Danzig opens this ode de la femme fatale with a riff that's sort of AC/DC-meets-Peter Gunn. The guitars open up in the pre-chorus with power chords that are allowed to ring. The chorus offers yet another sound, where riffs and power chords mix in a sort of half-time feel. Notice Riff B (in the score) and Riff B1 (in the box) are in thirds -- unusualy in this low octave, but it works, creating a full and buzzy sound from the guitars. The solo is rhythmically deliberate and exploits the low register for a long time (relative to the solo's total length) before moving to the upper reaches. It's quite easily broken down into two-bar increments. The first two bars give us the slow-starting introductory gestures, with generous vibrato on the held notes. In bars 3 and 4 the lower register is explored, ending with a bent doublestop in bar 4. Bars 5-6 feature the middle range of the guitar, and John Christ employs bends and hammer-pull combinations. Notice the position shift on bar 5, beat 4 1/2. This is a pickup to the real doublestop figure in bar 6. This clips off neatly on the downbeat of bar 7, where the guitar goes back to high-note bends. Bear in mind though, that the position shift was made in bar 5 but the guitar stayed in this "mid-high" range. This is a good way to finesses a position shift -- make the shift but don't give it away by immediately jumping up to the range's limits. This eight-bar solo is short, for metal songs, but the soloing is quite economical, showing a variety of techniques in a short span, and connecting them smoothly and gracefully. |