Hey, thanks a ton dudes! Viking, while I certainly consider myself competent as a player, I'm not exactly capable of ridiculously fast sweeps or alternate picking licks (I used the term mostly to get people's attention

), so the melody aspect is what I usually try to focus on, and I'm glad you dig it! Socialnumb, yeah, I hear now that it's definitely too loud; basically, I was scrutinizing the hell out of it at a higher volume, and then I just dropped it a little and bounced it, so I was still in that mindset of hearing it at that volume. But if Wyllie decides to use it, he can be the judge of the final mix! And Unavailable, thanks dude, a solo isn't much more than wankery if it doesn't mesh, so I appreciate that!
Grywolf, I'd be honored man, keep me informed!

The chain was just my Ibanez into the Podxt, using the Deity's Son model with the Treadplate Cab and Tubescreamer-modeled stompbox; very straightforward, but I've always really liked the Pod for leads (more than whenever I've mic'ed a cab for a lead, honestly, though rhythms are DEFINITELY another story)
Hades, yeah, I thought about that, but it just felt right phrasing-wise. Hard to think of anything more opinion based than soloing though, so I'm sure there are others would agree with you!
Radd, thanks man - I generally prefer shorter solos for the sake of keeping the listener's interest, though I've written some longer one's that I liked too; this time, though, I wanted to keep it to 8 bars.