Remixed, with slight tweaks of the eq and mastering....

The Hallowed

If there are evil entities, they probably get high on disgusting humans...

Demon Drug

Part 1 of Insanity Of The Disease
1. The Dark Journey
2. Requiem For Oblivion

Off the forthcoming debut full-length, "Dark Journeys Of Forgotten Mindscapes". Due out in March/April.

The Dark Journey

Song about losing loved ones too soon...recorded in Jan-Feb 2014...off the brand new debut full-length release, 'Dark Tales Of Forgotten Mindscapes' available in all the major digital marketplaces

Thinking of Death

Godbuilder

You Not Me

Tortured

A song that has been written musically for years (back in the Forsake The Flesh days) and I wrote most of the philosophical, obscure lyrics to this song in my studio as I was recording.

Dark metal dreamscapes with an aura of sorrow...the heavy diversity of Opeth and BTBAM with the ambience and smooth vocals of Katatonia and Deftones. 

"Could be the soundtrack to a David Lynch movie."

"...this is hybrid-metal, intriguing,  experimental insanity at its best!"

Project started by Steve Jacobson, former guitarist and co-founder of the Nor Cal Death Metal Band, Forsake The Flesh. Steve previously played with other metal bands Silent Rage, Moment Of Clarity, and InfluenceTheWeak, also from Northern California. Steve moved to Erie, PA in 2007, which gave him the opportunity to start work on his own project that has been brewing for years. REQUIEM FOR OBLIVION is a 'hybrid metal' concept project/CD based on his years struggling with inner demons (i.e. drugs, booze, depression, self-destruction in almost every form) and the years since silencing those demons... Helping him with the recording process and the first to join the "live" version of RFO is drummer Mike Bryan, who ironically, moved to Erie from Reno just a month prior to Steve moving there. Mike previously played for post-punk band The Turbine Saints and the rock band Primate Envy, both out of California.  Through a twist of fate, they were put together and have been working on completing the demo with a full length to be released at the end of 2010. All recordings have been done by the two with live performances being carried out by a variety of local musicians until the addition of Geoff Radziszewski on guitar in 2011 and Andy Laughner on bass in 2013.  The band’s mix of ambient, progressive metal provide their audience with a dynamic musical experience reminiscent of Opeth, Agalloch, Daylight Dies, and My Dying Bride. In addition, there are some acoustic steel and classical string sequences as well. Mostly ghostly, clean vocals with some guttural moments from time to time. There is something for most everyone at an RFO show.  RFO has played live with national and regional acts such as Katatonia, Intronaut, Tesseract, Cult Of Luna, Kataklysm, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Mushroomhead, Ventana, Kriadiaz, Foose, Demons Within, Here Lies Another, Disgraced and Mechanics of Things. Plus, the band has played acoustic versions of their songs at many of the local venues around the Erie area. 

Influences:

Opeth, Rush, Between the Buried and Me, Katatonia, Porcupine Tree, Green Carnation, Agalloch, Daylight Dies, Swallow The Sun, and My Dying Bride (lots of death, black, and prog metal influence); but with a very ambient, dreamy quality mixed in. RFO currently covers songs by Alice In Chains and Tears For Fears.
   
Contact / Booking Info:
(814) 392-2321
requiemforoblivion@gmail.com
www.reverbnation.com/requiemforoblivion
www.RequiemForOblivion.com (under construction)

Through my music, I hope to spread awareness and hope for those suffering from silent diseases like addiction and depression. i am also an animal welfare advocate.