Annihilation By The Hands Of God (solo)

[negromausoleum]

*plays best solo ever*

5 sec later

"I've never heard the song before"

[EBBadd1]

James has had a very clear and precise sound for as long as I've been listening to him and that's around 25 years now.He has vibrant tones and extreme melodies in his guitar playing and that's because he doesn't play to impress he plays to make beautiful music and that's why when you hear his work you know it's him,the guys going light speed don't let the music breath long enough to create an individuality.

[OmniscientVirtuosity]

Fantastic as Always

[thevbat]

a wonderful blend of emotion and technique

[TheSPIROS78]

did anybody knows the bank acount for send money to james as help for his cancer? lets help him guys , !!!!!

[raketapjotr]

2 people were annihilated by the gods... derp.

[jameshutton0]

this solo aint one of his best, only because the song fucking sucks

[obcene1]

glen rules this world!!!

[YannicYR]

does anyone know what that wristband (?) or whatever it is on the end of the neck, slightly over the 1st fret is good for? Yan.

[rustnpiece88]

@YannicYR Its to dampen the strings 

[sacraticus]

@YannicYR yeah ive seen people use those or tied a sock around.its to deaden the strings so if he accidently hits an open string it wont ring out and ruin the performance for the recording. its not unheard of,i dont always remember this technique and im glad i saw it to remind before i go back to the studio.hope this helps.

[MrGill85]

0:26 - 0:30 makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up man.. James is a god

[johnnyappleseedsseed]

this guy is 100% god

[ELSIPOTEsalvadoreno]

James Murphy Everyone!!

[burningempire666]

I can spot a James Murphy solo a mile away when I hear a song. I don't think ANY heavy/death metal guitar player makes use of that angelic clarity in his tone. It is a sound you mostly hear from a John Petrucci, or Steve Vai. It is refreshing to hear it from a super heavy player. Look up Testament's "Trail of Tears" song and listen to to the solos. Perfection. There are some players like Mike Amott who have similar tone as Murphy...but not back in 1988-1989

[soultenebrae]

@burningempire666 I think Caparison guitar has alot to do with the angelic sound. I think Mike Amott plays with one too.

[OmniscientVirtuosity]

@soultenebrae Dude has had that tone since day one on Spiritual Healing.... It aint no sorry Caparison guitar. He did that with Ibanez's and Fenders aswell... It's all Him

[soultenebrae]

@OmniscientVirtuosity Hmmm! I think it pretty much feel different on spiritual or cancer and obituary, my opinion though but he did achieve this sound in disincarnated.

[nath4460drums]

Jeff Waters is the guitar player of Annihilator

[anthonydorris]

sounds like it would be a dethklok solo :)



[tanky666hate]

@parisiteparylyze right! \m/

[DimebagDisciple]

omfg this solo is so freakin unbelievable it makes me wanna listen to the song, which i found horrible lol. the solo is out of this world though !

[xjun2001]

does anyone have any new info on james? he hasnt updated his web site in years. i know he was working on a death tribute album but that was years ago and i havent heard anything from him. is he still alive?

[ter50]

Is Glen Benton at the beginning?

[Hayden555000]

@ter50 yes it is.

[koryakapelinal333]

He has a Crown Royal bag taped on his nut. lmao

[zekefender]

sounds like something jeff loomis would play haha

both players are amazing

[TheUnclefritz]

the mans phrasing makes me fucking cry.......DAMN YOUR EYES JAMES!

[flyingsquirrel73]

I remember back in the day i bought Gorguts just because James did a guest solo on it..remember Cancer...nobody would of bought that if he wasn't on it.

[nameerwahsh]

this song is from which band and which album??

[egaleoj]

@nameerwahsh Band is called Roadrunner United and the solo is from Annihilation by the Hands of God

[wolverine6511]

Love his sound and style!!

[19Labrie63]

@parisiteparylyze Don't forget Explorer's Club.

