Emperor - Inno A Satana - Guitar Tab

In The Nightside Eclipse

1994 4:49

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About Inno A Satana

Few songs from 1994 capture the raw, layered density of Emperor quite like "Inno A Satana," closing track on "In The Nightside Eclipse." Sitting in D minor and tuned down a half step to Eb Standard, the song asks your fretting hand to navigate cold, tremolo-picked riffing while keeping a firm grip on rhythmic accuracy at 120 BPM. That tempo is not extreme by Black Metal standards, but the picking consistency required over repeated tremolo passages is genuinely tiring, and sloppy articulation will immediately expose itself. The chord voicings lean dark and open, so muting discipline matters as much as picking speed. Getting the transitions between riff sections smooth is the real challenge here: use the Practice Toolbar to isolate each section boundary, loop it slowed down, and build the muscle memory before chaining the full arrangement. Pay close attention to how the picking attack changes feel when you shift from rhythm-driven passages into the more melodic lines.

• Tuned to Eb Standard, all strings dropped a half step, giving the riffs a slightly darker, heavier feel without altering the D minor fingering shapes.
• Tremolo picking is the core technique demanded throughout, requiring consistent pick attack and relaxed forearm tension to sustain it cleanly over long passages.
• At 120 BPM the song sits at a moderate pace, so focus your practice on picking evenness and clean string muting rather than raw speed.