Finished Demo Song?

I put a clip of this before.
I sped it up 10 bmp, re-recorded and added a solo.
I have played drums since I was little, in school, and in several bands.
But I'm not really a guitar player, I've never had a lesson and know no theory whatsoever.
So, I think the music is OKAY, there's nothing technical about it, but i think the solo is a bit lackluster.
I think parts of it sound cool, but it just doesn't have that "pro" feel like someone with good "chops" has, in my opinion.
I would appreciate any advice/opinions on the writing, solo, and/or mix.

Thanks

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This is my style of music. I think the music is cool. I would've put the heavy crunch guitars in each ear and moved the cleaner guitars more toward the center. But that's just me. And you say your a drummer, let me hear the drums. I like big loud drums! Cool song!

Sounds like a good start, but I have to agree with Glenn above in saying that beyond a certain point adding more distortion only makes it harder to distinguish the notes you're playing.  I'd suggest you could back off a bit on some of those distortion sounds.  That would also leave more room for drum sounds, and more drums would be good. :)

Main intro guitars too sizzley
 
Kind of too much sizzle all over the place (ride cymbals/hats?).
 
The drums are kind of hidden for this style of music.

Thanks everyone!  Again, I can't stress enough, how much I immensely appreciate ALL of your time and comments.

LOL, everyone seems to be in agreement on the drums and the abundance of useless noise, so that was my focus in this revision.
I don't have studio monitors (yet), so I have to rely on a reference track, which I didn't do on the first mix.

Waltenstein - Thanks man.  I'll definitely cut back the distortion.
Guitarpima, yea I a have actually done some thing similar on the bass but never tried it on guitar.
     I am just recording direct via scarlett 2i2, then various amp sims, none of which offer anything I would call a great heavy guitar sound.
     I don't have a good guitar amp or mic at the moment, but will check out that recording technique when I do.  
Bapu -  LOL, the sizzle IS pretty horrendous, I agree.  
     Don't know why it's so hard for me to notice it when I am working inside of Sonar.
     When I go back and listen now, it makes my ears hurt.
Twisted6s
     Thanks a lot! Adding more punch!