Flash Point

Fear Factory

key:

E|-------------------------------------------------------------|
 
This is the eighth track off "Demanufacture." Although it's one of the  
less-played tracks off the album, I think it's pretty good and it'd  
probably be a lot of fun to play with a band (except the absence of all  
the keyboards might make it sound a little empty).  Dino doesn't pull  
any surprises with his sound--it's just the standard scooped sound (no  
midrange, lots of treble, lots of bass) layered with an equally tight  
distortion.   
 
Dropped-D tuning (D, A, D, G, B, E) 
 
LEGEND: 
         
        *    -- palm-mute  
        H    -- hit-on 
        P    -- pull-off 
        ~~~~ -- vibrato 
        A.H. -- Artificial Harmonic 
        N.H. -- Natural Harmonic 
 
Upbeat, faster speed 
 
Intro with studio sounds, drums, bass, and then guitar comes in doubled  
by sythnthesizers 
 
Riff A: 
 
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------6-----------6-6-----------6-----------6-6--|
E|--0-0---0-6---0-0---0-6-6---0-0---0-6---0-0---0-6-6--|
   * *   *     * *   *       * *   *     * *   * 
 
Riff B: 
 
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------6-----------6-6-----------6-----------6-6--|
E|--0-0---0-6-----------6-6---0-0---0-6---------0-6-6--|
   * *   *                   * *   *           * 
 
Riff C: 
 
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|----------------------6-6-----------------------6-6--|
E|----------------------6-6-----------------------6-6--|
                       * *                       * * 
 
Riff D: 
 
E|-----------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-1--1--1--1--1--1--1--111--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--111--|
E|-1--1--1--1--1--1--1--111--1--1--1--1--1--1--1--111--|
 
Riff E: 
 
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--000--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---1---3|
E|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--000--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---1---3|
 
E|---------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------|
A|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--000--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---1---3|
E|-0--0--0--0--0--0--0--000--0--0--0--0--0--0--0--0---1---3|
 
E|-------------|
B|-------------|
G|-------------|
D|-------------|
A|--1---3---4--|
E|--1---3---4--|
 
 
Riff F: 
 
Let chords ring out 
 
E|-----------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------|
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6----8-5----8-4----8-3----1----6----8-10----9----(6)--(5)-|
A|-6----8-5----8-4----8-3----1----6----8-10----9----(6)--(5)-|
E|-6----8-5----8-4----8-3----1----6----8-10----9----(6)--(5)-|
 
 
 
Song Structure: 
 
Riff A 2 times 
Riff B 2 times 
Riff A 2 times 
Riff C 2 times 
Riff A 2 times 
Riff A 2 times 
Riff D 2 times 
Riff E 1 time 
Riff A 4 times 
Riff F 1 time 
(bass then plays harmony in Riff F under Burton’s soaring vocals) 
Riff F 1 time (doubled by another track of guitar playing the same  
harmony only set to the snare drum’s rhythm) 
Riff D 2 times 
Riff E 1 time 
Riff A 2 times, ending on two blunt D5 chord hits 
 
Note:  in case any of you don’t know, a D5 is just 
 
E|-----|
B|-----|
G|-----|
D|--0--|
A|--0--|
E|--0--|