AESTHETICS OF HATE
MACHINEHEAD
THE BLACKENING (track 3)
2007 ROADRUNNER RECORDS


legend:
( ): let note ring
^ : string bend
p : pull off
h : hammer on/off
* : artificial harmonic
/ : slide up/down
PM... : palm mute
x : mute string
ox: pick scrape
[]: second guitar (harmony)

Tuned down one and a half step


INTRO (clean)

C#|--------------------------|---------------|
G#|--------------------------|---------------|
E |---------------------3----|---------------|        8 TIMES
B |-------2----3----5--------|--5---3h5p3/2--|
F#|--------------------------|---------------|
C#|---0-(0)------------------|---------------|

Overdrive:

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------| (NOTE: THE CLEAN INTRO
|-------------------------8-----------------------|  CAN BE PLAYED THIS WAY
|------7----8------10-----------10-----8h10p8/7---|  BUT IT SOUNDS BETTER
|-0-0----0-----0-------0-----0------0-------------|  THE WAY IT IS ABOVE)
PM..     .     .       .     .      .

|---------------------------||---------------------------|
|---------------------------||---------------------------|
|---------------------------||---------------------------|
|-6-(6)---------------------||---------------------------|
|-6-(6)---------------------||---------------------ox----|
|-4-(4)---------------------||---------------------ox----|

|------------------------------[/13]----/16-----[/14]-|
|-------------/9---[/12]---/15------------------------|
|---/7--[/6]------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|

VERSE 1
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------8-----------------------|  
|------7----8------10-----------10-----8h10p8/7---|  
|-0-0----0-----0-------0-----0------0-------------|  
PM..     .     .       .     .      .

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------9----8----------|
|----------------------------------------7----|
|-6--6--7--6--9--6--7--9--6------6----6-------|

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------8-----------------------|  
|------7----8------10-----------10-----8h10p8/7---|  
|-0-0----0-----0-------0-----0------0-------------|  
PM..     .     .       .     .      .

|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------6----8----------|
|----------------------------------------7----|
|-3--3--4--3--6--3--4--6--3------3----6-------|

________________________________________________________________
|-------------------------------------------------|             |
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------8-----------------------|  
|------7----8------10-----------10-----8h10p8/7---|  
|-0-0----0-----0-------0-----0------0-------------|  
PM..     .     .       .     .      .
|------------------------|
|------------------------|
|------------------------|   GUITAR 2
|-2-2--2--2--2--2--2--2--|