Still this (among other things):
In The Name Of God
Harmonic minor, so some wide stretches that need that pinky STRONGER!! Takes lots of practice to land the 'hammer-ons-from-nowhere' on the next-lower string, cleanly.
But it's a fun riff, and good for the fret hand muscles, for sure!
Plus, it's at 109 bpm, and I still can't do sextuplet hammer-ons at that tempo yet, so I'm hoping that practicing them repetitively will also build speed, but I just don't know.
This is one Dream Theater song that I "think" might be within reach, and I have most of the main parts very close. I'd LOVE to get this song some day!
I tweaked my Virtual Capo preset for this song yesterday, and today when I fired up the Axe, it still sounded awesome! (You know how sometimes you get a tone sounding sweet, but the next day with fresh ears, it's not quite there? I think this one is!)
Loads of low-end crunch! And kerrang. And harmonics. And... BALLZ!