Verbal Deception

Driven from the forces of the unknown From the shadows of deep From the depths of the ocean’s floor Never woken from its sleep Scavengers arise from the bowels below It was in a basement where the idea for a new genre of metal first crept into the twisted minds of Walt Fleming, Kresho Klarich and Taylor Pierce. Walt was experimenting with various keyboard patches when he stumbled upon the Accordion sound, while in the background Kresho manically played his Flying V. Taylor, the drummer at the time laughed, saying it sounded like pirate metal. They wrote their one of their first tunes "Pirate Attack" around that theme, and then joined as a trio to form Verbal Deception. Together they would combine Celtic and gypsy melodies with power and prog metal ferocity to bring unto this world the cryptic beast of piracy. Yet still something was missing. Past times slowly slip from my mind My thoughts become those frozen in time Remember your forgotten past From ages dead In the halls of the lost Our lives unthread Treading the waters would prove extremely difficult for the three, with Taylor living in another city. Johnny Iocca joined the group for a year and then Jordon Bo... more...