This thread kind of inspired the direction I went with this piece:
https://lorenzostractor.bandcamp.com...better-be-good
Not saying I actually "nailed" anything, but in the louder parts I've got a pair of hard panned guitars stacked on top of and gating some saw synths. The synths I think was literally just a couple instances of ReaSynth, ReaEQ for filters, and ReaComp for saturation. Looking back at it, I'm a little surprised that the guitars are direct in and then slammed into a PodFarm AC30 clone with the cab sim turned off. You can hear them without the synths in some of the quieter parts toward the end.
I think to a certain extent it shows that a lot of what makes some of these sounds is the arrangement and how they fit with and mutually reinforce other elements in the mix.