Erik Rutan
| Erik Rutan | |
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Erik Rutan on stage at El Corazon in Seattle
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| Background information | |
| Born | June 10, 1971 |
| Genres |
Death metal Thrash metal Progressive metal Symphonic metal |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, singer, songwriter, guitarist, producer |
| Instruments | Vocals, guitar, drums, keyboards |
| Associated acts | Hate Eternal, Morbid Angel, Ripping Corpse, Alas |
| Notable instruments | |
| B.C. Rich Guitars | |
Erik Rutan is an American heavy metal musician and producer from New Jersey. He currently leads Hate Eternal on lead vocals and guitar and 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.
Rutan started his metal career with Ripping Corpse, recording one album titled Dreaming with the Dead released in 1991. Around 1995, 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 the 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.
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