{"id":20742,"date":"2026-06-10T07:08:49","date_gmt":"2026-06-10T12:08:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=20742"},"modified":"2026-06-10T07:09:17","modified_gmt":"2026-06-10T12:09:17","slug":"finnish-dark-atmospheric-rock-act-dreamspy-has-released-its-third-album-the-dance-of-illusions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=20742","title":{"rendered":"Finnish dark atmospheric rock act DreamSpy has released its third album\u00a0&#8220;The Dance of Illusions&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"590\" height=\"590\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Promotional-picture-Richard-Forsman.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-20743\" style=\"width:519px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Promotional-picture-Richard-Forsman.png 590w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Promotional-picture-Richard-Forsman-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Promotional-picture-Richard-Forsman-150x150.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Promotional picture:\u00a0Richard Forsman<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"x_isPasted\"><strong>DreamSpy<\/strong>&nbsp;from Finland has released its third album titled&nbsp;<em>&#8220;The Dance of Illusions&#8221;<\/em>&nbsp;through Inverse Records. The album&#8217;s songs are underscored by elements of dark atmospheric rock and synth-driven soundscapes.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"x_isPasted\">The lyrics of the album wander in the turmoil of a selfish and destructive mind, seasoned with sarcasm and flashes of light.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Listen to the album on music services (Spotify, Apple Music, Deezer, Tidal, YouTube Music etc.):\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/3klo3.r.sp1-brevo.net\/mk\/cl\/f\/sh\/1t6Af4OiGsE8LUM2gYGr3gdB6nWVPO\/I8Rf-SYxh_Nv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">https:\/\/push.fm\/fl\/dreamspy-thedanceofillusions<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"x_isPasted\"><em>&#8220;The dance of the subconscious and the superego in the world of distortions.&#8221;&nbsp;<\/em>DreamSpy is an experimental solo project of vocalist-bassist&nbsp;<strong>Anssi Tamminen<\/strong>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"x_isPasted\">The focal point of the sound is an electric upright bass, coated in distortion and effects, supported by a blend of machine and traditional drum sounds.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"x_isPasted\">Synthesizers occasionally take the spotlight weaving in and out of the sonic landscape. Guitar tracks? There are none.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"x_isPasted\">Tamminen&#8217;s vocal performance ranges from a fragile whisper to a resonant, baritone&nbsp;presence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe title=\"Hunting high and low - A-HA (covered by DREAMSPY)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/HRgNg1z-KuE?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p id=\"x_isPasted\">&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dreamspy.org\">www.dreamspy.org<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/dreamspyofficial\">www.facebook.com\/dreamspyofficial<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/dreamspyart\">www.instagram.com\/dreamspyart<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@dreamspy616\">www.youtube.com\/@dreamspy616<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Promotional picture:\u00a0Richard Forsman DreamSpy&nbsp;from Finland has released its third album titled&nbsp;&#8220;The Dance of Illusions&#8221;&nbsp;through Inverse Records. The album&#8217;s songs are underscored by elements of dark atmospheric rock and synth-driven soundscapes.&nbsp; The lyrics of the album wander in the turmoil of a selfish and destructive mind, seasoned with sarcasm and flashes of light.&nbsp; Listen to the&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=20742\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Finnish dark atmospheric rock act DreamSpy has released its third album\u00a0&#8220;The Dance of Illusions&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":20743,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-20742","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20742","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=20742"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20742\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":20744,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/20742\/revisions\/20744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/20743"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=20742"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=20742"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=20742"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}