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APOCALYPSE DAWN

1 ACOUSTIC INTRO

TRACK 33

ST STEVE EVE SAYS SAYS This riff is effectively an amalgam of all the great Metallica ballads. I based it mainly on Welcome Home (Sanitarium)from Master Of Puppetsand Fade To Blackfrom Ride The Lightning, which both feature emotive minor arpeggios like this.

2 KTULU-ESQUE ARPEGGIOS

ST STEVE EVE SAYS SAYS This riff was loosely based on the electric arpeggio ideas in two songs:

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