Dreaming Neon Black

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Dreaming Neon Black
Studio album by Nevermore
Released	1999
Recorded	Village Productions, Tornillo, Texas
Genre	Progressive metal, Thrash metal, Heavy metal
Length	65.59
Label	Century Media
Producer(s)	Neil Kernon
Professional reviews
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Nevermore chronology
The Politics of Ecstasy (1996)	Dreaming Neon Black (1999)	Dead Heart in a Dead World (2000)

Dreaming Neon Black is the third full-length album released by Seattle metal band Nevermore, and was released through Century Media in 1999. Unlike its predecessor, The Politics of Ecstasy, this album is very emotional and contains many slower, ballad-type songs. It is also notable that Dreaming Neon Black is a concept album of sorts, telling the tale of a man's slow plunge into insanity following the death of his girlfriend, which may be based on an event in the life of Nevermore's lead singer, Warrel Dane. Supposedly, Dane's old girlfriend left him when she joined a religious cult and was never heard from again, and he began having nightmares of her crying out to him as she drowned. This has been confirmed by Warrel himself in an older interview.

[edit] Track listing

1. Ophidian – 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

[edit] Personnel

• Warrel Dane - vocals
• Jim Sheppard - bass
• Jeff Loomis - guitars
• Tim Calvert - guitars
• Van Williams - drums
• Neil Kernon - production, mixing, mastering
• Justin Leeah - additional engineering
• Bobby Torres - additional engineering
• Raymon Breton - matering
• Travis Smith - illustrations, design, photography
• Karen Mason-Blair - band photography
• Louis Rusconi - additional photography
• Brad Gilson Jr. - additional photography
• Christine Rhoades - additional vocals