[piiml15d]

what guitar is that?

[littlefuzzer]

@piiml15d  a caparison..unbelievable guitar

[littlefuzzer]

this guy can rip it up..anyone who can harmonize his guitar in scale sequence within 20 minutes of hearing a song is truely gifted

[DJZybez]

what tuning is this in?

[kaosM914]

@DJZybez drop c

[ridethelightning64]

Fuckin James Murphy Rules!! \m/

[englundisgod]

0:31 its like he never left death, same tone and everything

[VeryVery1]

q arrecho

[anniafan]

To see Jeff Waters' new Gibson and Epiphone Guitars, go to the GIBSON GUITAR web site!

[areswolf76]

he is a leyend by himself!!!

[WMajchrzak]

That guy is absolute legend!!! The only guy who's solos overwhelm chuck schuldiner's solos on any Death record!

[kumander1234]

james murphy fuckin' rules!

[radioactiveman526]

@aj199508

hes not depressed lol

he trying to look epic

[1stRedfly]

There needs to be more videos of him playing on here!

[all90]

yeeaaaahhh

[barbgnarly]

so nice

[dayiiv]

he sounds a little like les claypool when he talks. obviously not les' singing voice.

[aj199508]

he looks so fucking depressed while playing it

[Stevo4411]

he was indeed using the single coil bridge pickup for sweep beginning...as the solo progressed he switch to to bridge...at the end of the solo during the alternate picking part,he goes back to bridge again.There ya go

[Thgreatfailure]

It's not a single coil, it's a humbucking pickup. Praise DiMarzio for making that wonderous piece of technology.

[skaterny9599]

omg i just notice that he was the other guitar player in DEATH. :D

[troynuggets]

@skaterny9599 Who wasn't?

[sXe170]

Is he using the bridge pickup to do this solo?

[adams1992pl]

nope

[sXe170]

then how does he get such a full tone out of a single coil?

[Quantumface]

good solo. shame all his solos sound the same.

[laketroutdeepdown]

Shit ... what great guitarists solos don't develop a familiar ring? That's is their signature. EVH. Yngwie.

[Quantumface]

yes its good for EVH to sound like EVH and for james murphy to sound like james murphy.  but james doesnt make each solo new a unique piece.

[lordcephid]

best solo i haf ever heard

[PoulChuck]

@lordcephid I guess you mean after the Cause of Death solo ;-)

[coffinfeeder2007]

i totally love his style

[nwojason]

james is in favorite my top three guitarist of all time they forget to mention he was in testament at the beginning script, listen to testament's live at the fillmore cd he performs alex skolnicks solos just as good as alex

[soadfan589]

That's a bloody good solo there.

I love it! Have a nice day.

[Steve128967]

I have spoken to this man. :)

[haildeathmetal666]

Ya he's the shit, check out him shredding Abigail by Mercyful Fate, on the roadrunner united concert!

[marsnall]

James Murphy rlz!!!

[JoKiMETAL]

one of the best solos on the roadrunner united album IMO

[randynelson1]

Old school show them how its done.One of my favorite guitarist & vocalist..........

[mylanmay]

damn this solo rocks

[Ozzie9877]

Wats that on the first couple of frets of his guitar

[BizarroStu]

Looks like he's got a Crown Royal bag taped on there, to help dampen the strings he's not playing and eliminate unwanted tremolo noise.

[RedShogun13]

Idk but every time I see a former member of Death I feel like I'm in the presense of a demi-god

In the presence of the man himself Chuck Schuldiner would be like being in the presence of a god lol.

[szipkas]

I can imagine him in the Nevermore...

[catstudent1]

he did the guitar solo in the holocaust of thoughts trcack

[Marduk077]

idk bout you guys, but i can still hear the Death influence in there.

[godofmetal712]

James Murphy = Master Sweeper (no pun intended)

[MegaDeth13itch]

james murphy is my guitar idol! andreas kisser, james murphy, and john petrucci are guitar GODS! he is beast! and caparison guitars are better then anything else!

