I recently disovered this thread here on the forum:
What in the hell have I gotten myself into?
The riff itself isn’t that bad … its the damn SPEED, and ENDURANCE, and ACCURACY.
YIKES. 
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Mine sounds like time standing still. Part of me wants to record it and play it at 2x 
Great finger workout though. I keep telling myself one day I’ll get it right. Then I have to get the octave part and repeat it 3739595 times and I’ll be able to play the song.
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You will get there.
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For real!! See I agree with Josh’s way of attacking this song… however, like you said … its a great exercise on its own if you learn the riff then bring the whole thing up to speed. 
The riffs aren’t that hard … just the speed! LOL!!!
EDIT: Is it bad that I am taking this tune and ‘Schism’ on at the same time? LOL!!
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Back in the day… when I was in the band… the gold standard was Anesthesia - Pulling Teeth by Cliff Burton ( "Bass solo, take one … " ) … My how high the bar has become.
Fortunately, the tools we have for learning have improved so immensely! Back then… I had a tape deck, and tabs from GP Magazine. No loopers, online help, youtube, backing tracks… none of it!
I am gonna attack this song with all I got… if I fail… at least its a good hill to die on
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