Finnish neoclassical darkwave outfit KLAShTAL has released the first single, "Uncharted Cry", from the upcoming debut album Oblivion Dreams. The album will hit the stores on 28 November via Inverse Records.
"Uncharted Cry" invites the listener to a dark and hypnotic pilgrimage through the storyteller's oblivious mind. Guided by the meditative pulse and sinister layers of synths, the veil of mystery is slowly lifted, and the unsettling truth about the past atrocities is revealed.
Started as an ambient side project, KLAShTAL has now transformed into a serious channel of self-expression for the Finnish musician Jesse Heikkinen (Iterum Nata, The Abbey, ex-Hexvessel). KLAShTAL's debut album Oblivion Dreams marks a new chapter in Heikkinen's ever-evolving musical career and pushes his experiments with different genres even further. While dark, dreamlike and meditative, yet comforting and healing, KLAShTAL's music will take the listener to post-apocalyptic ruins of a lost world where the echoes of mankind have almost completely softened.
KLAShTAL's music pays respect to genres like dungeon synth, darkwave and new age, as well as bands like Dead Can Dance, Forndom and Nox Arcana. All music on Oblivion Dreams is written, played, recorded and produced by Heikkinen, except the Moog synthesiser is played by Thomas Cowgill, also known as the neofolk/dark americana artist King Dude. Link {youtube}ChWTpZJlaDc{youtube}

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