Xenoforms (Guitar)
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This is how I play the Aversions Crown track Xenoforms from the album Tyrant. Some parts are 2 guitars and
some are three so keep an eye out for that. Tuning as with every other song they do is Drop F for an 8 string
(FCFA#D#G#CF). This is a rather easy song to play in comparison to a lot of their other material. 
Tempo is 128bpm quarter notes for the most part and then it goes to eighth notes for Nick Arthur's part.

Intro
Guitar 1 (left guitar)
F |------------------------------------|
C |------------------------------------|
G#|------------------------------------|
D#|-----10br--------------6br----------|
A#|------------------------------------|
F |-8--------7--------4-------5--------|
C |------------------------------------|
F |------------------------------------|
Guitar 2 (right guitar) (note, is syncopated and doesn't line up with guitar 1) 
F |------------------------------------|
C |------------------------------------|
G#|------------------------------------|
D#|-------------------------10br-------|
A#|------------------------------------|
F |-5v----4v--------8v-----------------|
C |- ----------------------------------|
F |------------------------------------|
Guitar 3 (clean, middle)
F |---------------------|
C |-8----7----4----5----|
G#|-8----7----4----5----|
D#|10----9----6----7----|
A#|---------------------|
F |---------------------|
C |---------------------|
F |---------------------|

Verse 
F |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F |-------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-|
C |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F |-0-0--0---0--0--0--0-0--0-0--0-------------0-0--0--0----0--0--0----------------------------|

Pre-Nick Arthur part
F |--------------------------------------------|
C |-17br-15-14-15-17br-15-14-15-17-15-14-------|
G#|--------------------------------------15-14-|
D#|--------------------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------------------|
F |--------------------------------------------|
C |--------------------------------------------|
F |--------------------------------------------|
F |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F |-5-------------5-----5-------------5-----5-6-----------6-----6-------------6-----6-|
C |---5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-----6-6-6-6-6---6-6---6-6-6-6-6-6---6-6---|
F |---5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5-5-5-5-5---5-5-----6-6-6-6-6---6-6---6-6-6-6-6-6---6-6---|

Nick Arthur Bit part 1
Guitars 1 & 2
F |----------------------------------------------------|
C |----------------------------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------------------------|
D#|------------------7---------------------------7-----|
A#|-8------7-------------------8-----7-----8-----------|
F |----------------------------------------------------|
C |----------------------------------------------------|
F |---5-5----5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5-|
F |----------------------------------------------------|
C |----------------------------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------------------------|
D#|------------------7---------------------------7-----|
A#|-8------7-------------------8-----7-----8-----------|
F |----------------------------------------------------|
C |----------------------------------------------------|
F |---6-6----6-6-6-6---6-6-6-6---6-6---6-6---6-6---6-6-|
Guitar 3
F |-----------------------------------|
C |-----------------------------------|
G#|-----------------------------------|
D#|-----------------------------------|
A#|-----------------------------------|
F |-----------------------------------|
C |-----------------------------------|
F |-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-5-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|

Nick Arthur bit part 2
Guitar 1
F |--------------------------------------------|
C |-17br-15-14-15-17br-15-14-15-17-15-14-------|
G#|--------------------------------------15-14-|
D#|--------------------------------------------|
A#|--------------------------------------------|
F |--------------------------------------------|
C |--------------------------------------------|
F |--------------------------------------------|
Guitar 2
F |----------------------------------------------------|
C |----------------------------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------------------------|
D#|------------------7---------------------------7-----|
A#|-8------7-------------------8-----7-----8-----------|
F |----------------------------------------------------|
C |----------------------------------------------------|
F |---5-5----5-5-5-5---5-5-5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5---5-5-|
F |----------------------------------------------------|
C |----------------------------------------------------|
G#|----------------------------------------------------|
D#|------------------7---------------------------7-----|
A#|-8------7-------------------8-----7-----8-----------|
F |----------------------------------------------------|
C |----------------------------------------------------|
F |---6-6----6-6-6-6---6-6-6-6---6-6---6-6---6-6---6-6-|
Guitar 3
F |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F |------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C |-5-5-5-5----5-5-5-5----5-5-5-5------5-5-5-5-5-5-5--6-6-6-6----6-6-6-6----6-6-6-6------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|
F |-5-5-5-5----5-5-5-5----5-5-5-5------5-5-5-5-5-5-5--6-6-6-6----6-6-6-6----6-6-6-6------6-6-6-6-6-6-6-6-|

Pre-verse 2 (guitar 1 plays higher octave chord and guitars 2 & 3 play lower octave chord)
F |-------------------|
C |-------------------|
G#|-------------------|
D#|-7----6-----7----3-|
A#|-------------------|
F |-5----4-----5----1-|
C |-------------------|
F |-5----4-----5----1-|

Verse 2
F |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F |-------------------------------5-5-5-5-5-5---------------------4-4-4-4-4-4-1-1-1-1-0-0-0-0-|
C |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
F |-0-0--0---0--0--0--0-0--0-0--0-------------0-0--0--0----0--0--0----------------------------|
Left Guitar
F |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
C |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D#|--------------treat-------------------------------------------------treat------|
A#|---------------as---------------------------------------------------as---------|
F |-5-------------triplet----------------------------------------------triplet----|
C |-5---0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-4-1----4-1----4-1-0---4-1----4-1---0--1--4-4-1-0-1--|
F |-----0-0-0-0---0-0-0---0-0-4-1----4-1----4-1-0---4-1----4-1---0--1--4-4-1-0-1--|
Right Guitar
Just chugs the F5 chord in open position from when left guitar begins fret stuff, triplet when left does so

Re-intro riff
Guitar 1
F |-------------------|
C |-------------------|
G#|-------------------|
D#|-10----9----6----7-|
A#|-------------------|
F |-8-----7----4----5-|
C |-------------------|
F |-------------------|
Guitars 2 & 3
F |-------------------|
C |-------------------|
G#|-------------------|
D#|-10----9----6----7-|
A#|-10----9----6----7-|
F |-8-----7----4----5-|
C |-8-----7----4----5-|
F |-8-----7----4----5-|

Outro
F |-------------------------------|
C |-------------------------------|
G#|-------------------------------|
D#|-------------------------------|
A#|-------------------------------|
F |-------------------------------|
C |-8-8-8-8----7-7-7-7----8-8-8-8-|
F |-8-8-8-8----7-7-7-7----8-8-8-8-|
Guitar 3                                                   End with this every 2nd time
F |---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
C |---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
G#|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
D#|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
A#|---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|
F |-----8-8-8-8-----7-7-7-7-----8-8-8-8-----7-7-7-7-7-7-7-7-|-----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
C |-6-6---------6-6---------6-6---------6-6-----------------|-5-5-----------------|
F |---------------------------------------------------------|---------------------|

Legend
br-bend release (half step)
v-volume swell