Neoclassical dark wave outfit KLAShTAL has released the debut album 'Oblivion Dreams'!

The Finnish neoclassical dark wave outfit KLAShTAL has released their debut album "Oblivion Dreams" today on November 28th.

The man behind KLAShTAL, Jesse Heikkinen comments on the new album: "I created this album in summer -24 when my then 3-year-old son asked me to create some sleepytime music for him. As usually, I got carried away by the ideas, ending up creating this musical concept where I combined my own childhood memories and fears with my current fascination of post-apocalyptic themes and mysteries of the personal and collective unconscious. After I had finished my own parts I felt like there was still something missing. I asked my friend TJ (also known as King Dude) if he could add some grit and character with his Moog. He knew exactly what I was looking for! The end result was something dark and meditative, menacing but still comforting. I wish this album takes the listener to some unexplored places and gives them a moment of tranquility."

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, dark wave 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 synthesizer played by Thomas Cowgill, also known as the neofolk/dark americana artist King Dude.

Oblivion Dreams will be released on November 28 via Inverse Records.