Artist:  Fear Factory
Song:  "Freedom or Fire"
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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The bass here, as usual, follows the guitar melody pretty well.  There 
should be few trouble spots in this tab.  Just try to keep your stamina 
up towards the end.  Also, feel free to make octave substitutions, such 
as...

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...as it may be easier to play.  I included more open D strings to give 
the bass a more resonating effect.  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 fast speed

Riff A

This riff is accompanied by the sounds of a pick scraping against guitar 
strings.

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Riff B

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Riff C

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Riff D

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Riff E

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