Jason Gobel first met the band at a show where they played alongside his brother's band, who introduced them after their set.
11 Facts About Jason Gobel
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Jason Gobel noted this was done with the strategy of passing the Cynic name around the scene by the individual members' reputations.
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The band were needing another guitarist for their album and had five songs finished, with Jason Gobel working on three more.
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In 1992, the band released their debut album Imperial Doom with Jason Gobel working alongside future Cannibal Corpse vocalist George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher and future Malevolent Creation members Jon Rubin, Mark Van Erp, and Lee Harrison.
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Once Cynic received a label offer from Roadrunner Records, Jason Gobel returned to the band alongside Masvidal and Reinert, who had recently been fired from Death with the new member bassist Sean Malone.
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Jason Gobel played with Gordian Knot, a band formed by Sean Malone, a former Cynic member on the 2003 album, Emergent.
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In 2020, Jason Gobel returned from his musical hiatus with Eggshell Repair Kit, a project that featured Reinert and two former Traced in Air-era Cynic members guitarist Tymon Kruidenier and bassist Robin Zielhorst, who were both in Our Oceans and Exivious as well.
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Since returning to music, Jason Gobel began working with Santiago Dobles on a project called Verdana.
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When Jason Gobel was 17, he began working as a dog trainer, assisting dogs in training for bomb detection, cadaver detection, drug detection, and several other forms of training.
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Jason Gobel worked in the field for around 10 years.
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Jason Gobel operated as a locksmith during his time with Cynic.