Slayer

Altar Of Sacrifice

Slayer


Tom: B

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/ The following is the author's own interpretation of the song, to be used  /
/ for private use and studying                                             /
/-------------------------------------------------------------------------/
                         From the Album REIGN IN BLOOD
                      
                           Version 1.0 - October 1998

Transcription By: Anonymous

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.  - palm mute                  /  - slide up to
\  - slide down to              ~  - vibrato             
h  - hammer on                  b  - bend 
p  - pull off                        Suffixes for bend    
ph - pinch harmonic                      f - full bend    h - half bend
*  - see comment                         r - release      t - tap bend
X  - percussion mute                     ~ - vibrato bend
@  - slight palm mute           () - ghost note, sustained note

Tuning: Eb(Eb,Ab,Db,Gb,Bb,Eb)


    intro                                                                
E---------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------
Bb--------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------
Gb--------------------|--------------------|-----------------------------
Db--4--4--4--------4--|--4--4--4--------4--|--4--------4--4--4-----------
Ab--4--4--4--------4--|--4--4--4--------4--|--4--------4--4--4-----------
Eb--2--2--2--------2--|--2--2--2--------2--|--2--------2--2--2-----------
                                                                         

    main riff                                                            
E---||---------------------------------------------------|---------------
Bb--||---------------------------------------------------|---------------
Gb--||*--------------------------------------------------|---------------
Db--||*--4-----------------------4-----5-----------------|---------------
Ab--||---------------------------------------------------|--4------------
Eb--||---------2--2--2--2--2--------------------2--2--2--|--------2------
                                                                         

                                                                         
E---------------------------------------|--------------------------------
Bb--------------------------------------|--------------------------------
Gb--------------------------------------|--------------------------------
Db-----------------------3--------------|--4-----------------------4-----
Ab-----------------4--------------------|--------------------------------
Eb--2--2--2--2-----------------2--2--2--|--------2--2--2--2--2-----------
                                                                         

                                                                         
E---------------------|--------------------------------------------------
Bb--------------------|--------------------------------------------------
Gb--------------------|--------------------------------------------------
Db-----5--------------|--------------------------------------------------
Ab--------------------|--4-----------------------4--5p4p2----------------
Eb-----------2--2--2--|--------2--2--2--2--2---------------5-----3-------
                                                                         

                        pre-chorus                                       
E----||-----------------||-----------------------------------------|-----
Bb---||-----------------||-----------------------------------------|-----
Gb--*||-----------------||-----------------------------------------|-----
Db--*||-----------------||--------------------------------------3--|-----
Ab---||-----------------||--------------------------------------3--|-----
Eb---||-----------------||--3-----3--3--3--3--3-----6-----3--------|-----
                                                                         

                                                                         
E---------------------------------------------|--------------------------
Bb--------------------------------------------|--------------------------
Gb--------------------------------------------|--------------------------
Db--------------------------------------4-----|--------------------------
Ab--------------------------------------4-----|--------------------------
Eb--3-----3--3--3--3--3-----6-----3-----------|--3-----3--3--3--3--3-----
                                                                         

                                                                         
E------------------------|-----------------------------------------------
Bb-----------------------|-----------------------------------------------
Gb-----------------------|-----------------------------------------------
Db-----------------6-----|--------------------------------------5--------
Ab-----------------6-----|--------------------------------------5--------
Eb-----6-----3-----------|--3-----3--3--3--3--3-----6-----3--------------
                                                                         

        main riffx 1 and a half                                          
E---||-------------------------------------------------------------------
Bb--||-------------------------------------------------------------------
Gb--||-------------------------------------------------------------------
Db--||-------------------------------------------------------------------
Ab--||-------------------------------------------------------------------
Eb--||-------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                         

                                                 chorus                  
E---------------------------|--------------------||----------------------
Bb--------------------------|--------------------||----------------------
Gb--------------------------|--------------------||----------------------
Db--------------------------|--4--4--4--------4--||--9-------------------
Ab--------------------------|--4--4--4--------4--||--7-------------------
Eb--------------------------|--2--2--2--------2--||--------0--0--0--0----
                                                                         

                                                                         
E---------------------|---------------------------------------||---------
Bb--------------------|---------------------------------------||---------
Gb--------------------|---------------------------------------||---------
Db--------------------|---------------------------------------||---------
Ab--9\-8--------------|--7--------------1110--------8h10p8\7--||---------
Eb--7-\6-----0--0--0--|--5--------0--0--9\8-------------------||---------
                                                                         

    under solo 1                                                         
E---------------------------------------------------|--------------------
Bb--------------------------------------------------|--------------------
Gb--------------------------------------------------|--------------------
Db--------------------------------------------------|--------------------
Ab-----------------------------8--------------------|--6-----------------
Eb-----5-----5--5--5--5--5-----------5--5--5--5--5--|--------5--5--5-----
                                                                         

