Dreaming Neon Black
| Dreaming Neon Black | |
|---|---|
| Studio album by | |
| Released | January 26, 1999 |
| Recorded | 1998 |
| Studio | Village Productions (Tornillo, Texas) |
| Genre | Progressive metal, gothic metal, heavy metal [1] |
| Length | 66:05 |
| Label | Century Media |
| Producer | Neil Kernon |
| Nevermore chronology | |
| Alternative covers | |
| Review scores | |
|---|---|
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic | [2] |
| Rock Hard | [3] |
Dreaming Neon Black is the third studio album released by American heavy metal band Nevermore, and was released through Century Media in 1999. Unlike its predecessor, The Politics of Ecstasy , Dreaming Neon Black contains many slower, emotional songs.
Dreaming Neon Black is a concept album; according to Nevermore's lead singer, Warrel Dane, "it's a very simple story about a man who slowly goes insane after losing a woman that he was very close to. Progressive levels of insanity are expressed in the songs, he goes through phases of denial and self-blame, blaming God, then denouncing God. The ending is a little...tragic, a little depressing. Shakesperian. Everybody dies, it's all happy."[4]
The story is based on a personal experience of Dane's. One of his former girlfriends, Patricia Candace Walsh,[5] ceased contact with him when she joined a religious group and was never heard from again,[6] and he began having nightmares of her crying out to him as she drowned.[citation needed ] In actuality, Walsh and her husband Douglas Zyskowski were murdered by serial killer Robert Ben Rhoades in January 1990 while hitchhiking to a religious workshop in Georgia,[7] although Dane was initially unaware of this.
The spoken word samples from the intro "Ophidian" and its 10-second reprise at the end of "Forever" are from the Clive Barker movie Lord of Illusions .
Track listing
[edit ]All lyrics are written by Warrel Dane; all music is composed by Nevermore
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Ophidian" (instrumental) | 0:46 |
| 2. | "Beyond Within" | 5:11 |
| 3. | "The Death of Passion" | 4:10 |
| 4. | "I Am the Dog" | 4:13 |
| 5. | "Dreaming Neon Black" | 6:26 |
| 6. | "Deconstruction" | 6:39 |
| 7. | "The Fault of the Flesh" | 4:54 |
| 8. | "The Lotus Eaters" | 4:25 |
| 9. | "Poison Godmachine" | 4:33 |
| 10. | "All Play Dead" | 4:58 |
| 11. | "Cenotaph" | 4:39 |
| 12. | "No More Will" | 5:45 |
| 13. | "Forever" | 9:20 |
Note: The song Forever has a run time of 2:35, followed by six minutes and 35 seconds of silence. This silence is followed a 10-second section from the opening track Ophidian.
Credits
[edit ]- Nevermore
- Warrel Dane – vocals
- Jim Sheppard – bass
- Jeff Loomis – guitars
- Tim Calvert – guitars
- Van Williams – drums
- Additional personnel
- Christine Rhoades – additional vocals
- Production
- Neil Kernon – production, mixing, mastering
- Justin Leeah – additional engineering
- Bobby Torres – additional engineering
- Raymon Breton – mastering
- Travis Smith – illustrations, design, photography
- Karen Mason-Blair – band photography
- Louis Rusconi – additional photography www.Rusconi.com
- Brad Gilson Jr. - additional photography
References
[edit ]- ^ Metal Crypt Review
- ^ Dreaming Neon Black at AllMusic
- ^ Schäfer, Wolfgang. "Rock Hard". issue 140. Retrieved May 20, 2013.
- ^ Metal Injection
- ^ "IMPACT - Interview with Warrel Dane (Sanctuary, Nevermore)". September 19, 2016. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Nevermore Interview, Part I - Infernal Dominion Magazine". Angelfire .
- ^ "Trucker Admits to More Murders". ABC News. March 30, 2012.