Artist: OverKill
Song:   SkullKrusher
Album:  The Years Of Decay

Transcribed by Kevin 'Agonymph' Pasman

Tuning: CFBE (2 steps down)

This is actually my first attempt to transcribe something that is tuned lower than my normal D-tuning (I don't ever tune higher
than D) and what better start than my favorite song? I played this one before and I found out that in general, it isn't really
hard to play. It has some tricky parts though. The song is really slow and I love this demonic feel it has. I might transcribe
its intro ('Playing With Spiders') one day soon too, but since I already know how to play most of the song, I felt this had to
be done. Stupid detail: this is one of the only songs on which I use all 4 of the strings on my bass. Enjoy!
The song starts with a brilliantly heavy guitar riff (Bobby Gustafson on 'The Years Of Decay', Rob Cannavino starts with this
riff on the live-album 'Wrecking Your Neck'), to which the bass and the drums are added later. It goes like this:

Intro:

E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
F|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
C|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

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

The riff that follows is probably the main riff to the song, it's the same as the guitar riff it starts with.

Riff A:

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|--------7-------|----------------|--------7-------|----------------|
|0-----------7---|5-------3/5-----|0-----------7---|5-------3/5-----|

|----------------|----------------|------------9---|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|8-------7-------||
|--------7-------|----------------|--------7-------|----------------||
|0-----------7---|5---6---3-5-3---|0---------------|----------------||

The next riff is similar to the riff that is used for the verses. There might be some slight alterations in the note lengths
(please listen to the song for the exact details), but tone-wise, the riff goes like this:

Riff B (Play twice):

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|0---0-0-3-------|0---5---5/6-----|0---0-0-3-------|3-----2-----1---||

The riff in the verses is similar to the previous one, it has, however, some significant differences:

Riff C (Play twice):

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
|0---0-0-3-------|0---0-0-6---5---|0---0-0-3-----0-|6-5---0-5---3---|

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|0---0-0-3-------|0---0-0-6---5---|0---0-0-3-----0-|8-7-0-7-6-0-6-5-|0-6-5-0-5-6-3~--||

 (1st verse)
  Standing at the crossroads
  Which way you gonna go
  And what you gonna do when it comes
  Bargaining with gasoline
  Take a ride on this machine
  Gonna get me some
  When it comes
  Just how far you gonna go
  Somebody should let you know
  Once you're in you ain't getting out
  Put a side your foolish pride
  So you take just one more ride
  I don't think you know what it's about
  Here it comes

Then the sequence is repeated; play Riff B twice and play Riff C twice

 (2nd verse)
  Riding on a living hell
  Got another soul to sell
  Right is right and wrong is wrong
  Life's a dream
  On this machine
  It lasts just about as long
  So you think you know it all
  And when you ride you never fall
  I got some news for you
  Entice you with a wicked smile
  Take a ride for a while
  Seems that the news is true
  Yes it's true

And again Riff B is played twice, this time it's followed by the Chorus Riff (play the open C-string staccato):

Riff D (Play twice):

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|0---0---1---0---|0---0---2---0---|0---0---1---0---|0---0---2-1-0-2-||

 (Chorus)
  Oh take me away
  On the ride of your life
  Oh put me away
  Deathpusher
  Oh take me away
  Last time of my life
  Skullkrusher

The first two times the chorus is played, it is followed by a short interlude, more or less a short guitar solo. That solo is
supported by the following riff:

Riff E (Play twice):

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|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|0-------6-------|5---3-------0---|5---3---0---0---|----2-3-1~------||

Then repeat the sequence; play Riff D twice, followed by Riff E twice.

