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2006 Victor Fisher started playing guitar after discovering classic rock bands like The Beatles, Queen, Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple, Steppenwolf, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Rare Earth and Jefferson Airplane. Victor had previously been a violin player in school orchestra with an interest in folk music, disco music and movie soundtracks. 2007 After getting into heavier bands such as Slayer, Metallica, Lamb of God, Melechesh, and Amon Amarth, Victor was inspired to discover what the heaviest possible music is. This lead to an intense interest in doom metal and black metal. Victor participated in a short lived rock band called Lamp. Victor started a band called Shroud of Delirium with David Sommer on drums. Aaron Schreiber became the bassist shortly afterwards by playing a middle eastern sounding scale that seemed very impressive at the time. The band mostly played doom metal songs with a black metal influence such as Follow the Light, The Ritual, and Hypnotics. They played live multiple times at at a hookah bar called Swingstate that is no longer in existence. Lamp Band Practice ...

Around the year two thousand and six, a troubled artist known as The Lord Reverend Wizard of Alchemical Despair discovered a collection of sacred relics on the very fringes of our reality. These priceless and terrifying artifacts provided an extraordinary glimpse into the mysteries of rock music and the dark arts. The Reverend of Despair Suffers From a Rare Form of Psychosis The Reverend of Despair immediately began assembling a team of experts known as Shroud of Delirium to help him disseminate this revolutionary information to the wider world. Shroud of Delirium consisted of The Reverend of Despair on guitar and lead vocal, Pater Shrouder on bass and David Sommer on drums. A secret bunker was chosen as the primary base of operations, and couple of nearby encampments were also used for ceremonial purposes. Some extraordinary results were obtained in the areas of doom metal and psychedelic rock music. ...