                                                                         
E-------------------------------|--||------------------------------------
Bb------------------------------|--||------------------------------------
Gb------------------------------|--||*-----------------------------------
Db------------------------------|--||*-----------------------------------
Ab------------------------------|--||---------------------------11-------
Eb-----5--5--5--5--5-----8p6p5--|--||---8-----8--8--8--8--8--------------
                                                                         

                                                                   4x    
E------------------|-----------------------------------------------||----
Bb-----------------|-----------------------------------------------||----
Gb-----------------|----------------------------------------------*||----
Db-----------------|----------------------------------------------*||----
Ab-----------------|--9--------------------------------------------||----
Eb--8--8--8--8--8--|--------8--8--8-----8--8--8--8--8-----11p9p8---||----
                                                                         

                                                                         
E----------------------------|---------------------------------||--------
Bb---------------------------|---------------------------------||--------
Gb---------------------------|---------------------------------||--------
Db---------------------------|---------------------------------||--------
Ab--10-----------------------|-----------------------8h10p9\7--||--------
Eb--8------------------------|---------------------------------||--------
                                                                         

    "enter to the realm of satan"                                        
E---------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------
Bb--------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------
Gb--------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------
Db--------------------------|--------------------------|-----------------
Ab-----------1--0--------3--|-----------1--0--------3--|-----------1-----
Eb--2--0--2--------1--2-----|--2--0--2--------1--2-----|--2--0--2--------
                                                                         

                                               under solo 2              
E---------------|--------------------------||----------------------------
Bb--------------|--------------------------||----------------------------
Gb--------------|--------------------------||----------------------------
Db--------------|--------------------------||----------------------------
Ab--0--------3--|-----------1--0--------3--||--3--------5--------3-------
Eb-----1--2-----|--2--0--2--------1--2-----||--1--0--0--3--0--0--1--0----
                                                                         

                                                     cool slow part      
E---------------|--------------------------------||----------------------
Bb--------------|--------------------------------||----------------------
Gb--------------|--------------------------------||----------------------
Db--------------|--------------------------------||----------------------
Ab-----5--------|--3--------5--------7--------8--||--3--------5----------
Eb--0--3--0--0--|--1--0--0--3--0--0--5--------6--||--1--0--0--3--0--0----
                                                                         

                                                                         
E---------------------|--------------------------------------||----------
Bb--------------------|--------------------------------------||----------
Gb--------------------|--------------------------------------||----------
Db--------------------|--------------------------------------||----------
Ab--3--------5--------|--3--------5-----------2--1--0--------||----------
Eb--1--0--0--3--0--0--|--1--0--0--3--0--0--3-----------2--0--||----------
                                                                         

    satan,satan,satan...                                                 
E---------------------------------------|--------------------------------
Bb--------------------------------------|--------------------------------
Gb--------------------------------------|--------------------------------
Db--------------------------------------|--5-----------------4-----------
Ab--4-----------------5-----------------|--3-----------------2-----------
Eb--2--2--2--2--2--2--3--2--2--2--2--2--|-----2--2--2--2--2-----2--2-----
                                                                         

                                                                         
E---------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------
Bb--------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------
Gb--------|--------------------------------------|-----------------------
Db--------|--------------------------------------|--5--------------------
Ab--2-----|--4-----------------5-----------------|--3--------------------
Eb--0-----|--2--2--2--2--2--2--3--2--2--2--2--2--|-----2--2--2--2--2-----
                                                                         

                          outro                                          
E---------------------||-------------------------------------------------
Bb--------------------||-------------------------------------------------
Gb--------------------||-------------------------------------------------
Db--4--------3--------||--2--2--2--2--2--6\----2--2--2--5--------2--2----
Ab--2--------1--------||--2--2--2--2--2--6-----2--2--2--5--------2--2----
Eb-----2--2-----------||--0--0--0--0--0-\4-----0--0--0--3--------0--0----
                                                                         

                                                                         
E--------------------------||--------------------------------------------
Bb-------------------------||--------------------------------------------
Gb--4\3--------------------||--------------------------------------------
Db--4-3-----------2--2--2--||--------------------------------------------
Ab--2\1-----------2--2--2--||--------------------------------------------
Eb----------------0--0--0--||--------------------------------------------
                                                                         

                                              solo 1                     
E------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bb--------------------------------------------12h15p12h15p12------15-----
Gb------------------------------------------------------------14---------
Db-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ab-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Eb-----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                         

