Anthrax - Metal Thrashing Mad Chords & Tabs

 

Metal Thrashing Mad Chords & Tabs

Anthrax Chords & Tabs

Version: 2 Type: Bass Tab

Metal Thrashing Mad Bass Tab

   
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METAL THRASHING MAD (Bassline)
As recorded by Anthrax
(From the 1983 Album FISTFUL OF METAL)

Transcribed by B. Johnson
	

Words and Music by Anthrax
Arranged by Anthrax

Gtr I (E A D G) - 'Untitled'

 Intro
  Fast Rock Q=184                  1.,2.,3.            4.
 4/4
  Gtr I
  H    Q  E E     Q  E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E  4x E E E E E E E E
|-------------||-----------------|------------------||------------------|
|-------------||o----------------|-----------------o||------------------|
|-----------5-||o-5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-o||-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|
|-------------||-----------------|------------------||------------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-2-2-5-5-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-2-2-1-1-0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-2-2-5-5-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-2-2-1-1-0-||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||


   1st, 2nd, 3rd Verse
    $
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|
||o-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
||------------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||


 Chorus
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----3---3-------|---2---------5---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-1-1---1---1-1p0-|-0---0-0-3-3---3-|
|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-1-|-----------------|-----------------|


                                                               To Coda
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----3---3-------|-----------------||
|-3-2-0-----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|---------5-5-5---|-----------------|-1-1---1---1-1p0-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-||
|-------3-------0-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-1-|-----------------|-----------------||


  1.
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-2-2-5-5-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-2-2-1-1-0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------o||
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-2-2-5-5-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-2-2-1-1-0-o||
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|------------------||


  2.
  E E Q  H      E E Q  H      E E Q  H      E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-0-0---------|-0-0---------|-0-0---------|-2-3-3-2-3-2-2-2-|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|

[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/a/anthrax/metal_thrashing_mad_btab_ver_2.html ]
  E E Q  H      E E Q  H      E E Q  H      E E E E E E E E
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|
|-0-0---------|-0-0---------|-0-0---------|-2-3-3-2-3-2-2-2-|
|-------------|-------------|-------------|-----------------|


   Guitar Solo
    E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
||------------------|-----------------|
||o-----------------|-----------------|
||o-5-5-5-5-5-5-5s7-|-7s8-8-7s8-8-----|
||------------------|-------------8-8-|


  E E E E E E E E    E  E  E E E E E E   3x
|-----------------|----------------------||
|-----------------|---------------------o||
|-----------------|-10-10-10-8-8-8-8s5--o||
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|----------------------||


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5s7-|-7s8-8-7s8-8-----|
|-----------------|-------------8-8-|


  E E E E E E E E    S  S  S  S  S  S E E E E E
|-----------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------|------------------------------||
|-----------------|-10-10-10-10-10-10-8-8-8-8-8--||
|-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-8-|------------------------------||


    E E Q  H      E E Q  H      E E Q  H      E E E E E E E E
||--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------||
||o-------------|-------------|-------------|------------------o||
||o-0-0---------|-0-0---------|-0-0---------|-2-3-3-2-3-2-2-2--o||
||--------------|-------------|-------------|-------------------||


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-2-2-5-5-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-2-1-1-0-0-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|


                                                            D.S. al Coda
  +E  E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||
|-(0)-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-2-2-5-5-0-|-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-0-0-0-2-1-1-0-0-||
|-------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------||


 Out-Chorus
  &
  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----3---3-------|---2---------5---|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-----------------|-1-1---1---1-1p0-|-0---0-0-3-3---3-|
|-----------------|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-1-|-----------------|-----------------|


  E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E   E E E E E E E E
|-----------------|-----------------|-----3---3-------|-----------------|
|-3-2-0-----------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|---------5-5-5---|-----------------|-1-1---1---1-1p0-|-0-0-0-0-3-3-3-3-|
|-------3-------0-|-1-1-1-1-3-3-3-1-|-----------------|-----------------|


  Q  E Q  E Q    Q  E Q  E Q    Q  E Q  E Q
|----7---------|----7---------|----7----------|
|---------3----|---------3----|---------3-----|
|-5---------3--|-5---------3--|-5---------3s==|
|------1-------|------1-------|------1--------|


  W          +W           +W           +W           +H      H
|----------|------------|------------|------------|--------------*|
|----------|------------|------------|------------|--------------*|
|-5--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)--------|-(5)\---------*|
|----------|------------|------------|------------|--------------*|



Duration Legend
---------------
W - whole; H - half; Q - quarter; E - 8th; S - 16th; T - 32nd; X - 64th; a - acciaccatura
+ - note tied to previous; . - note dotted; .. - note double dotted
Uncapitalized letters represent notes that are staccato (1/2 duration)
Irregular groupings are notated above the duration line
Duration letters will always appear directly above the note/fret number it represents the
duration for.  Duration letters with no fret number below them represent rests.  Multi-
bar rests are notated in the form Wxn, where n is the number of bars to rest for.  Low
melody durations appear below the staff

Tablature Legend
----------------
 h   - hammer-on
 p   - pull-off
 b   - bend
 pb  - pre-bend
 r   - bend release (if no number after the r, then release immediately)
 /\  - slide into or out of (from/to "nowhere")
 s   - legato slide
 S   - shift slide
 - natural harmonic
[n]  - artificial harmonic
n(n) - tapped harmonic
 ~   - vibrato
 tr  - trill
 T   - tap
 TP  - trem. picking
 PM  - palm muting
\n/  - tremolo bar dip; n = amount to dip
 \n  - tremolo bar down
 n/  - tremolo bar up
/n\  - tremolo bar inverted dip
 =   - hold bend; also acts as connecting device for hammers/pulls
 <> - volume swell (louder/softer)
 x   - on rhythm slash represents muted slash
 o   - on rhythm slash represents single note slash

Misc Legend
-----------
 |  - bar
||  - double bar
||o - repeat start
o|| - repeat end
*|  - double bar (ending)
 :  - bar (freetime)
 $  - Segno
 &  - Coda
Tempo markers -  = BPM(8/16=s8/s16), where s8 = swing 8ths, s16 = swing 16ths