15 Facts About Erik Rutan

Erik Rutan was born on June 10,1971 and is an American heavy metal musician and record producer.

Erik Rutan is the guitarist and lead vocalist of death metal band Hate Eternal, as well as the lead guitarist for Cannibal Corpse.

Erik Rutan started his music career with Ripping Corpse, recording one album titled Dreaming with the Dead released in 1991.

Erik Rutan left Ripping Corpse in 1993 to join Morbid Angel, recording Domination before leaving in 1996 to found his own band, Hate Eternal.

Erik Rutan returned to Morbid Angel to record 2000's Gateways to Annihilation before leaving again to concentrate on Hate Eternal.

Erik Rutan rejoined the band once more for the band's 2006 summer tour of Europe, which featured the band's Domination lineup.

On January 18,2019, it was announced that Erik Rutan would fill in for Pat O'Brien of Cannibal Corpse for the remainder of their winter and spring tour dates.

Erik Rutan was later made the permanent lead guitarist of the band on February 2,2021 and appears on their fifteenth studio album Violence Unimagined.

Erik Rutan has had a number of side projects that highlight different aspects of his playing.

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

Erik Rutan is a long time player of BC Rich guitars and has played various Ironbirds and V's with Dimarzio, EMG, Seymour Duncan, and Fishman pickups.

Erik Rutan has played Ibanez guitars, mostly during his latter days with Morbid Angel and the early Hate Eternal days.

Recently, BC Rich created an Erik Rutan custom 7-string Ironbird with Fishman Fluence pickups and this is his main guitar for Cannibal Corpse.

Erik Rutan uses various amps from various companies including Marshall, ENGL, and Mesa Boogie.

In 2021 Erik Rutan got an endorsement with BC Rich, he now has his own signature 7 String Ironbird.