[GenghisChron]

Amen Sweepstar

[randynelson1]

You think this solo is cool.You should here his solo on Trail Of Tears on Testaments Low album......

[Sweepstar65]

MURPH IS GOD

[SchismetaL]

Caparisons are the best guitars.

[xxlfart]

lol, 4 sure not

[PeterKielJoergensen]

For sure yes!

Its the best ive tried yet. :)

[TriviumMarv]

at 0:50 there is a Marshall JCM 800 2205 ? I have one too, but i can´t play so fucking metal with it...

[IDR2k]

could be ur guitars pickups or james might have distortion pedals n stuff

[martineto21]

u suck -.-

[MaartenBHxC]

turn it way up, put an extra eq-pedal on it and use high-output pick-ups

[xxlfart]

cool answered \m/

[martineto21]

"can´t play so fucking metal with it..."

sad

:(

[nwojason]

i never knew of james murphy until he was in terstament but when i heard live at the fillmore from testament he became my top 3 of favorite guitarist for me

[KreatorOfDeath1985]

Whoa sounds so much like Death! like "See Through Dreams" Solo i think its that one

[LolEpicFailGuy]

Nah Murphy played on Spiritual Healing if thats what you mean.

[KreatorOfDeath1985]

Oh thats what it was

its sounds soo much like a solo from spiritual healing

[Sikapossu75]

I never listened to Death or Obituary when I was younger but when I heard James Murphy playing with Testament... that did the trick. I just had to find out more about this amazing guitarist.

I like this solo a lot.

[GuitarFan29]

ah thought something like that.

[DavidHdz8]

uh asshole. aside from the solo and lyrics. Joey wrote the fuckin song. Apparently he must be Godly as well.

[burnsieboy44]

Does anybody know if the tuning is standard?

[GuitarFan29]

im pretty sure its not standard. i dont remember what it is.

[codemister7]

its dropped C

[star364150lissss]

drop D

[slashowns102938]

i love this solo!! i really wanna learn it!

i may have to listen to listen to some death stuff now!

[Sjusovaren]

I recommend giving Vital Remains a listen for death-stuff, the song Dechristianize has some awesome leads. For James Murphy, the guitarist in the video, the Testament album Low aswell as the Death album Spiritual Healing is a great startingpoint. :)

[totitoFIN]

I like that wristband! <33 Lovely

[jspec1594]

why does he put that thing on the top of the neck of his guitar

[GuitarAssassin2]

its to keep the strings quiet so there is no excess string noise. Its a common practice used by guitar players, it makes the recording clearer.

[DanceClubMassacare0]

ibanez rg370?

[asdfasdfsdfsd]

nope, he uses caprison guitars or something.

[Paintballnation584]

ya i know eh. but i gotta say. i dont think lars ulrich is a better drummer. i think he might have better planned beats through songs but joey has alot more skill. thats also personal preferance so dont get me wrong either lars is a great drummer and i play alot of metallica on drums. and i agree with you with all these little emo kids saying fuck mainstream but still listen to mainstream music. like all these kids that say that and love my chemical romance. they should listen to real metal

[loio13]

thisshit give me chills

fucking solo

[dmguitarist99]

exactly dude, Jordison cant blast for shit, if they had Mike Smith on this song, It'd be better

[6Fallen6Angels6]

what exactly is blast beat?

Isn't it just "blasting" bass, snare and cymbals all at once?

[Timex105]

its defined as bass drum+snare+ hithat, but i guess you can mix in more then just those three

[salsasnacker]

pretty much

[6Fallen6Angels6]

but how does joey suck?

I mean he can play can't he?

[salsasnacker]

Go to a mall and you will see about 10,000 little 13 year old shits wearing slipknot t-shirts... I fucking hate slipknot too, sssssooooooooooooooo overrated. Nu-Metal sucks, it's just for people that can't play real metal. Point being there are shitloads of good drummers out there him not being one of them.

