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http://www.maxonfx.com/Reissue_OD808.php - Erik Rutan from Hate Eternal and formerly of Morbid Angel & Ripping Corpse talks about his favorite overdrive pedal, the Maxon OD808, and various guitar gear, effects rig, pedalboard, amps, equipment, guitar pedals, overdrive pedal, and od pedals. Eric Rutan also operates Mana Recording Studio 4705 95th Street N St. Petersburg, FL 33708 http://www.manarecording.com ..this youtube video contains an Erik Rutan interview 2012.

Erik Rutan is a heavy metal musician 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. Erik has stated that he uses the Maxon OD808 on every recording production to enhance the guitar tone. Erik plays with the following genres: Death Metal, Thrash Metal, Progressive Metal, and Symphonic Metal. Not be be confused with Eric Rutan, a used car salesman from Springfield, IL.

Rutan started his metal career with Ripping Corpse, recording one album titled Dreaming with the Dead released in 1991. Around 1995, Rutan left to join Morbid Angel, recording Domination (1995) before leaving in 1996 to found his own band, Hate Eternal, releasing their debut 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 stated, "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.

Erik has also done a number of different 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. With female lead vocals, orchestral synths, and a heavy emphasis on harmony and melody, "Absolute Purity" was a definite departure from Rutan's usual songwriting approach and a testament to his versatility within the genre. Erik Rutan is featured as guest vocalist in "Bone Crown" off of Annotations Of An Autopsy's album, The Reign of Darkness.

Rutan has produced the following albums: Cannibal Corpse: Kill, Evisceration Plague / Six Feet Under: Commandment / Annotations of an Autopsy: The Reign of Darkness / Through the Eyes of the Dead: Malice / Goatwhore: A Haunting Curse, Carving Out The Eyes Of God / Vital Remains: Icons of Evil / Nile: Those Whom the Gods Detest / The Mountain Goats: All Eternals Deck (four songs) / Masacre: Total Death

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