                                                                         
E-------------------------|----------------------------------------------
Bb--p12h15p12------15p12--|h15p12------15p12h15p12--15--15--15^----------
Gb-------------14---------|--------14------------------------------------
Db------------------------|----------------------------------------------
Ab------------------------|----------------------------------------------
Eb------------------------|----------------------------------------------
                                                                         

    1/2                      full                                        
E------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bb-----15--------------------------15------------------------------------
Gb-------------------------------------------14--------11--------14------
Db-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ab-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Eb-----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                         

                                                                         
E--------------------------|----------------------------|----------------
Bb-------------------------|----------------------------|----------------
Gb-----14p12p11------------|----------------------------|----------------
Db---------------14p12p11--|--14p12p11-----------------\|--x\------------
Ab-------------------------|------------14p12p11--11^--x|--\---12--12----
Eb-------------------------|----------------------------|----------------
                                                                         

                                    harm.            harm                
E------------------------------------------|-----------------------------
Bb-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------
Gb-----------------------------------------|----------------14--14-------
Db----------------------12--12--12--14-----|--12h14--14------------------
Ab--12--12--15--12--12---------------------|-----------------------------
Eb-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------
                                                                         

                                        harm                             
E---17^-----------------|---------------------|--------------------------
Bb----------------------|---------------------|--------------------------
Gb----------------------|--3~~~--(3)p0--3-----|--(3)---------------------
Db-------------------14\|---------------------|--------------------------
Ab----------------------|---------------------|--------------------------
Eb----------------------|---------------------|--------------------------
                                                                         

    trem bar:-2 -2 -2 -2                                                 
E------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bb-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Gb-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Db-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ab-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Eb-----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                         

                                                                         
E------------|--21^-----21~~~--18h21--21--18------18h|--21p18h21p18------
Bb-----------|--------------------------------21-----|-------------------
Gb-----------|---------------------------------------|-------------------
Db-----------|---------------------------------------|-------------------
Ab-----------|---------------------------------------|-------------------
Eb-----------|---------------------------------------|-------------------
                                                                         

                                                                         
E---------------------------------|--------------------------------------
Bb--21--21--21^~~~--18h21p18------|--------------------------------------
Gb----------------------------20--|--(20)--18--18--20--20--18-----18-----
Db--------------------------------|--------------------------------------
Ab--------------------------------|--------------------------------------
Eb--------------------------------|--------------------------------------
                                                                         

                                                                         
E--------------------------------------|---------------------------------
Bb-------------------------------------|---------------------------------
Gb-------------------------------------|---------------------------------
Db-----21--20--18--17--------19p17\16--|---------------------------------
Ab-------------------------------------|--17--------16--19--17--16-------
Eb-------------------------------------|---------------------------------
                                                                         

                                                                         
E------------------|-----------------------------------------------------
Bb-----------------|-----------------------------------------------------
Gb-----------------|----------------------------------7--7--9p7--9p7-----
Db-----------------|-----------------------7--7--9p7---------------------
Ab-----------------|--6--6--6--7--9--------------------------------------
Eb-----17~~~--(17)\|-----------------------------------------------------
                                                                         

                                                                         
E---|-------------------------------------------------------|------------
Bb--|----------------8--------10^-----------12p10--8--8--8--|--7--8------
Gb--|--9p7--9-----9-----------------------------------------|------------
Db--|-------------------------------------------------------|------------
Ab--|-------------------------------------------------------|------------
Eb--|-------------------------------------------------------|------------
                                                                         

                                                                         
E---------------------------------------------------|--------------------
Bb-----10-----(10)p8p7------------------------------|--------------------
Gb----------------------9p7p6--9------p7--6---------|--------------------
Db-------------------------------------------9p7p6--|--9-----------------
Ab--------------------------------------------------|--------------------
Eb--------------------------------------------------|--------------------
                                                                         

    hram...                 trem bar -2 1/2                              
E------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bb-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Gb-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Db-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ab--6--------7---------~~~-----------------------------(7)---------------
Eb-----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                         

                                                                         
E---------------------------------|--------------------------------------
Bb--------------------------------|--------------------------------------
Gb--------------------------------|--(0)---------------------------------
Db-----------------4--------------|--------------------------------------
Ab--------------------------------|--------------------------------------
Eb--------------------------------|--------------------------------------
                                                                         

    trem bar:  -1   -1 1/2     -3 1/2                                    
E------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bb-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Gb-----------------------------------------------(0)--------------(0)----
Db-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ab-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Eb-----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                         