[6Fallen6Angels6]

I know what you mean by Slipknot being mainstream but I don't think you should classify them as nu metal because there isn't much hip-hop influence in them. I mean, if one of their songs was played in Hot Topic, no rational person would say they are nu metal.

Not that you are incorrect but I think Joey deserves more credits than you are giving him because HE at least (of all the Slipknot members) has passion for metal. You can see to it that he has played with many metal giants over the years.

[salsasnacker]

nu-metal pretty much means that they play all their songs in drop tunings and 4/4 timing with nothing special...

[6Fallen6Angels6]

I can't change your point of view and am not going to try.

So

therefore

Mike Smith!!

[salsasnacker]

I don't mind Joey AS much as I do the rest of the band which seem to constantly crave attention though!

[6Cannibal6Bassist6]

amen brother hahahaha...how we all try listening to some death naw ok lol

[XxXkAkAsHiRuLzXxX]

holy crap! fucking awesome solo!

[EinOzeanZwischenUsa]

The people who keep saying Joey sucks are just as fucking annoying as the people who say he's the worlds best drummer. He isn't the absolute best but he did a great job on this song as well as the live version of the Roadrunner DVD.

[crazymike1706]

ChopatoothCOBHC-I'm not the biggest Jordison fan in the world but I will say that he did an extremely good job on this song. And just for your information, he composed and played a lot on the riffs on it as well.

I'm a COB fan too by the way.

[CHRISMUSICO]

JAMES MURPHY IS A GUITAR GOD!

[jag5508]

Jordison is the best what a fuckin joke Dave Lombardo from Slayer ,Trym from emperor or Frost from Satyricon would smoke his ass why do you think Slipknot needs like 3 other percusionists.

[benjaminIsBreaking]

He's VERY overrated. He's a decent drummer. But there are FUCKLOADS better than him.

Slipknot are over rated too. Eurgh.

[wavesynth]

James is just amazing. And so consistent with his style, he takes me to the times of Obituary and Death

[negroqlao]

oo this solo is so cool!!! i have been looking for it for like a year, because it was on youtube and then was removed.

[Chuloloc]

Awesome. Love live James Murphy. Lets help keep this guy alive.

[JL6667]

his solo stuffs are awsome, especially with Devin Townsend

[Chuloloc]

Sounds good. I need to check that out.

[JoeyJordisson90]

represetnin obituary man.

[Ibanezman426]

Wow! One of my favorite shredders ever. A+ solo!

[rrwwe]

jdmcn gtfo, ur obviously retarded because ne1in their mother who listens to good music knos who chuck is.

[JDMCN]

who the fuck is chuck? if its the lead singer fuck no that dude blows

[milfeh]

Chuck Schuldiner, front man of the pioneering Death Metal band, Death.

Also, Glen Benton does not blow. You fail.

[JDMCN]

yea he ruins the song so he does blow

[milfeh]

How, may I ask, does he ruin the song?

[JDMCN]

I love every bit of the song and its exactly the sound I'm looking for but I don't listen to it because the singer makes me want to just skip through the song, it makes me wish it was just instrumental.

[Panasper]

well thats death metal for you. get used to it or go back to britney spears.

I didnt care for death metal vox at first but once you hear some good death metal bands you start to get used to it. Plus, some death metal vocalists are just bad a death metal vocals. Look up some late era death or some Arch Enemy. Pantera's Phil Anselmo is also a great metal vocalist

[JDMCN]

I have heard all those bands and love them, i heard just heard this and loved it I got the whole song and didn't like it...

[zach7000]

if you dont know who chuck is and you think glen sucks stop listening to metal, you fail.

[JDMCN]

i dont know metal i just listen to it, i listen to anything that me sounds good and too me glen doesnt sound good thats it, now im gonna go cry about it