Black Metal Bass Tab by Venom

Black Metal bass tab by Venom

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Black Metal by Venom: Guitar, Bass & Songwriting Insights

"Black Metal" by Venom, released in 1982, is a pioneering track in the genre it helped name. The song features aggressive riffing, fast tempos, and raw production quality, setting the blueprint for the black metal sound. Guitarist Mantas' distorted power chords and drummer Abaddon's relentless double bass drumming drive the song's intense atmosphere. The lyrics, inspired by Satanism and occult themes, further solidify its status as a classic in extreme metal music.

Intro:
E ||--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B ||--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
F#||--3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
C#||--------------------------------|-------------------------------|

E |-------------------------------|---------------------||
B |-------------------------------|---------------------||
F#|-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------7-7-7---||
C#|-------------------------------|-3-0-0-0-0-0---------||

Verse:
E ||--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B ||--------------------------------|-------------------------------|
F#||--3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|
C#||--------------------------------|-------------------------------|

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E |-------------------------------|---------------------||
B |-------------------------------|---------------------||
F#|-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------7-7-7---||
C#|-------------------------------|-3-0-0-0-0-0---------||

E |-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
F#|-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--|
C#|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

E |-------------------------------|--------------|
B |-------------------------------|-7------------|
F#|-5-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|--------------|
C#|-------------------------------|----7-5--7-5--|

E |-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------|--------------------------------|
F#|-3-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-2-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0--|
C#|-------------------------------|--------------------------------|

E |-------------------------------|--------------------|
B |-------------------------------|--------------------|
F#|-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-|-------------7-7-7--|
C#|-------------------------------|-3-0-0-0-0-0--------|

Chorus:
E ||------------------------------------|-0-----------|
B ||------------------------------------|-------------|
F#||------------------------------------|---------0---|
C#||--3h5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-------------|


E |---------x--|----x----x-----||
B |---------x--|----x----x-----||
F#|------------|---------------||
C#|------------|---------------||

Interlude:
E |-----------------------------------|--------------------------|
B |-----------------------------------|--------------------------|
F#|-----------------------------------|--------------------------|
C#|-3h5---5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5--|

E |-------------|-------|
B |-2-----------|-------|
F#|-2-----------|-------|
C#|-0-----------|-------|

Breakdown:
E |-------------|------------|-------------|------------|
B |-------------|------------|-------------|------------|
F#|-------------|------------|-------------|------------|
C#|-0-----------|---------1--|-3-----------|---------3--|

E |-------------|------------|----------|----------------------------------|
B |-------------|---------7--|----------|----------------------------------|
F#|-------------|------------|-7--------|-xsxsxsxsxsxsxsxsxsxsxsxsxsxsxsx--|
C#|-5-----------|------------|----------|-xsxsxsxsxsxsxsxsxsxsxsxsxsxsxsx--|

Bridge:
E |-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F#|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
C#|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|

E |---------------------------------|-------------------------|
B |---------------------------------|-------------------------|
F#|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-0--0--1---|
C#|---------------------------------|-------------------------|

E |-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F#|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
C#|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|

E |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B |---------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F#|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
C#|---------------------------------|---------------------------------|

E |-------------------|-------------------|
B |-------------------|-------------------|
F#|-7--5--5-5-5-5-5-5-|-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-|
C#|-------------------|-------------------|

E ||----------------------------------------------|
B ||----------------------------------------------|
F#||--5b5.5p3p0-5b5.5p3p0-5b5.5p3p0-5b5.5p3p0-3-3-|
C#||----------------------------------------------|

E |----------------------------------------------||
B |----------------------------------------------||
F#|-5b5.5p3p0-5b5.5p3p0-5b5.5p3p0-5b5.5p3p0-3-3--||
C#|----------------------------------------------||

E |-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
B |-------------------------------|---------------------------------|
F#|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
C#|-------------------------------|---------------------------------|

E ||----------------------------------------------|
B ||----------------------------------------------|
F#||--5b5.5p3p0-5b5.5p3p0-5b5.5p3p0-5b5.5p3p0-3-3-|
C#||----------------------------------------------|

E |----------------------------------------------||
B |----------------------------------------------||
F#|-5b5.5p3p0-5b5.5p3p0-5b5.5p3p0-5b5.5p3p0-3-3--||
C#|----------------------------------------------||

E |------------|--------------|
B |------------|--------------|
F#|-7-------7--|-7------------|
C#|------------|------0/12\0--|

Ending:
E |-------------|----------|------|
B |-------------|----------|------|
F#|-------------|----------|------|
C#|-0-----------|----------|------|

E |----------|-------------|--------------*|
B |----------|-------------|--------------*|
F#|----------|-------------|--------------*|
C#|----------|-----------3-|-5-(5)\-------*|

Last updated: July 2, 2025

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