First Deadly Sin Tab by Arch Enemy

First Deadly Sin tab by Arch Enemy

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First Deadly Sin by Arch Enemy: Guitar, Bass & Songwriting Insights

"First Deadly Sin" by Arch Enemy is a blistering track from their album "Wages of Sin." The song features intricate dual guitar harmonies and aggressive riffing courtesy of Michael Amott and Christopher Amott. The bass work by Sharlee D'Angelo provides a solid foundation for the intense guitar solos throughout the song. The track showcases the band's signature melodic death metal sound with a relentless energy that is a staple of their music.

Tuning:C

k this is my first tab so go easy, but i think its pretty much correct.
If u got corrections e-mail me and i'll put em in.

Riff 1 x2 (Guitar 1 + 2)

|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------8-8-8-8---------8-8-8-8-----------8-8-8-8-------------------||
|---------7-7-7-7---------7-7-7-7-----------7-7-7-7---6/5---5/4---4/3-||
|-0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0---------0-0-0-0-0---------0-4/3-0-3/2-0-2/1-||

Riff 2 x2 (Guitar 1 + 2)

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|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------8-8-8-8----------8-8-8-8----------8-8-8-8------------------||
|----------7-7-7-7----------7-7-7-7----------7-7-7-7---6/5---5/4---4/3||
|-00000000---------00000000---------00000000---------0-4/3-0-3/2-0-2/1||

Guitar 1 finishs riff 2 with a c power chord (lowest one) while guitar 2
goes into riff 3

Riff 3 x8 (Guitar 2)

|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|--------------------------------------------------||
|------0-7-9-10--------------0-6-7-9------0-7-9-10-||
|-0000----------000000000000---------0000----------||

Guitar 1 joins in with riff 4 on the fifth time through Riff 3

Riff 4 x4 (Guitar 1)

|---------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------||
|---------------------------------------------------------||
|------0-11-13-14--------------0-10-11-13------0-11-13-14-||
|-0000------------000000000000------------0000------------||

For the verse

Riff 5 x1

|------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------||
|------------------------------------------------------||
|-4444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444444-||

Then play :

Riff 3 x2 (with guitar 1 playing riff 4 x2 over the top)
Riff 5 x1
Then go into riff 1 with pick slide and play twice
Riff 2 x2
Riff 3 x4 (with guitar 1 playing riff x4 over the top)
Riff 5 x1
Riff 3 x2 (with guitar 1 playing riff 4 x2 over the top)
Riff 5 x1
Then go into riff 1 with pick slide and play twice
Riff 2 x2

Riff 6 x6 (last two times less muting)

|----------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------||
|----------------------------------------------------------------||
|-0-15-0-0-14-0-0-12-0-0-14-0-10-0-12-0-8-0-0-10-0-0-7-0-8-5-0-7-||
|----------------------------------------------------------------||

Riff 7 x4 (guitar 1 under first part of solo)
(hard 2 hear but seems right)

|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------|
|-7-7-5-7----8-8-5-8----7-7-5-7-8-7-5---------6---|
|-------------------------------------7-8-5-7-4---|


Hope i haven't made this too complicated, basically if u just want to
play the solo and don't care about all the other crap just follow
guitar 2's part till the end

Solo (Guitar 2) 2:27

|----------------------------20-17------------|
|-15b17----17-18-15-17-18/21-------17----15---|
|-------------------------------------16------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|

k this is pretty fast buts its not actually as hard as it sounds

|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------13-15-17-|
|----------------------------------------------13-14-16-13-14-16----------|
|----------------------------12-14-15-12-14-15----------------------------|
|-------11-12-14-15-12-14-15----------------------------------------------|
|-12-13-------------------------------------------------------------------|

|-13-----------------------------|
|----17-15-13--------------------|
|-------------16-14-13-14-13-----|
|----------------------------14--|
|--------------------------------|
|--------------------------------|

*Here on sweep picking

|-------------------------------18----------------18/20----------|
|----15----15h17-17*---------17----17----------17-------17-------|
|-------------------15----15----------15----15-------------15----|
|-14----14-------------14----------------14-------------------14-|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------------|

|-19b20----19b20-17h19p17p16--17p16----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------17-17b18r17p15-17b18r17p15-------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------17p16-|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------|

(2:41) k nows theres 3 guitars playing. Guitar 1 plays a rhythm riff,
Riff 8, underneath the medley thing of guitars 2 and 3.

Riff 8 x4 (Guitar 1)

|------------------------|-|
|------------------------|-|
|------------------------|-|
|---10-9-7-9---7---------|-|
|---8--7-5-7---5-10-9-6--|-|
|-0----------0---8--7-4--|-|

Guitar 2 plays this (carrying on from his solo)

|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|
|-16-14p13-14p13---13h14-------------------------|
|------------------------12----7-9-6b7----2/5b6--|
|------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------|

Guitar 3

|----------------------------------13-12-10-------|-|
|-7b9----9/10b12----------------------------11b12-|-|
|-------------------------------------------------|-|
|-------------------------------------------------|-|
|-------------------------------------------------|-|
|-------------------------------------------------|-|

Then guitar 2 plays this to end solo bit (guitar 3 stops) 2:47

|-16b17-16--13/12-12--10-12-8-7---5-4-//--|-|
|-----------------------------------------|-|
|-----------------------------------------|-|
|-----------------------------------------|-|
|-----------------------------------------|-|
|-----------------------------------------|-|

Riff 9 x2 guitar 1 (*guitar 2)

|---------------------------------------------------------------|-|
|---------------------------------------------------------------|-|
|----------------------------------------------------------*9*7-|-|
|-----9-----11--12--12--12/14--14------9-----11---12--12-*8-----|-|
|-----7-----9---10--10--10/12--12------7-----9----10--10----7-5-|-|
|-0-0---0-0---0--------------------0-0---0-0----0---------6-----|-|

Riff 3 x2
Riff 3 x6 with guitar 1 playing riff 4 x over the top
^^(Pausing slightly after second time through)^^
Riff 5 x1
Riff 3 x2 (with guitar 1 playing riff 4 x2 over the top)
Riff 5 x1
Riff 1 x2
Riff 2 x2

Then at very end they place this after Riff 2

Riff 10 x1

|-------------------------------------------|-|
|-------------------------------------------|-|
|-------------------------------------------|-|
|-----------------------------------------2-|-|
|-6/5---5/4---4/3-6/5---5/4---4/3-2-2-2-2-2-|-|
|-4/3-0-3/2-0-2/1-4/3-0-3/2-0-2/1-0-0-0-0-0-|-|


| /  Slide
| // Slide all the way up the neck
| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| r  Slowly release bend
| ~  Vibrato
| +  Harmonic
| x  Mute note
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Last updated: July 7, 2025

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