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

Nihilistic Automaton:  Burton C. Bell
Hypercharged Detonator:  Dino Cazares
Substatic Intensifier:  Christian Olde Wolbers
Automodulated Groove Injector:  Raymond Herrera

Thanks a lot to Yani and Ray for giving me the opportunity to do this.

My name is Dimitrije Kostic and any questions about this tab or any
others in the Fear Factory Tablature Archive can be emailed to me at
[email protected]
I will gladly investigate any possible errors in any tablature on this site.

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I have had far more requests for this song than any other song off
Obsolete.  It is a memorable tune, and pretty catchy.  The main riff
(Riff A) reminds me of "Replica" in a weird way; if you look at it
without playing it, it doesn't look like it will sound very good.  But
if you play it, it actually does sound pretty good.

Technically, this is a typical Fear Factory song, but I would try very
hard to make Riff A mold well with the drums (if you play this live or
in rehearsals).  Make sure your timing is sharp.  Have fun!

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

LEGEND:

H    —— hit—on
P    —— pull—off
~~~~ —— vibrato
A.H. —— Artificial Harmonic
N.H. —— Natural Harmonic
/    —— slide up
\ —— slide down

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

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|—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

This is the riff played over the verses.  Let all notes ring out.

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|—0—————————————4———————2—4—————|

Riff C

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|————————————————————————0—(0)—0—————————|
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|—0———0——6—(6)—6——4———4———————————2———1——|

Riff D

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|————————————————————————0—0———————————|
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|—0———0——6—(6)—6——4———————————(2)—(1)——|

Riff E

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|—0————0—0——0—————0————0—0——0———————|

Riff F

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|—(0)—0————0—0——0—————0————0—0——0———————|

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|—(0)—0————0—0——0—————0————0—0——0—0—0—0——|

Riff G

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|——————————————————————————————————————————————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————————|

Riff H

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|—/3—0———————(4)—————/2—————————(3)——————|
|——————4—(3)—————(3)————4—3—(2)—————(2)——|


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|—1—————————(2)—————0—————————(1)——————|
|———3—2—(1)—————(1)———2—1—(0)—————(0)——|

Riff I

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|———————————2—2—————3—3—————2—2———————|
|—1\0—(0)—0—————0—0—————0—0——————1\0——|

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|———————————3—3—————2—2——————3———3——|
|—2/3—(0)—0—————0—0—————0—0—————————|

Riff J

This note is played very bluntly

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Song Structure

Riff A 2 times
Riff B 4 times
Riff C 3 times
Riff D 1 time
Riff A 2 times
Riff B 6 times
Riff C 4 times
Riff A 2 times
Riff E 2 times
Riff F 1 time
Riff G 2 times
Riff H 2 times
Riff C 3 times
Riff D 1 time
Riff A 2 times
Riff I 2 times
Riff J 1 time and end abruptly