E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Song: The Sound of Dying Demons
Band: Candlemass
Album: Psalms for the Dead
Tabbed by: TrollFaceJesus


Hey everyone, this is my tab for this song, and I think it sounds pretty awesome.
All of the rhythm sections in the song are here, but I didn't tab out the solo.
Hopefully everything in here is accurate, and you guys find this tab to be helpful!
If you have any comments, questions, or corrections to point out, please feel free
to leave a message here, or to send me an email! :D


Tuning: C#


Riff 1

  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| x2
D|-----2-----------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------2---1b==2br=============1-------------------------------|
E|-0---------------------------------------------------------------|



Riff 2a (Guitar 1)

  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------/4---3b======4br=====3-----------------------------------| x1
D|---------------------------------3---------------3---------------|
A|-----2-------------------------------2---------------2-----------|
E|-0---------------------------------------1---------------1-------|


Riff 2a (Guitar 2)

  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| x1
D|---------------------------------3---------------3---------------|
A|-----2---2---1b======2br=====1-------2---------------2-----------|
E|-0---------------------------------------1---------------1-------|



Riff 2b (Guitar 1)

  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------/4---3b======4br=====3-----------------------------------| x1
D|---------------------------------3-------------------------------|
A|-----2-------------------------------2-------------------2-------|
E|-0---------------------------------------1-------0---1-----------|


Riff 2b (Guitar 2)

  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| x1
D|---------------------------------3-------------------------------|
A|-----2---2---1b======2br=====1-------2-------------------2-------|
E|-0---------------------------------------1-------0---1-----------|
  .   .   .                                       .   .



Riff 2a x 1

Riff 2b x 1



Riff 3a

  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| x1
D|---------2---3---------------------------------------------------|
A|-----2---------------------------3---2---------------------------|
E|-0---------------------------------------------------------------|


Riff 3b

  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------| x1
D|---------2---3-------------------3-------------------------------|
A|-----2-------------------------------2---------------------------|
E|-0---------------------------------------1-----------------------|



Riff 3a x 1

Riff 3b x 1

Riff 2a x 1

Riff 2b x 1

Riff 2a x 1

Riff 2b x 1

Riff 3a x 1

Riff 3b x 1

Riff 3a x 1

Riff 3b x 1

Riff 2a x 1

Riff 2b x 1

Riff 2a x 1

Riff 2b x 1



Riff 4

  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-5-------------------------------5-------------------------------|
A|-3-------------------------------3-------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|



Riff 5

  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------4-------3-----------------------4-------5-------5---4---| x4
A|---------2-------1-------5---4-----------2-------3-------3---2---|
E|-0---0-------0-------0---3---2---0---0-------0-------0-----------|
  .   .       .       .           .   .       .       .


Riff 6 (Guitar 1)

  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-10--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-8---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|


Riff 6 (Guitar 2)

  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-3---------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-1---------------------------------------------------------------|



Riff 7

  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------------2---------------------------------------------------| x4
D|-0---0-0-0-----------0---0---0---0-h-1---1-p-0-------------------|
A|-------------------------------------------------1---1---0---0---|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
  .   . . .           .   .   .                   .   .   .   .


Riff 8a

  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-1---0---0---0-------0---0-------------------3-----------3-------| x1
D|---------------------------------1---1-1-1-----------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
                                  .   . . .


Riff 8b

  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-1---0---0---0-----------0-------------------3-----------3-------| x2
D|---------------------------------1---1-1-1-----------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
                                  .   . . .


Riff 8c

  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-1---0---0---0-----------0-------1---0---1---3---1---0-----------| x1
D|---------------------------------------------------------1-------|
A|-------------------------------------------------------------3---|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|



Riff 7 x 4

Riff 1 x 2

Riff 2a x 1

Riff 2b x 1

Riff 2a x 1

Riff 2b x 1

Riff 4 x 1

Riff 5 x 7



Riff 9

  1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a 1 e + a 2 e + a 3 e + a 4 e + a
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------4-------3-----------------------------------------------| x1
A|---------2-------1-------5---4-----------------------------------|
E|-0---0-------0-------0---3---2---0-------------------------------|
  .   .       .       .           .


And that's it!


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| /   slide up
| \   slide down
| h   hammer-on
| p   pull-off
| v   vibrato
| +   harmonic
| •   mute note
| b   bend
| pb  pre-bend
| br  bend release
| pbr pre-bend release
| brb bend release bend
| =   bend/bend release duration