Demir Demirkan, a Turkish rock musician and producer, was born on August 12, 1972 in Adana, Turkey. He spent his childhood there, and later moved to Ankara to pursue his higher studies at Bilkent University. He joined the very successful heavy metal band Pentagram (known internationally as Mezarkabul) in 1992 as a guitarist. During the period between 1997 and 1999, Demirkan worked with a number of music artists including Sertab Erener and Şebnem Ferah.