Jason Göbel is an American

United States

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 musician

Musician

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, engineer

Engineer

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 and University lecturer.

He is best known for being a member of the technical metal

Progressive metal

Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...

 band Cynic

Cynic (band)

Cynic is an American progressive rock band, incorporating experimental music, alternative, metal and jazz fusion elements, founded in Miami, Florida and currently based in Los Angeles, California. Their first album, Focus, released on September 14, 1993, is widely regarded as a landmark release of...

 and playing guitar on their album Focus.

Life and career

Gobel joined Cynic

Cynic (band)

Cynic is an American progressive rock band, incorporating experimental music, alternative, metal and jazz fusion elements, founded in Miami, Florida and currently based in Los Angeles, California. Their first album, Focus, released on September 14, 1993, is widely regarded as a landmark release of...

 in 1993, playing guitar on their album Focus and despite receiving a B.Sc. in control system engineering, he planned to pursue a music career.

He has also played with Gordian Knot

Gordian Knot (band)

Gordian Knot is an American progressive rock/metal band directed by bass guitarist Sean Malone. At times its shifting lineup has included Steve Hackett of Genesis, Bill Bruford of King Crimson and Yes, Ron Jarzombek from Watchtower and Spastic Ink as well as Jim Matheos of Fates Warning, several of...

, a band formed by Sean Malone

Sean Malone

Sean Malone is an American musician who plays primarily fretless bass guitar and Chapman stick. However, Malone also plays piano, keyboards, and guitar. He is most well known as a member of the progressive band Cynic.- Biography :...

, also a former Cynic member. Prior to this he played on Monstrosity

Monstrosity (band)

Monstrosity is a death metal band originating from Fort Lauderdale, Florida during the death metal scene of the early 1990s. Vocalist, George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher and drummer, Lee Harrison, were the founders of Monstrosity. Harrison had just left the band Malevolent Creation and George Fisher...

's album Imperial Doom

Imperial Doom

Imperial Doom is an album released in 1992 by Monstrosity. The album sold 40,000 copies worldwide and received excellent ratings in the press. A triumphant tour of Europe was accomplished but, a little later, following disagreements regarding royalties, Monstrosity left the Nuclear Blast...

alongside future Cannibal Corpse

Cannibal Corpse

Cannibal Corpse is an American death metal band from Buffalo, New York. Formed in 1988, the band has released eleven studio albums, one box set, and one live album...

 vocalist George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher and future Malevolent Creation

Malevolent Creation

Malevolent Creation is a death metal band originally hailing from Buffalo, New York. Moving to Florida in 1987, they became a part of the emergent local death metal scene, landing a deal with Roadrunner Records...

 guitarist and bassist Jon Rubin

Jon Rubin

Jon Rubin is an American artist living and working in Pittsburgh Pennsylvania. He's also professor at Carnegie Mellon University. His work "explores the social dynamics of public places and the idiosyncrasies of individual and group behavior."...

 and Mark Van Erp. He retired from the music industry in 2004 after deciding he wanted to go into engineering.

He works with Bechtel Corporation and resides in Portland, Oregon with his wife and two children.