Leechmaster

Song

Artist: Fear Factory

Song: "Leechmaster"

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.

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.

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“Leechmaster” is a hardcore tremolo workout for the guitarist. This

song takes a lot of study and practice to get it to sound like the

recording. It is important to pace yourself, make sure your wrist is

under control, and that you’re locked in well with your drummer. Have

fun!

Tune all strings down a perfect fourth (B, E, A, D, F#, B)

LEGEND:

* -- palm-mute

H -- hit-on

P -- pull-off

~~~~ -- vibrato

A.H. -- Artificial Harmonic

N.H. -- Natural Harmonic

/ -- slide up

\ -- slide down

X -- lay fingers on strings to cause a "thud"; a "dead

note"

fairly fast speed

Intro: one snare hit

Riff A

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|-5\-2222-2222-2222-2222-3-4-5\-2222-2222-2222-2222-3-4-5\--|

**** **** **** **** * * **** **** **** **** * *

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|-------------------------2--5--7--5--2-5--|
|-2222-2222-2222-2222-3-4-0--3--5--3--0-3--|

**** **** **** **** * * * * * * * *

Riff B

Use your ring finger to play the fifth fret on the B string, use your

pinkie finger to play the fifth fret on the E string, use your middle

finger to play the fourth fret on the E string, and use your index

finger to play the third fret on the B string. Although awkward at

first, this is the smoothest method of playing this riff.

P P P P

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|---------------------5-4-5-4---------------------5-4------|
|-5555-5555-5555-5555---------5555-5555-5555-5555-----3-5--|

**** **** **** **** **** **** **** ****

Riff C

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|-2222-2222-2222-2222-222-222--2222-2222-2222-2222-222-222--|

**** **** **** **** *** *** **** **** **** **** *** ***

Riff D

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|-------2-3333-2-------2-3333-2-------2-3333-2-------2-3333-2--|
|-0-3-4----------0-3-4----------0-3-4----------0-3-4-----------|

* * * * **** * * * * * **** * * * * * **** * * * * * **** *

Riff E

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|-6-------5-------4-------3--------------------------3--------|
|-4-------3-------2-------1-------444444333333222222-1--------|
|---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-0----------------------0-0-0--|

* * * * * * * * * * * * ****************** * * * *

Riff F

Let notes that are not palm muted ring out

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|------------------------------------------2------|
|--------------3----2-----------------3-----------|
|-333333333333-----------333333333333-------------|

************ ************

Riff G

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|-6-----5-5-----4-4-----3-3------------|
|-4-----3-3-----2-2-----1-1-------2-2--|
|---0-0-----0-0-----0-0-----0-0-2-0-0--|

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *

Song Structure

Riff A 2 times

Riff B 2 times

Riff C 2 times

Riff A 1 time

Riff B 1 time

Riff C 2 times

Riff A 2 times

Riff D 2 times

Riff E 2 times

Riff F 2 times

Riff B 2 times

Riff C 2 times

Riff A 2 times

Riff D 2 times

Riff E 2 times

Riff F 4 times

Riff G 1 time and end abruptly