Verbal Deception - September/October 2006
Who: Verbal Deception
What: aye matey metal
Where: Calgary, AB
To Contact: Scarab Metal Productions; Suite 22, 2526 Battleford Ave. SW, Calgary AB T3E 7J4 (403) 240-7843, info@verbaldeception.com, www.myspace.com/verbaldeception.com, www.verbaldeception.com.
Sure this is a bit Spinal Tap, but maybe it’s meant to be. With song titles such as “Pirates Attack”, “Jewels Of The Dead” and “High Seas” and a 16-page story with treasure map (ARRR!), Verbal Deception is working the theme well on its debut full-length, Aurum Aetus Piraticus. Naturally the first song is “Pirates Attack” which starts off with the sound of crashing waves and seagull caws, and then a kind of metallic sea shanty. The vocals are pure guttural with the lines “Cowards of battle/Bastards of life/Our enemies being/Quelled by the knife.” Hilarious stuff! Metalheads will rally for this, much like they did for BC’s Three Inches Of Blood. Comprised of lead vocalist/guitarist Kresho Klarich, 19; keyboardist Walt Fleming, 19; bassist Matt Petti, 18; and drummer Jordan Bourgeault, 22, the band - now in its fourth year - released a six-song EP in 2004 and this album in late June. It was self-produced at Sundae Sound with engineer Al Irving and mastered by Dave Horrocks at Infinite Wave and charted at #3 on !Earshot National College Loud Chart, July 25. Since October 2005, Verbal Deception’s songs have received about 45,000 plays on MySpace.
