# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/erik-rutan
# Generated: 2026-08-13T20:47:52.578Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/erik-rutan"
name: "Erik Rutan"
slug: "erik-rutan"
description: "Erik Rutan 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."
tagline: "American musician and record producer"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Eric_Ruten_of_Hate_Eternal.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Musicians"
  slug: "musicians"
profileType:
  name: "Singer / Musician"
  slug: "singer"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q177220"
birthDate: "1971-06-10"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           50.94
  momentum:             0
  historical:           15.68827733333333
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     75
  profileCompleteness:  85
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
  - platform:  "FACEBOOK"
    url:       "https://www.facebook.com/erikrutanofficial"
    handle:    "erikrutanofficial"
  - platform:  "IMDB"
    url:       "https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2430862/"
    handle:    "nm2430862"
  - platform:  "SPOTIFY"
    url:       "https://open.spotify.com/artist/4ElMjVMH7LpEqTi2WFoJic"
    handle:    "Erik Rutan"
sources:
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    title: "Discogs"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A5%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "إريك روتان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "اريك روتان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "اریک روتان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Rutan"
    title: "Erik Rutan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Rutan"
    title: "Erik Rutan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Rutan"
    title: "Erik Rutan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Rutan"
    title: "Erik Rutan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B1%DB%8C%DA%A9_%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%86"
    title: "اریک روتان"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Rutan"
    title: "Erik Rutan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Rutan"
    title: "Erik Rutan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Rutan"
    title: "Erik Rutan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Rutan"
    title: "Erik Rutan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%A8%E3%83%AA%E3%83%83%E3%82%AF%E3%83%BB%E3%83%AB%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BF%E3%83%B3"
    title: "エリック・ルータン"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Rutan"
    title: "Erik Rutan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A0%D1%83%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BD%2C_%D0%AD%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%BA"
    title: "Рутан, Эрик"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Rutan"
    title: "Erik Rutan"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://musicbrainz.org/artist/ee3d8c89-13d9-430b-beb9-50559c0cbbba"
    title: "MusicBrainz"
    type:  "DATABASE"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q785552"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"
  - url: "https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3231255"
    title: "Erik Rutan"
    type:  "DATABASE"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump