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