From: bfar333@freenet3.scri.fsu.edu (Brian Farmer)

Carcass "Empathological Necroticism"
(taken from "Symphonies of Sickness" CD)
transcribed by grievous - a tireless mofo.
(drop me e-mail if you find mistakes)

Argh - this tune is a monster, but a personal favorite for
it's lack of guitar solos.  A lot of the spots where vibrato
is indicated should be only lightly wiggled - listen to the
disc and you'll notice Bill Steer uses a light vibrato quite
frequently to great effect.  As a matter of fact, go buy the
damn CD if you don't have it - it's a masterpiece of
technical grind-death-sludge with an original style.  The
lyrics aren't included because I assume you already have the
record if you want to play this...

Tune all strings down 5 half-steps (e.g. B E A D ...)

*=vibrato
[pm]=palm mute
[dp]=double pick

INTRO RIFF (x4)
              (let ring)              (let ring)
e------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------
D----------3--------------6-6-6----8-------------------------
A-4-4-4-2--1-3------------4-4-4-4--6-2----------------------
E-2-2-2-0----1------------------3----0-----------------------

After the intro riff, chop an open E power chord 16 times.

RIFF 1 (x4)
           *
e------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------
D--------3-----6-6-6----8------------------------------------
A-4-4-4--1-3---4-4-4-4--6-2---------------------------------
E-2-2-2----1---------3----0----------------------------------

RIFF 2 (x4)
                *   *   *                        *
e------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------
D------------------------------------------------------------
A-4-4-4--7/8--3-------------4-4-4-7/8--3--5---6--------------
E-2-2-2--5/6--1-3-2/4-3/5---2-2-2-5/6--1-3-3-4-4-5-----------

Repeat Riffs 1 and 2...

RIFF 3 (x4)
                       *                     *
e------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------
D-5-----------5---4/3/5----5---5-----5-----------------------
A-3-4--4-4--4-3-4----------3-4-3-4-3-3-4-5/3/7---------------
E---2--2-2--2---2------------2---2-1---2-3/1/5---------------

RIFF 4 (x4)
                     *
e------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------
D-5---8--------3---------------------------------------------
A-3-4-6-7-2--3-1-5/8/7---------------------------------------
E---2---5-0--1---3/6/5---------------------------------------

RIFF 5 (x4)
                                     ########
e------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------
D-5-----------8-----------5-------------8--------------------
A-3-4--4-4-4--6-7--7-7-7--3-4--4-4-4--7-6-3-2----------------
E---2--2-2-2----5--5-5-5----2--2-2-2--5---1-0----------------

(replace the ###### bit with the following on the 4th repeat)
  [     pm       ]
e------------------
B------------------
G------------------
D-----8888---------
A-7777666633332222-
E-5555----11110000-

RIFF 6 (x3)                          (on 4th, do this)
(trem picking - go nuts)             [ pm - crunch ]
e----------------------------------|-------------------------
B----------------------------------|-------------------------
G----------------------------------|-----3-4-----------------
D-------------11112222-------------|--5-21-23-6--------------
A-----33330000--------11114444-----|-43-0---1-45-------------
E-2222------------------------3333-|-2---------3------------

RIFF 7 (x2)
(more trem picking)
e------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------
D----------4444-------------11111111-------------------------
A---------------3333-222222----------0000-3333---------------
E-22222222-------------------------------------22222222------

e------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------
D----------4444------55555555----------44443333--------------
A---------------3333---------------------------44443333------
E-22222222--------------------33333333-----------------------

Repeat Intro Riff and ALL riffs...

RIFF 8 (x4 of course)
                              *
e------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G------------------------------------------------------------
D-----------2---------------2--------------------------------
A---3-4-0-1---3-----3-4-0-1---3------------------------------
E-2-------------0-2------------------------------------------

Outro Riff (repeat ad infinitum - it fades out on the record)
[palm mute the whole thing...]

         [   dp   ]       [   dp   ]       [   dp   ]
e------------------------------------------------------------
B------------------------------------------------------------
G--------------------------33333333-4-4-4-4------------------
D---------55555555-2-2-2-2-11111111-2-2-2-2-33333333---------
A-4-4-4-4-33333333-0-0-0-0------------------11111111---------
E-2-2-2-2----------------------------------------------------

         [   dp   ]
e--------------------
B--------------------
G--------------------
D-6-6-6-6------------
A-4-4-4-4-55555555---
E---------33333333---


And that, at long last, is it.