About Erik Rutan
Erik Rutan (born June 10, 1971) is an American death metal musician and record producer. He is the guitarist and lead vocalist of death metal band Hate Eternal, as well as the lead guitarist for Cannibal Corpse. Rutan has also played with Morbid Angel and Ripping Corpse. In addition, Rutan owns and operates Mana Recording Studios in Florida. Axl Rosenberg of MetalSucks described Rutan's production style as sounding "cold, steely, and uninviting," and called it "the aural equivalent of the desaturated colors of modern torture porn flicks." == Early life == Rutan was born in New Jersey. == Career == === Ripping Corpse === Rutan started his music career with Ripping Corpse, recording one album titled Dreaming with the Dead released in 1991. === Morbid Angel === Rutan left Ripping Corpse in 1993 to join Morbid Angel, recording Domination (1995) before leaving in 1996 to found his own band, Hate Eternal. He returned to Morbid Angel to record 2000's Gateways to Annihilation before leaving again to concentrate on Hate Eternal. He rejoined the band once more for the band's 2006 summer tour of Europe, which featured the band's Domination lineup. The tour included a stop at the Wacken Open Air festival.
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