{"id":26404,"date":"2025-02-04T22:07:15","date_gmt":"2025-02-04T22:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/?p=26404"},"modified":"2025-02-04T22:07:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-04T22:07:16","slug":"neon-black-dreams-quest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/2025\/02\/04\/neon-black-dreams-quest\/","title":{"rendered":"Neon Black Dreams &#8211; Quest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quest, by Neon Black Dreams, is a mix of classic hard\u00a0rock and ethereal pop elements, creating a dynamic contrast that keeps the listener engaged. The song begins with synchronised guitars and synths, establishing an excellent basis before a second guitar fades in, bringing in a groove-driven orchestration characteristic of Pantera and AC\/DC. The track&#8217;s raw, riff-heavy sound is further enhanced by the unexpected nevertheless attractive presence of female voices, which add a soft, almost pop-like level of quality. The song has a significant 1980s influence, particularly in the synth-driven\u00a0arrangement, which matches the mid-80s AOR sound. The song&#8217;s greatest moment occurs at 2:25, when a technical\u00a0guitar solo capitalizes on Eddie Van Halen&#8217;s soul, bringing artistic excellence into the mix. While the arrangement may seem unusual at first, it eventually attracts with its unique combination of hard rock strength and dramatic synth scenes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Neon Black Dreams - Quest (Official Music Video)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/e1qOU4clC2o?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>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NeonBlackDreams\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/NeonBlackDreams<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/neonblackdreams.bandcamp.com\">https:\/\/neonblackdreams.bandcamp.com<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/instagram.com\/NeonBlackDreams\">https:\/\/instagram.com\/NeonBlackDreams<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quest, by Neon Black Dreams, is a mix of classic hard\u00a0rock and ethereal pop elements,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":26412,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[14,5],"tags":[128,317,4385],"class_list":["post-26404","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop-rock-reviews","category-reviews","tag-aor","tag-hard-rock","tag-neon-black-dreams"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26404","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26404"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26404\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26413,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26404\/revisions\/26413"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26412"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26404"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26404"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/skylight.gr\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26404"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}