Deception Of Faith

Deception of Faith was a Farmingdale, New York-based Ohio Heavy/Doom Metal Band formed in summer 2006. Their name was inspired by the Decimation song "Deception of Faith". The color scheme on their "Destroy the Holy" demo is also a nod to Decimation's "Armed to the Teeth" demo, although the music is a completely different style. They later started a Black Metal band called BlackWinged but soon both bands dissolved due to legal troubles and Kenny formed bands Black Illusion (who after a lineup change) became Hell Battalion, which even recorded a session (and took a band photo) with John Bowker on guest 2nd-guitar years later. They broke up in 2009 during production of thieir 6-song "Screams From The Gallows" EP. John, Kenny, Richie Dondorf and Mike Probst soon formed Strick-9 Saviors, a Blackened-Crust Punk precursor to The D-Gen's. After The D-Gen's split Jockel and Dondorf formed Empyreal Slaughter alongside guitarist Pat Park, but this was sadly short lived when after when Jockel's master hard drive (which encluded the entire recording history of Strick-9 Saviors, Hell Battalion, etc), recording equipment, some drum equipment, and 2 of Dondorfs favorite basses were stolen during a home-invasion robbery, forcing them into a musical hiatus for some time.