'Crushing Belial' by Shadows Fall - Guitar Tutorial

            Shadows Fall
“Crushing Belial”
>From the album: “Of One Blood”

Transcribed by: David Blanchard
November 25, 2001

Tune 1 step down ( D G C F A d ) *low to high

GTR 1 = Matt Bachand
GTR 2 = Jon Donais

“  = tremelo picking  p = pull off
tr = trill            / = slide down to note
h  = hammer on         = slide up to note

Riff A1
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|-7/9------------5-4-|-7-7/9---------------------|
|-7/9--------5---5-4-|-7-7/9--------5”-4”-7”-5p4-| GTR 1
|-5/7--------5---3-2-|-5-5/7---------------------|
|-----000000-3-0-----|-------000000--------------|
|     ......   .             ......
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|-7/9------------5-4-|-7-7/9---------------------|
|-7/9--------5---5-4-|-7-7/9---------------------|GTR 2
|-5/7--------5---3-2-|-5-5/7---------------------|
|------------3-0-----|---------------------------|
               .
Riff A2
|--------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------------|
|-7/9------------5-4-|-7-7/9-------------------------|
|-7/9--------5---5-4-|-7-7/9------------7-5----5-4---| GTR 1
|-5/7--------5---3-2-|-5-5/7----------------7------5-|
|-----000000-3-0-----|-------000-000-000-------------|
|     ......   .             ... ... ...
|--------------------|-------------------------------|
|--------------------|-------------------------------|
|-7/9------------5-4-|-7-7/9-------------------------|
|-7/9--------5---5-4-|-7-7/9-------------------------|GTR 2
|-5/7--------5---3-2-|-5-5/7-------------------------|
|------------3-0-----|-------------------------------|
               .
Riff A3
“First strike…”
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|-7/9------------5-4-|-7-7/9---------------------|
|-7/9--------5---5-4-|-7-7/9--------5”-4”-7”-5p4-| GTR 1
|-5/7--------5---3-2-|-5-5/7---------------------|
|-----000000-3-0-----|-------000000--------------|
|     ......   .             ......
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|--------------------|---------------------------|
|-7/9----------------|---------------------------|
|-7/9------------9-7-|--------------9”-7”-10”4h5-|GTR 2
|-5/7--------7-------|---9h10--------------------|
|-----000000---0-----|-0-----000000--------------|
      ......   .       .     ......

Riff A4
“Shakes the Earth…”
|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|-7/9------------5-4-|-7-7/9--------------------------|
|-7/9--------5---5-4-|-7-7/9-------------7-5----5-4---| GTR 1
|-5/7--------5---3-2-|-5-5/7-----------------7------5-|
|-----000000-3-0-----|-------000-000-000--------------|
|     ......   .             ... ... ...
|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|--------------------|--------------------------------|
|-7/9----------------|--------------------------------|
|-7/9------------9-7-|-------------------10-9---9-7---|GTR 2
|-5/7--------7-------|---9h10----------------10-----9-|
|-----000000---0-----|-0-----000-000-000--------------|
      ......   .       .     ... ... ...

Fill 1
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|----10-7----9-5----7-4----5-2-|
|------------------------------| GTR 1
|-00------00-----00-----00-----|
|------------------------------|
| ..      ..     ..     ..
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|------------------------------|
|----10-7----9-5----7-4----5-2-| GTR 2
|------------------------------|
|-00------00-----00-----00-----|
  ..      ..     ..     ..

Riff B1
GTR 1
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------2-4-|---------------------------5”-4”-----|
|-222-222-2-222-2-222-222-3-5-|-222-222-2-222-2-222-222-3”------5h7-|
|-000-000-0-000-0-000-000-----|-000-000-0-000-0-000-000-------------|
| ... ... . ... . ... ...       ... ... . ... . ... ...
GTR 2
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------pick scrape-|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------///////////-|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------///////////-|

Riff B2
GTR 1
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------2-4-|---------------------------5-4-----|
|-222-222-2-222-2-222-222-3-5-|-222-222-2-222-2-222-222-7-----5-7-|
|-000-000-0-000-0-000-000-----|-000-000-0-000-0-000-000-----------|
| ... ... . ... . ... ...       ... ... . ... . ... ...
GTR 2
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------4-2-----|
|-------------------------2-4-|-------------------------5-----4-5-|
|-222-222-2-222-2-222-222-3-5-|-222-222-2-222-2-222-222-----------|
|-000-000-0-000-0-000-000-----|-000-000-0-000-0-000-000-----------|
| ... ... . ... . ... ...       ... ... . ... . ... ...

Riff B3
“Eternal conflict…”
GTR 1
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------2-4-|---------------------------5”-4”-----|
|-222-222-2-222-2-222-222-3-5-|-222-222-2-222-2-222-222-3”------5h7-|
|-000-000-0-000-0-000-000-----|-000-000-0-000-0-000-000-------------|
| ... ... . ... . ... ...       ... ... . ... . ... ...
GTR 2
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|---------------------------4”--------|
|-------------------------2-4-|-------------------------2”---5”-4h5-|
|-222-222-2-222-2-222-222-----|-222-222-2-222-2-222-222-------------|
|-000-000-0-000-0-000-000-----|-000-000-0-000-0-000-000-------------|
| ... ... . ... . ... ...       ... ... . ... . ... ...


Riff B4
“As the battle lines are drawn…”
GTR 1
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------2-4-|---------------------------5”-4”-----|
|-222-222-2-222-2-222-222-3-5-|-222-222-2-222-2-222-222-3”------5h7-|
|-000-000-0-000-0-000-000-----|-000-000-0-000-0-000-000-------------|
| ... ... . ... . ... ...       ... ... . ... . ... ...
GTR 2
|------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------5-5h7-|-------------------------------------|
|------------------------4-4h4-|---------------------------4”--------|
|------------------------------|-------------------------2”---5”-4h5-|
|-222-222-2-222-2-222-222------|-222-222-2-222-2-222-222-------------|
|-000-000-0-000-0-000-000------|-000-000-0-000-0-000-000-------------|
| ... ... . ... . ... ...       ... ... . ... . ... ...

Riff C
“Been fooled so long…”
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|----5h7----4h5-7-5-4-5-4h5p4-----| GTR 1
|-00-----00-------------------5/7-|
|---------------------------------|
| ..     ..
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|---------------------------------|
|----5h7---4h5-----5-------4------| GTR 2
|-00-----0------00---0-7-0--------|
|---------------------------------|
  ..     .      ..   .   .

Fill 2
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--7-5-----5-4-----7-5-----5-4---| GTR 1
|------7-------5-------7-------5-|
|--------------------------------|
|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|
|-10-9-----9-7----10-9-----9-7---| GTR 2
|------10------9-------10------9-|
|--------------------------------|

After next verse is Fill 3
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|----------------------7--9-10-9-7h9--|
|--7-5-----5-4----5--7----------------| GTR 1
|------7-------5----------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|
|----------------------------------7-|
|---------------------------10-8-7---|
|----------------------9-11----------|
|-10-9-----9-7----9-10---------------| GTR 2
|------10------9---------------------|
|------------------------------------|

Intro to Riff D
|---------|
|---------|
|---------|
|-2-2-2-2-| GTRS 1&2
|-2-2-2-2-|
|-0-0-0-0-|

Riff D
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-9--------7-7--5-5-5--------------------------------|
|-9---5-7--7-7--5-5-5-7------------------------------| GTR 1
|-7---5-7--5-5--3-3-3-7------------------------------|
|-0-0-3-5-------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5---7-5h7p5--5-3-2-|
|   .                   . . . . . .
|----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------|
|-9--------7-7--5-5-5--------------------------------|
|-9---5-7--7-7--5-5-5-7------------------------------| GTR 1
|-7---5-7--5-5--3-3-3-7------------------------------|
|-0-0-3-5-------------5-5-5-5-5-5-5--10-8h10p8-8-7-5-|
    .                   . . . . . .

Acoustic section:
Riff E1
|-----------------------------3-----|
|-------------3-----------------2---|
|-----------0---0------0----2-----2-|
|-----0---2---------------0---------| GTR 1
|---2---3------------2--------------|
|-0----------------3----------------|

GTR 2 rests

Riff E2
“Alone I am…”

I think GTR 1 plays Riff E1

|---3-2---0----------3-2---5-2---|
|-------3-----3----------3-----3-|
|-----------0---0----------------|
|--------------------------------| GTR 2
|--------------------------------|
|-0----------------0-------------|

Riff E3 (guitar 1 is hard to hear)
|-------0----------------0-----|
|-------0------------------0---|
|----------------------------0-|
|-----0------------------------| GTR 1
|---2--------------------------|
|-0----------------------------|
|
|-------7-8-5--------5-----7---|
|-----8-------7----7-----8---8-|
|---9------------7-----5-------|
|------------------------------| GTR 2
|------------------------------|
|-0----------------------------|

I can’t hear the chords under the solo.

Riff F
“Never knowing what’s become…”
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|---------------------------5-7-|
|-2---------5--2------------5-7-| GTR 1
|-2---------5--2------------3-5-|
|-0---------3--0----------------|
|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-------------------------------|
|-5-4---5-4------5-4---7-5-4tr5-| GTR 2
|-----5-----5-7------5----------|
|-------------------------------|

Riff G1
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-5-4h5p4---5-4-------5-4h5p4----7-5-4-|
|---------5-----5-7-----------5--------|
|--------------------------------------|
|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-9-7h9p7---9-7-------9-7h9p7---10-9-7-| GTR 2
|---------7-----9-10----------7--------|
|--------------------------------------|

Repeat Riff G1 with this ending:
|------|
|------|
|-5--7-|
|-5--7-| GTRS 1&2
|-3--5-|
|------|

Riff G2
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|-5”-4”----5”-4”---------5”-4”-----7”-5”-4”-| GTR 1
|-------5”-------5”-7”---------5”-----------|
|-------------------------------------------|
|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------|
|-9”-7”----9”-7”---------9”-7”-----10”-9”-7”-| GTR 2
|-------9”-------9”-10”--------9”------------|
|--------------------------------------------|

I haven’t figured out the sweep lick or solos yet.

Riff H
|--------------------------|
|--------------------------|
|-----4------------3-------|
|-----4-54/5------3-54/5-| GTRS 1&2
|-----2-54/5------1-54/5-|
|-000---32/3--000---32/3-|
  ...          ...