Erik Rutan

Erik Rutan (born June 10, 1971) is an American heavy metal musician and producer from New Jersey.[1] He is the guitarist and lead vocalist of death metal band Hate Eternal and lead guitarist for Cannibal Corpse, who he fully joined in 2021 after acting as a fill-in guitarist during their 2019 tour. Rutan has also spent time with Morbid Angel (three different stints) and Ripping Corpse. When not performing, Rutan operates his own recording studio in Florida called Mana Recording Studios.

Erik Rutan
Rutan performing in 2009
Rutan performing in 2009
Background information
Born (1971-06-10) June 10, 1971
New Jersey, U.S.
Genres
Occupation(s)
  • Musician
  • record producer
  • songwriter
Instrument(s)
  • Guitar
  • vocals
Member ofHate Eternal, Cannibal Corpse, Alas
Formerly ofMorbid Angel, Ripping Corpse

Recording

Rutan started his metal career with Ripping Corpse, recording one album titled Dreaming with the Dead released in 1991. Around 1993, he left to join Morbid Angel, recording Domination (1995) before leaving in 1996 to found his own band, Hate Eternal, releasing their first album Conquering the Throne in 1999. Rutan then returned to Morbid Angel to record Gateways to Annihilation, released in 2000. Rutan left Morbid Angel again to concentrate on Hate Eternal, releasing King of All Kings in 2002 and I, Monarch in 2005. He rejoined Morbid Angel once more for the band's 2006 summer tour of Europe, a move about which the other band members said, "This will certainly be an exciting event with the Domination lineup together for the first time in 10 years!" The tour included a stop at the Wacken Open Air festival.

Rutan has had a number of side projects that highlight different aspects of his playing. For example, he formed the group Alas with former Therion vocalist Martina Astner, releasing the landmark progressive metal album Absolute Purity in 2001.

Rutan is a guest vocalist on the track "Bone Crown" on Annotations of an Autopsy's second full-length album, II: The Reign of Darkness.

On January 18, 2019, it was announced that Rutan would fill in for Pat O'Brien of Cannibal Corpse for the remainder of their winter and spring tour dates.[2][3] Rutan was officially announced as a permanent member of the band on February 2, 2021 and appears on their fifteenth studio album Violence Unimagined.[4]

Erik is a long time player of B.C. Rich guitars and has played various Ironbirds and V's with Dimarzio, EMG, Seymour Duncan, and (more recently) Fishman pickups. He has also played Ibanez guitars, mostly during his latter days with Morbid Angel and the early Hate Eternal days. During his time with Ripping Corpse, he played a Yamaha superstrat guitar (most likely an RGX model). For Morbid Angel, he used a Gibson Explorer outfitted with a Floyd Rose bridge and an Ibanez Universe guitar given to him by Trey Azagthoth. Recently, B.C. Rich created an Erik Rutan custom 7-string Ironbird with Fishman Fluence pickups and this is now his main guitar for Cannibal Corpse. Erik uses various amps from various companies including Marshall, ENGL, and Mesa Boogie.

In 2021 Rutan got an endorsement with B.C. Rich, he now has his own signature 7 String Ironbird.[5]

Production
Rutan in 2008

Rutan has produced the following albums:

References
  1. "Erik Rutan of Hate Eternal: 'My Whole Life Became About This Record'". Archived from the original on October 13, 2012.
  2. "Log into Facebook". Facebook.com. Retrieved January 28, 2021. {{cite web}}: Cite uses generic title (help)
  3. "CANNIBAL CORPSE Recruit Erik Rutan (Hate Eternal) for Upcoming Tours". Lambgoat.com. Retrieved January 28, 2021.
  4. "CANNIBAL CORPSE Announces 'Violence Unimagined' Album, Officially Recruits Guitarist ERIK RUTAN". Blabbermouth.net. February 2, 2021. Retrieved February 2, 2021.
  5. "B.C. Rich Guitars on Instagram: "ERIK RUTAN IRONBIRD 7 SIGNATURE MODEL #2021 #cannibalcorpse #erikrutan #bcrich"".
  6. "John Darnielle of The Mountain Goats Twitter". Twitter. December 8, 2010. Retrieved December 8, 2010.
  7. "Details of Colombian Death metal band Masacre: Total Death".
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