| Gökalp Ergen | |
| Birth Date: | 27 April 1977 |
| Birth Place: | Kocaeli, Turkey |
| Instrument: | vocal |
| Genre: | Rock Turkish folk music Heavy metal Thrash metal |
| Occupation: | Musician, songwriter, producer |
| Years Active: | 1995–present |
| Current Member Of: | Pentagram (2010–...) |
| Associated Acts: | Pentagram (2010–...) |
Gökalp Ergen (born 1977 in Kocaeli) is the vocalist of heavy metal band Mezarkabul (known as Pentagram in Turkey).[1] He is also the brother of screenwriter Kemal Kenan Ergen. [2]
He started his music career in 1995 by founding the band The Climb. In 1997, he won the second prize at the 2nd Roxy Music Days, which he participated with the band Weed. In 1998, The Climbs first album of the same name was released. Ergen worked as a producer as well as a musician on this album. He continued in the same role on the band's second album, Principia, released in 2002. The group continued to be active until the end of 2007.
He joined as the vocalist of the band, replacing Murat İlkan, who left Pentagram in 2010 due to health problems.[3] The song Wasteland, which they published on the internet in 2011, was the first song Ergen composed with Pentagram members, thenreleased the album MMXII.[2]
He composed the song Never Think About You in the 2011 movie, arranged and interpreted it with İskender Paydaş.[4]
In 2013, Ergen gave private lessons in music to Engin Altan Düzyatan, the leading actor in the film Bu İşte Bir Yalnızlık Var,[5]
and also contributed his song The Trouble Maker to the film. In 2014, he composed the music for the movie Zaman Makinesı 1973, for which he was also a part of the script team. The song Geri Dönme, which he composed and interpreted for this movie, was very popular.