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[[File:Murphy.jpg|thumb|James Murphy]]
'''James Franklin Murphy''' (July 30, 1967, Portsmouth, Virginia, USA) is an American a guitarist. He is best known for his work in metal bands [[Death (band)|Death]] and [[Testament|Testament]]. He has also made contributions to various bands as well as released works under his own name. He founded the band [[Disincarnate]]. He was diagnosed with a brain tumor in 2001, but has recovered. Currently he is working on a tribute album to Death founder [[Chuck Schuldiner]] who died from pneumonia, caused by complications of his treatment to a brain tumor. He is also producing Deron Miller's band World Under Blood. His most recent completed projects were the production of the industrial death metal band [[Dååth]]'s sophomore album, [[The Hinderers]], which was released on [[Roadrunner Records]], and Lazarus A.D.'s debut album The Onslaught released on [[Metal Blade Records]].
==Discography==
=== Guest appearances ===
* [[Abigail Williams (band)|Abigail Williams]] - ''[[In the Shadow of a Thousand Suns]]'' - (Solo on "The World Beyond" and Whammy on "Smoke and Mirrors")* [[The Absence]] - ''[[Riders of the Plague]]'' (two tracks)* [[Agent Steel]] - (one live track on the re-release)* [[Agressor]] - ''Medieval Rites'' (one solo)* [[Agressor]] - ''The Spirit of Evil'' (three tracks)* [[Artension]Artensio] - ''Into the Eye of the Storm'' (one solo)* [[Artension]] - ''Phoenix Rising'' (one solo)* [[Artension]] - ''Forces of Nature'' (four solos)* [[Broken Hope]] - ''Repulsive Conception'' (one solo)* [[Cannae]] - ''When Gold Becomes Sacrifice'' (one solo)* [[DÅÅTH]] - ''The Hinderers'' (one solo)* [[Demise (band)|Demise]] - ''Torture Garden'' (one solo)* [[Explorers Club (artist)|Explorers Club]] - ''Age of Impact''* [[Enforsaken]] - ''The Forever Endeavor'' (one solo)* [[Firewind]] - ''[[Forged by Fire]]'' (one solo)* [[Foreign Objects (band)|Foreign Objects]] - ''Universal Culture Shock'' (guitar solos)* [[Gorguts]] - ''[[Considered Dead]]'' (one solo)
* [[Malevolent Creation]] - ''Retribution'' (one solo)
* [[Malevolent Creation]] - ''The Will to Kill'' (two solos)
* [[Martriden]] - ''[[The Unsettling Dark]]'' (one solo)* [[Memorain]] - ''[[White Line]]'' (five solos)* [[Only Human (band)|Only Human]] -''[[The Dismantling]]'' (one solo)* [[Steve Morse]] - ''Prime Cuts'' (one solo)
* [[Nevermore]] - ''[[This Godless Endeavor]]'' (Solo on the track "The Holocaust of Thought")
* [[Rob Van Der Loo's Freak Neil inc.]] - ''Characters'' (3 solos)* [[Solstice (band)|Solstice]] - ''[[Solstice (album)|Solstice]]'' (four solos + backing vocals)* [[Summon (band)|Summon]] - ''...And the Blood Runs Black'' (guest keyboard, acoustic guitar and lead guitar)
* ''Various artists'' - ''[[Roadrunner United]]'' - Annihilation by the Hands of God (solo), Constitution Down (intro solo)
* ''Various artists'' - ''[[Working Man - A Tribute To Rush]]'' (lead guitar, rhythm guitar, and/or keyboards on five songs)
* Vicious Rumors - ''Sadistic Symphony'' (one solo)
* [[John West]] - ''Mind Journey'' (one solo)* [[John West]] - ''Permanent Mark'' (one solo)
* [[Warrel Dane]] - ''Praises to the War Machine'' (Solo on the track "The Day the Rats Went to War")
* [[World Under Blood]] - Solo on the track "Under the Autumn Low" between [[Deron Miller]]'s solosFurthermore he performed as a touring guitarist for [[Agent Steel]] and he played in [[Hallows Eve]] in 1988
==External links==
*<!---[http://www.msanthrope.com/jamesmurphy/ James Murphy Official Website]---> [[Category:Musician|M]][[Category:Guitarist|M]]