Artist:  Fear Factory
Song:  "Edgecrusher"
Album:  "Obsolete"
Label:  Roadrunner Records, copyright 1998, (The All-Blacks B.V.)

Tune all strings down a perfect fifth (A, D, G, C, E, A)

LEGEND:

        *    -- palm-mute
        H    -- hit-on
        P    -- pull-off
        ~~~~ -- vibrato
        A.H. -- Artificial Harmonic
        N.H. -- Natural Harmonic
	  /    -- slide up
	  \	 -- slide down
	  X    -- lay fingers on strings to cause a "thud"; a "dead note"

moderate to slow speed

Intro:  "Due to the graphic nature of this program, listener discretion
is advised" followed by some sampled mixing sounds, and then into Riff A

Riff A

This riff is a little hard to hear

                           H   H                           H   H
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-3\2-----3\2-----3\2-------------4/5-----4/5-----4/5--------------|
|-3\2-----3\2-----3\2-------------2/5-----2/5-----2/5--------------|
|-1\0-0-0-1\0-0-0-1\0-0-0-1-2-1-2-2/3-0-0-2/3-0-0-2/3-0-0-2-3-2-3--|
      * *     * *     * *             * *     * *     * *

Riff B

Only slight palm muting here

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--------3-(3)-3---------7-7----------|
|-2---2--1-(1)-1--6---6--5-5----------|
|-0---0-----------4---4------(2)-(1)--|
                              *   *

Riff C

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|--------3-(3)-3---------7-7----------|
|-2---2--1-(1)-1--6------5-5----------|
|-0---0-----------4----------(2)-(1)--|
                              *   *

Riff D

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-2---------2-----2---------2-------|
|-0----0-0--0-----0----0-0--0-------|
  *    * *  *     *    * *  *

Riff E

|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------|
|-----2---------2-----2---------2-------|
|-(0)-0----0-0--0-----0----0-0--0-------|
   *  *    * *  *     *    * *  *

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-----2---------2-----2---------2--------|
|-(0)-0----0-0--0-----0----0-0--0-0-0-0--|
   *  *    * *  *     *    * *  * * * *

Riff F

So that you don't have to move your hand around, play the D (5th
fret on the A string) with your little finger and the C# (4th fret
on the A string) with your ring finger.  That way, your index and
middle fingers are free so they can play the chords at the end.

|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------1/2\1--|
|----------------------------------------------2/3\2--|
|-5-4-5-4--5-4-5-4-5-4--5-4-5-4-5-4--5-4-5-4-5-4/5\4--|

Riff G

|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------|
|-/3---------(4)-----/2---------(3)------|
|----5-4-(3)-----(3)----4-3-(2)-----(2)--|
          *   *   *          *   *   *

|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-1---------(2)-----0---------(1)------|
|---3-2-(1)-----(1)---2-1-(0)-----(0)--|
         *   *   *         *   *   *

Riff H

|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-3\2-------4-4-----5-5-----4-4--3\2--|
|-3\2-------2-2-----3-3-----2-2--3\2--|
|-1\0-(0)-0-----0-0-----0-0------1\0--|
       *  *     * *     * *

|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|
|-4/5-------5-5-----4-4------5---5--|
|-2/5-------3-3-----2-2------3---3--|
|-2/3-(0)-0-----0-0-----0-0---------|
       *  *     * *     * *

Riff I

This chord is very blunt

|----|
|----|
|----|
|----|
|-2--|
|-0--|
  *

Song Structure

Riff A 2 times

Guitar silence while Burton does verse backed by bass

Riff B 3 times
Riff C 1 time
Riff A 2 times

Guitar silence while Burton does verse backed by bass

Riff B 4 times
Riff A 2 times
Riff D 2 times
Riff E 1 time
Riff F 2 times
Riff G 2 times
Riff B 3 times
Riff C 1 time
Riff A 2 times
Riff H 2 times
Riff I 1 time and end abruptly