 (Chorus)
  Oh take me away
  On the ride of your life
  Oh put me away
  Deathpusher
  Oh take me away
  Last time of my life
  Skullkrusher

Now this is where the fast part begins, first hold an open C string for 2 measures, then the fast guitar riff enters and goes on
for 8 measures (keep in mind that every second measure is a 5/4 measure!). After that, the bass joins the guitar:

Riff F (Play twice):

|----------------|--------------------|----------------|--------------------||
|----------------|--------------------|----------------|--------------------||
|----7-------7---|----7---------------|----7-------7---|----7------9-10-8~--||
|0-0-----0-0-----|0-0-----0-0-3-5-3~--|0-0-----0-0-----|0-0-----------------||

And then the bridge starts. The parts with vocals go like this:

Riff G (Play twice):

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|--------7---5-7-|----------------|--------7---5-7-|--------9-10-8~-||
|0-0-0-0---------|--0-0-0-3-5-3~--|0-0-0-0---------|--0-0-0---------||

 (Bridge)
  Ten thousand nightmares
  Ten thousand years
  Ten thousand martyrs crying
  Ten million tears

Then the guitar plays Riff F twice and the bass plays this underneath that riff (the open C-string is played staccato):

Fill 1 (Play twice):

|----------------|--------------------|----------------|--------------------||
|----------------|--------------------|----------------|--------------------||
|----------------|--------------------|----------------|-----------9-10-8~--||
|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0---3-5-3~--|0---0---0---0---|0---0---0-----------||

Then play Riff G twice, then repeat Fill 1, then play Riff G twice again

 (Bridge)
  All the thinking never done
  All the murder, all the fun
  Wash the blood from your hands
  Bury your secrets in the sand
  And forget

  Your mouth went dry
  Shortness on breath
  Symptoms of fear
  Symptoms of Death

As soon as you enter the measure in which Bobby screams "Death", it goes like this (it's 6/4 measure!):

Fill 2:

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|------------------------||
|------------------------||
|0-0-2-3-1~--0-0-2-3-1~--||

This is where the live-version of 'Wrecking Your Neck' ends and 'Spiritual Void' starts. The studio-version from 'The Years Of
Decay', however, has now almost come to the solo. First there is a short guitar riff with some bass and drums support:

Fill 3 (Play 4 times):

|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|--------------||
|0---------------|----------------|----------------|6-----5-----5---|--3---5-3-1---||

There are some slight alterations in this part. Please listen to the song for details.
Now, we have finally reached the most brilliant guitar solo in OverKill-history; the double guitar solo of Bobby Gustafson. The
bass riff underneath this solo is very easy to play:

Riff H (Play 8 times):

|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------||
|--------7-----5-|--7-------------||
|0-0-0-0---0-0---|----0-0-3-5-3---||

Then there is a short return to earlier parts of the song, it's pretty similar to Riff D, actually it IS Riff D on double tempo:

Riff I (Play 4 times):

|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------||
|0-0-1-0-0-0-2-0-|0-0-1-0-0-0-2102||

Then play Riff E twice (on a slightly higher tempo) and play Riff H 8 times again to finish the solo.
After that, return to the beginning of the song; play Riff A twice, then play Riff B twice and then play Riff C twice.

 (3rd verse)
  Tracks go on for miles
  Through the agony and smiles
  Laying there in pieces on the ground
  What the hell, you take a chance
  Krusher call, make your stance
  When you're dead you never make a sound
  Racing with the Devil
  Engine's slowing down
  Fifty years too early
  And you're laying underground...
  You're krushed!

Then repeat Riff B twice again and until the song finishes, repeat this new riff until the song is over:

Riff J (Repeat and fade):

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|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------||
|0---0-0-3-----0-|3-----2-----1---|0-0-0-0-3-----0-|3-----2-----1---||

 (Chorus)
  Oh take me away
  On the ride of my life
  Oh put me away
  Deathpusher
  Oh take me away
  Last time of my life
  Oh take me away
  Skullkrusher
  Oh take me away
  On the ride of my life
  Oh put me away
  Deathpusher
  Oh take me away
  Oh take me away
  Oh take me away
  Skullkrusher