Cannibal Corpse enlist Erik Rutan to fill in for Pat O’Brien on upcoming tours

20th January 2019 0 By John Deaux

Cannibal Corpse have announced that Erik Rutan will fill in for guitarist Pat O’Brien as O’Brien tends to personal issues. Rutan will appear live with the band for the Decibel Magazine Tour and the upcoming US leg of Slayer’s final tour happening this May alongside Slayer, Lamb of God, and Amon Amarth. This won’t be the first time these death metal powerhouses have worked together; Rutan has produced four albums with Cannibal Corpse (Kill, Evisceration Plague, Torture, Red Before Black) and is uniquely equipped to fill the role – he is one of the death metal’s most acclaimed guitarists and is known for his time as part of Morbid Angel (who are co headlining the Decibel tour alongside Cannibal) throughout the 90s and early 2000s, as well as handling vocals/guitars and production duties for his current band Hate Eternal.

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CANNIBAL CORPSE
Decibel Magazine Tour 2019
w/ Morbid Angel, Blood Incantation, Necrot
02/17    San Antonio, TX            Alamo Music Hall
02/19    Tucson, AZ                    Club Xs
02/20    San Diego, CA               The Observatory
02/21    Los Angeles, CA             The Fonda Theater
02/22    Santa Ana, CA               The Observatory
02/23    San Francisco, CA          The Regency Ballroom
02/25    Portland, OR                 Roseland Ballroom
02/26    Seattle, WA                   Showbox Market
03/01    Denver, CO                   The Oriental Theater
03/03    Minneapolis, MN            Skyway Theater
03/04    Chicago, IL                    The Concord
03/07    New York, NY                Playstation Theater
w/ Slayer, Lamb of God, Amon Amarth
05/02    Phoenix, AZ                   Ak-Chin Amphitheatre
05/03    Albuquerque, NM           Isleta Amphitheatre
05/05    El Paso, TX                    UTEP/Don Haskins Center
05/07    Edinburg, TX                 Bert Ogden Arena
05/08    Dallas, TX                     The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
05/10    Tampa, FL                     MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre
05/11    West Palm Beach, FL     Coral Sky Amphitheatre
05/13    Huntington, WV             Big Sandy Superstore Arena
05/14    Columbia, MD                Merriweasther Post Pavilion
05/16    Noblesville, IN               Ruoff Home Mortgage Music Center
05/17    Bonner Springs, KS        Providence Medical Center Amphitheatre
05/19    Clarkston, MI                 DTE Energy Music Center
05/20    Youngstown, OH           Covel Centre
05/22    Ottawa, ON                   Canadian Tire Centre
05/24    Camdel, NJ                    BB&T Pavilion
05/25    Mansfield, MA                Xfinity Center