Erik Rutan is an American heavy metal musician and producer from New Jersey. He is the guitarist and lead vocalist of 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 and Ripping Corpse. When not performing, Rutan operates his own recording studio in Florida called Mana Recording Studios.
Into the Moat is an American mathcore band from Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It achieved national acclaim when profiled in Alternative Press magazine in November 2003. The band signed with Metal Blade Records, which released both of their full-length albums, and completed four national tours during 2004 and 2005.
Hate Eternal is a death metal band from St. Petersburg, Florida. The band currently consists of founding guitarist/vocalist Erik Rutan and bassist J. J. Hrubovcak. To date, Hate Eternal has released seven studio albums: Conquering the Throne (1999), King of All Kings (2002), I, Monarch (2005), Fury & Flames (2008), Phoenix Amongst the Ashes (2011), Infernus (2015), and Upon Desolate Sands (2018). All albums were produced by Rutan.
Kill is the tenth studio album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse, released on March 21, 2006. This release marks the return of guitarist Rob Barrett, who had previously played on The Bleeding and Vile. The European version of the album comes with a live DVD filmed in Strasbourg in 2004 called Hammer Smashed Laiterie. The album was produced at Mana Recording Studios by Hate Eternal and future Cannibal Corpse guitarist Erik Rutan. It is also the first album in which the band tuned down to G# standard.
Domination is the fourth full-length studio album by death metal band Morbid Angel, released in 1995. This was Morbid Angel's last album under the label Giant Records before the label dropped the band. The band then re-signed with their former label, Earache Records. This is also the first Morbid Angel album to feature Hate Eternal frontman Erik Rutan on guitars and keyboards, who later left the band following this album, though he would return to the band for Gateways To Annihilation.
Conquering the Throne is the debut album by Hate Eternal. It was released on November 2 of 1999 on Wicked World Records, a subdivision of Earache Records. Album cover is from the right portion (Hell) of Hans Memling's painting The Last Judgment. Drummer Tim Yeung made his recording debut on this album.
Ripping Corpse was a death metal band formed in 1987 in Red Bank, New Jersey. They released one album, Dreaming with the Dead (1991), and several highly regarded demos. Members included singer Scott Ruth, guitarist Shaune Kelley,drummer Brandon Thomas. They later added future Morbid Angel guitarist Erik Rutan, who went on to form Hate Eternal. Thomas, Ruth, and Kelley went on to form Dim Mak. The band's lyrics typically were horror-themed.
Paths of Possession is an American melodic death metal band featuring George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher of Cannibal Corpse in a more melodic environment, with song structures that have much more in common with early Bay Area Thrash than the Tampa death metal scene.
Malice is the second album by Through the Eyes of the Dead, released in 2007. The album again features artwork from Paul Romano. The band enlisted Erik Rutan for production, engineering and mixing, with Alan Douches of West West Side Music mastering the effort. The band travelled to Mana Studios in St. Petersburg, Florida, on February 16, and finished recording on March 15.
I, Monarch is the third studio album by Florida technical death metal band Hate Eternal and it was released June 28, 2005 on Earache Records. Art Direction, Artwork & Design By Paul Romano
King of All Kings is the second album by Florida death metal band Hate Eternal. It was released on September 16, 2002, by Earache Records and, like their debut, produced by the band's frontman Erik Rutan.
Fury & Flames is the fourth album by the band Hate Eternal and their debut album on Metal Blade Records worldwide and EMI Records in South America. The album features the addition of new members Shaune Kelley as second guitarist and Jade Simonetto on drums, while bass guitarist Alex Webster returns to replace Randy Piro. Cover art by Paul Romano. The album has had a lot of praise for the album's heaviness and emotion. Erik Rutan, the band's frontman, says he put a lot of emotion into the album because of the death of his friend Jared Anderson who played bass for the band.
Inevitable Collapse in the Presence of Conviction is NOLA sludge metal band Soilent Green's fifth album, released through Metal Blade Records on April 15, 2008. It was produced by Erik Rutan of Hate Eternal.
In Battle is an extreme metal band from Sundsvall, Sweden. The main lyrical themes of the band focus on Norse mythology and war.
Evisceration Plague is the eleventh studio album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse. The album was produced at Mana Recording Studios by Hate Eternal guitarist Erik Rutan.
Infernaeon is an extreme metal band from Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. They have released two full-length albums on Prosthetic Records entitled A Symphony of Suffering (2007) and Genesis to Nemesis (2010) and a full-length album on Black & Blue Records entitled The Cancer Within (2013). Formed in the spring of 2004 by vocalist Chris Defaut, bassist Kevin Gibbons (Strychnine), and guitarist Brian Magley, the group recorded and released their first demo entitled "Oracle of Armageddon" in Fall of 2004. They went on to gain a following in the South Florida area where they played with such bands as Response Negative, Sac, and Divine Empire.
Torture is the twelfth studio album by American death metal band Cannibal Corpse. The album was produced at Sonic Ranch Studios by Hate Eternal guitarist Erik Rutan.
Infernus is the sixth album by the American death metal band Hate Eternal, released on August 21, 2015. It is the second album to feature bassist J.J. Hrubovcak, and the only album to feature drummer Chason Westmoreland from Burning the Masses before his departure due to "family matters" and also their first album to be released by Season of Mist.
Implicit Obedience is the debut album by the technical death metal band Desecravity. It was mixed and mastered at Mana Recording Studios by Erik Rutan in June 2011 and was released on January 24 of 2010 on Willowtip Records.
The Conscious Seed of Light is the first studio album by Pennsylvania death metal band Rivers of Nihil. The album was released on October 15, 2013 via Metal Blade Records.
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