The album pre-order and first 2 tracks are now available for streaming, as well as the first official video for the song "Virgo Lucifera". Please go to https://altrusiangrace.bandcamp.com/album/veriditas The album is set to be released on 3/20/2023 Illuminated Void began as a dark ambient project fronted by Matt Schmitz (of stoner doom band Sleestak) and released their first self-titled album in late 2021, quickly followed by a second album in early 2022 entitled The Vesper Serpent. These albums incorporated haunting dream-like soundscapes with subtle hints of psychedelia and neoclassical traits and thematically revolved around alchemy, esotericism, and occultism. By mid-2022 the band was writing material for a third album as well as undergoing a massive shift in the overall creative direction - one that embraced the heavier side of music and paying homage not only to the influences of earlier works by bands such as Cathedral, Paradise Lost, and Anathema, but also the sounds...

 If anyone wants to please vote, Harbinger from Sleestak is up for best stoner album of 2022 over at Metal Storm!  Voting is happening now for the Metal Storm Awards 2022! Please vote for you favorite reptilian stoner album by going to https://metalstorm.net/awards/categories.php?cat_id=43&cb=63da62cb58d92

 Sleestak's Harbinger in 2022 Top Ten of the year! Thanks Mark and Sleeping Shaman! https://www.thesleepingshaman.com/articles/top-ten-2022-mark-hunt-bryden/

 Sleestak's HARBINGER CD Package is now $10 and it's a great time to get one while they are still available! Go to https://sleestak.bandcamp.com/album/harbinger

The reviews are rolling in for Harbinger... some favorable, some not as much. But we'll take the good with the bad and keep on carving out our own path! So, if you fancy a read (or a watch) about your newest favorite album, check out some of the links below! We will update this list as more kind folks take the time to review Harbinger. Do you know of any that we missed? Let us know! METAL STORM -  https://metalstorm.net/pub/review.php?review_id=17801 JOE'S METAL MANCAVE -  https://youtu.be/ATI9zt5vdjg METAL DIGEST -  https://metal-digest.com/2022/08/03/sleestak-harbinger/ THE SLEEPING SHAMAN -  https://www.thesleepingshaman.com/reviews/sleestak-harbinger/ MUSIPEDIA OF METAL -  https://musipediaofmetal.blogspot.com/2022/08/reviews-jack-starrs-burning-star.html METAL IN VEINS -  https://youtu.be/dkF0L2Ng_YE?t=780 BREAKING AND ENTERING -  https://breakingandentering.net/2022/07/28/audio-sleestak-harbinger/ HAPPY METAL GEEK -  https://happymetalgeek.c...