What an amazing performance! On 2013 I had the honor to be in the support band for Hate Eternal for 42 dates in the USA. On the 20th date my amp collapsed and Mr Rutan himself let me use his amp for the rest of the tour. What a legend! Only respect and admiration for the great Erik Rutan.
What we perceive as emotion is subjective, but I'd argue there's a bunch of guitarists out there putting in this level of emotion in their leads: Kyle Rasmussen of Vitriol Luc Lemay of Gorguts Marlon Friday of Abhorrent just to name a few.
I appreciate the sentiment of Rutan but death metal is some of the most soulful. check the leads on horrendous' The chills. The clues in the title because I get goosebumps just thinking about some of those solos
@Dig Ol' Bicks You'd be surprised how often this doesn't always work out. Some guys have a really gifted intuitive sense for how to accomplish what they're doing technically, or at least how to seek it out. Simple practice doesn't necessarily get you there.
@Dig Ol' Bicks I'm with you, practice - not maintenance. There's been a plethora of books, videos going back to the 80s, at least for metal/shredding stuff. Eric's also been a pro-musician for 25+ years, the folks who pick things up easily are possibly more interested & motivated than others - I recall ppl I knew from middle to high school who'd stick it out for a year and move on, or their 'band' was more about hanging out with friends than anything else. Anyway - Eric's fucking amazing and underrated for sure, but he's built a solid reputation with Mana Studios which is noteworthy in itself.
Inside picking ftw. Eddie played similar pattern on Diver Down's "hang em' high." Just gotta take it slow with mass repetition, while watching family guy or something to distract from the tedium.
@@kennethfrazee2540 It looks more like he's doing some sort of two-string sweep motion, there's no change of pick angle. Down up-down down up-down down
Guitar god might be a mis-title but death Metal god he is forsure. Without him who knows what Morbid Angel would’ve turned out like, also Dreaming With The Dead is an amazing record by Ripping Corpse, and of course his work with Hate Eternal and his production work with so many great bands that credit him for their crisp, yet full and pronounced, non watered down sound. He’s a sponge when it comes to learning new things it seems to me, and someone with that much ambition and energy to put towards something like death metal, mannnn, dude must have some serious relationship problems lmao but he’s a great legend and we’re blessed to have him in Cannibal corpse now❤️🔥👌🏻
Killer guitar work all the way through, but from 4:17 on is just incredible, and really shows what makes Rutan such a special death metal guitarist. Still writing killer stuff after almost three decades. Maybe the most underrated legend in death metal history.
Always wanted someone to bring from the shadows artists like Rutan or Hoffman brothers into the lights of RU-vid production videos. Seeing Erik that close killing it with the help of this deadly beautiful Bcrich ironbird custom shop makes me happy. It was only through 90s morbid angel DVD bootlegs that one could enjoy Rutan's craft !! Cheers from Morocco.
Erik kicking some serious Ass! Saw him with cannibal corpse and he was incredible he's the only one that can fill in for pat and plays pats parts perfectly. And I've been a huge fan of Hate Eternal and cannibal since I can remember.
It's like after watching and listening to Erik Rutan , He is the complete game changer I feel as if I don't know nothing about my guitar 😢😢😢 , I know he didn't just started rip Shredding out of nowhere...So Amazing ❤❤
I keep coming back to this. What an absolutely unbelievable performance. At 3:25 I had to double check to see if I had the playback speed set to higher than normal lmfao
I got to stand like 4 feet in front of Eric at a small show in El Paso, Texas in the early/mid 2000's. Absolutely blew me the fuck away. Ever since then, he's been one of my all-time favorite death metal guitarists. Plays the absolute SHIT out of his instrument.
I like to stand a bit further back or atleast i think i would. Both times that i saw Hate Eternal I was at the front and damn do you get hit with his hand spray. The guys a friggin beast with them instruments, makes em earn their keep.
Erik is an insanely crushing-tight rhythm guitarist!His picking style is sharp as a razor and heavy as an anvil! One of the best!!A very challenging and inspiring musician!!
Hate Eternal just gets better almost every album. The last 2 albums were just as good as I, Monarch. Erik Rutans stage presence is formidable. Always support Hate Eternal
@@DSchea lol no he didn't. He talks about the guitar in a tour video of his studio. A buddy had it made and had to sell it but would only sell it to Erik.
Kyle Watson You’re absolutely right Kyle he bought it off of Joey Capizzi from The Dying light my best friend Brandon was in the band also and they use that same guitar to record their dying light albums and then afterwards Joey Capizzi had sold it to Eric. Joey and my boy Brandon actually recorded the albums in Eric’s studio in Florida
@@archdruid9955 it really is a cool guitar. I love the pickup choices and why. And thats cool you guys are part of death metal history in that way because that guitar is legendary at this point.
Kyle Watson When Joey Capizzi had it it had diMarzio pick ups and a Kahler tremolo. You should check out the albums the dying light survival guide to the apocalypse and the killing plan old school East Coast death thrash
Eric is one of my favourite guitarist, super talented, his is a riff master and his solos are spacious, with deep soul and melody! New album absolute masterpiece!!
i wasn't in the mood for this, but i am now gonna scroll up to check the length of the video... if the video ends at 5:51, oh, god help me.... and god help you..
I would pay great money to watch Erik do a simultaneous vocal/guitar play-through like Dallas did for Narcotic Wasteland, esp if our man Keith here handled the production.
Omg !!!! He makes it look so smooth !! It's like it's just flowing right out of his hands and the only reason he's looking down is to enjoy the show !!! Dang !!!!!!
Every hair on my body was stood on end the whole time. When the solo hits it just melts you into a puddle with all hope destroyed. Absolutely God-Like.
When he is playing his solos, you can clearly hear his "classical" ear speaking. And concerning the chords playing the harmonies, this could also have been a song written for ALAS. A project I really, really liked. It is sad that he didn´t go on working on it, obviously. I remember getting the first ALAS demo from him when he was on tour with Morbid Angel!
I remember Keith Merrow from the Agile Guitar forums around 2008-10, can't believe how far he's come! So glad I got to see Eric with Cannibal last November, probably the best live guitar sound/mix I've heard, thick/dense and articulate, would love to see Hate Eternal as well.
This is DEATH METAL!!!! Erik and Hate Eternal just rule!!! This is pure motivation to see this awesome play through! Erik, we need more stuff like this !!!!!!
It's crazy to watch this. I was friends with Erik back in the early 80's in NJ before I moved. We are actually blood brothers. To become blood brothers you each would cut your hands with a knife until you were bleeding and lock hands until your bloods mixed and dripped on the ground. I am glad to see he made it big.
Amazing guitar player but much more amazing person. Had the opportunity to see Hate Eternal at St. Vitus in Brooklyn, NY; a very small yet intimate venue. While he was setting up, I asked him a few questions about his set up and he quickly stopped what he was doing and began to answer my questions. Rutan even took the time to snap a quick pic with me. Super, super awesome dude! Needless to say that he made a lasting impression. Stay brutal! ✊
I can't really say nothing...I mean,may I can...! Erik Rutan is our "Mozart of Death Metal" he's a genius, a fantastic guitar player, an amazing musician! What a talent he has,it's incredible! That dual solo with the harmonies f..in blows my mind! Thanks for this amazing video Keith Merrow!
As a fan of metal since the 90's I always listen with an open mind. And as a guitar player since 2003 I always listen with a sense of skill. And I always laugh when I can't figure out how someone got so fucking good. So when I see someone play this extremely difficult style so effortlessly it makes me laugh even harder. We all should take our free time this seriously. And we should all do something this beautiful. Because you are all beautiful.