                                                                         
E--------------------------------------||--------------------------------
Bb-------------------------------------||--------------------------------
Gb--------------------------(0)--------||--------------------------------
Db-------------------------------------||--------------------------------
Ab-------------------------------------||--------------------------------
Eb-------------------------------------||--------------------------------
                                                                         

          solo 2        trem bar:/1                                      
E------------------------------------------------------------------------
Bb-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Gb--------(0)------------------------------------------------------------
Db-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Ab-----------------------------------------------------------------------
Eb-----------------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                         

                                                    trem bar:1/2         
E----------------------|-------------------------------------------------
Bb------------------8--|--------------8p7--------------------------------
Gb--~~~---~~~--8p7-----|-------------------------------------------------
Db---------------------|-------------------------------------------------
Ab---------------------|-------------------------------------------------
Eb---------------------|-------------------------------------------------
                                                                         

                                                                         
E---------------------------8~~~--||-------------------------------------
Bb--------------------------------||-------------------------------------
Gb--------------------------------||-------------------------------------
Db--------------------------------||-------------------------------------
Ab--------------------------------||-------------------------------------
Eb--------------------------------||-------------------------------------
                                                                         

    solo 3            trem bar:-1                                        
E---------------------------------------------------------|--------------
Bb--0-----------------------------------------------------|--(0)~~~------
Gb--------------------------------------------------------|--------------
Db--------------------------------------------------------|--------------
Ab--------------------------------------------------------|--------------
Eb--------------------------------------------------------|--------------
                                                                         

    trem bar :-3 1/2                                                     
E------------------------------------------------------------------|-----
Bb-----------------------3--------------------------------------0--|-----
Gb-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----
Db-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----
Ab-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----
Eb-----------------------------------------------------------------|-----
                                                                         

         trem bar:-2                                                     
E-----------------------------------------------------------------|------
Bb--(0)--------------------------------4-----------------x--------|------
Gb----------------------------------------------------------x-----|------
Db-------------------------------------------------------------6--|------
Ab----------------------------------------------------------------|------
Eb----------------------------------------------------------------|------
                                                                         

              solo 4         trem bar:-2 1/2                             
E---------||-------------------------------------------------------------
Bb--------||--0----------------------------------------------------------
Gb--------||-------------------------------------------------------------
Db--------||-------------------------------------------------------------
Ab--3-----||-------------------------------------------------------------
Eb--------||-------------------------------------------------------------
                                                                         

                      trem bar:2 , 2 1/2 ,3 ,2 1/2 ,vib.                 
E------------------|-----------------------------------------------------
Bb-----------------|--0--------0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0-----------------
Gb-----------------|-----------------------------------------------------
Db-----------------|-----------------------------------------------------
Ab-----------------|-----------------------------------------------------
Eb-----------------|-----------------------------------------------------
                                                                         

                                                                         
E------------------------------------------|-----------------------------
Bb-----------------------------------------|--12-------------------------
Gb-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------
Db-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------
Ab-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------
Eb-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------
                                                                         

                                                                         
E---------------p----|-------------------------------------------|--7----
Bb---------p0h7ph10--|--(10)-------------------------------------|-------
Gb-------------------|-------------------------------------------|-------
Db-------------------|----------------------0-----------x--x--x--|-------
Ab-------------------|-----------------7\15p0-----------x--x--x--|-------
Eb-------------------|----------------------------------x--x--x--|-------
                                                                         

                                                                         
E---^~~~-------------------------------------|---------------------------
Bb----------0--------------------------------|---------------------------
Gb------\11p0-----0--0--0-----5~~~--0--0--0--|--0--0--5-----0-----2------
Db-------------------------------------------|---------------------------
Ab-------------------------------------------|---------------------------
Eb-------------------------------------------|---------------------------
                                                                         

                                       harm                              
E-----------------------------|----------------21--21^-------------------
Bb-------------2h4p2--2h4\21--|~~~~~~------19----------------------------
Gb--5-----2h4-----------------|--------20--------------------------------
Db----------------------------|------------------------------------------
Ab----------------------------|------------------------------------------
Eb----------------------------|------------------------------------------
                                                                         

                                                                         
E------------|-----------------------------21h23p21--|-------------------
Bb-----------|---------------------------------------|--x--x--x--x-------
Gb-----------|---------------------------------------|--x--x--x--x-------
Db-----------|---------------------------------------|--x--x--x--x-------
Ab-----------|---------------------------------------|-------------------
Eb-----------|---------------------------------------|-------------------
                                                                         

                                                                         
E----------------------------------------------||------------------------
Bb-----x--x--x--x-----------8^-----------------||------------------------
Gb-----x--x--x--x------------------------------||------------------------
Db-----x--x--x--x-----x--x------------x--x--x--||------------------------
Ab--------------------x--x------------x--x--x--||------------------------
Eb--------------------x--x------------x--x--x--||------------------------
                                                                         
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