Murat İlkan (born 8 July 1971) is a Turkish musician. He is the vocalist of heavy metal band

Mezarkabul Mezarkabul (also known as Pentagram in Turkey) is a Turkish metal band formed by Hakan Utangaç and Cenk Ünnü. Mezarkabul is known for integrating Anatolian elements into their music. History Mezarkabul was formed in Istanbul in 1986 by gu ...

(known as Pentagram in

Turkey Turkey, officially the Republic of Türkiye, is a country mainly located in Anatolia in West Asia, with a relatively small part called East Thrace in Southeast Europe. It borders the Black Sea to the north; Georgia (country), Georgia, Armen ...

). After Hakimiyeti Milliye Primary and İzmir Fatih Collage, he graduated from Kadıköy Kenan Evren High School. When he was living in

İzmir İzmir is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, third most populous city in Turkey, after Istanbul and Ankara. It is on the Aegean Sea, Aegean coast of Anatolia, and is the capital of İzmir Province. In 2024, the city of İzmir had ...

, he also was a swimmer in Karşıyaka S.K. for 8 years.

Music career

In 1987, he founded the band ''Sawdust'' and gave concerts with the group. He received honors in the TRT Golden Antenna and Kuşadası Golden Pigeon competitions. He worked with the band ''Cherokee'' in various clubs for four years. He joined

in 1995. He was a vocalist on the band's albums ''Anatolia'', ''Unspoken'', ''Bir'' and live albums ''Popçular Dışarı'' and ''1987''. On 1 May 2010, he announced that he decided to leave the band and continue his music with a solo project called ''Murat İlkan Akustik'' due to his MS diagnosis. His solo album Fanus was released in 2013. In 2015, he appeared as a guest artist in the song ''Buhran'' of the band ''Takıntı''. Also in 2015, he appeared as a guest artist in ''Atra Hasis'', the opening track of the first album of the Istanbul symphonic death/folk metal band ''Khepra''. In 2016, he sang the song ''Rüya'' in Metin Türkcan's album ''Vakti Geldi''. Also in 2016, he sang the song ''Ufaktı Sistem'' in Selim Işık's album ''Tutunamayan''. In 2017, he rejoined Mezarkabul.

References

External links

Mezarkabul official website

Biography
at Discogs.com 1971 births Living people Musicians from İzmir Turkish heavy metal singers Turkish rock singers Turkish singer-songwriters Mezarkabul members {{Turkey-musician-stub