CD Review – Adema
Kill the Headlights
Immortal/RED
Sounding like a holier than thou version of Korn or Linkin Park, one could see the appeal of Adema to a younger crowd, not old school twits like myself. I say Korn for the simple fact that founding member, (not in the group as of present), Mark Chavez is Jonathan Davis’ (of Korn) half brother. This explains the intrepid journey into the nebbish world of radio-friendly rock.
Not until track three “Waiting for Daylight” do we stumble on a shred of anger. Not for long mind you, as the 3-part harmonies kick in and the Nu Metal revival commences. Shame, since the boys could single-handily throw a deer into the album titles’ headlights, leave it for a week to rot and call it “Art” If you need Korn-related thumping bite into the debut Droid album
Then tracks like “Days Go By” pull a tear from the eye of a 12 tear old girl, wanting to do a emo-shred on her forearms . Sensitive stuff. The “Super Management” conglomerate of Union, have put their weight behind a door I would rather slam shut. Not that Adema does not put out well crafted tracks, this is solid song-writing, but ends up a re-hashed Nu Metal outing for the “My” Generation.
Not ours.
By E.S. Day