (X4) (LAST TIME GUITAR 2 PLAYS THE OTHER PART - SEE THE RIFF) RIFF 2 (X2) RIFF 3 (X2) RIFF 10 (X1) ACOUSTIC INTERLUDE OVER THIS RIFF (NOT TABBED!! HELP PLEASE!!) RIFF 11 (X1) RIFF 2 (X2) -| RIFF 3 (X2) -| SOLO OVER THOSE RIFFS RIFF 5 (X2) -| RIFF 6 (X8) (I THINK THERE'RE THAT SOME SOUND DIFFERENT,IM NOT SURE) RIFF 2 (X2) RIFF 3 (X2) RIFF 5 (X2) END! -----------------------------------------------------------------------------