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 with Morbid Angel, Immolation (replacing Cannibal Corpse 3/8-3/14), Blood Incantation and Necrot, 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.

Get the full scoop on the 2019 Decibel Magazine Tour in the March 2019 issue, which features interviews from every band on the tour in addition to an exclusive Mammoth Grinder flexi disc that you can’t get anywhere else.

Sun/Feb-17 – San Antonio, TX – Alamo Music Hall

Tue/Feb-19 – Tucson, AZ – Club Xs

Wed/Feb-20 – San Diego, CA – The Observatory

Thu/Feb-21 – Los Angeles, CA – The Fonda Theater

Fri/Feb-22 – Santa Ana, CA – The Observatory

Sat/Feb-23 – San Francisco, CA – The Regency Ballroom

Mon/Feb-25 – Portland, OR – Roseland Ballroom

Tue/Feb-26 – Seattle, WA – Showbox Market

Fri/Mar-01 – Denver, CO – The Oriental Theater

Sat/Mar-02 – Kansas City, MO – The Truman *NO CANNIBAL CORPSE

Sun/Mar-03 – Minneapolis, MN – Skyway Theater

Mon/Mar-04 – Chicago, IL – The Concord

Wed/Mar-06 – Buffalo, NY – Town Ballroom

Thu/Mar-07 – New York, NY – Playstation Theater

Fri/Mar-08 – Philadelphia, PA – TLA

Sat/Mar-09 – Worcester, MA – Palladium

Sun/Mar-10 – Baltimore, MD – Baltimore Soundstage

Mon/Mar-11 – Raleigh, NC – Lincoln Theater

Wed/Mar-13 – Atlanta, GA – The Masquerade

Thu/Mar-14 – Tampa, FL – Orpheum