There are so many titles I could've thought of for this review. One of the ones was "Man, do they SUCK." Another was "ADEMA SUCKS," and another was "Dude, they sure have lost their spot on my desktop." And they have.

But then I realized that the shame is not on Adema- it's on me. I was the one who, many months ago, during my depressed-teenager period, and before my mind expansion which was assisted by the Hives and the White Stripes, actually LIKED this band. I thought they were the greatest thing since sliced bread. Incase you don't remember, the title for my other Adema review was "The Best Band in the World." Oh, how I want to just go back to that fourteen-year old kid and slap him. The music I liked- how horrible it was. And is. I was going to make a series of all of this bad music that I've purchased, but then I realized that all of this sh*t definitely wasn't worth making a series out of.

Anyway... so yes, I've come to. I finally realized (three months ago?) how bad all of those bands are, and how good Weezer is, and I'm much more respectable, musically. So yes, the Linkin Park review is out, and it will be replaced with something much more exaggerated and hateful, and in fact, I might be telling you NOT to buy the album- but there's no guarantees on that yet.

So yes, Adema- what a terrible, terrible band. After just going through about 20 minutes of listening to this 40 minute album, I was seriously about to take a sledge hammer and bash into the computer from which the music was coming from. Not for a long time have a garnered such ANGER from music so stupid. I think it might've been because of the deception the album lead me through. They made me think they were seriously the best thing to graze this country. I supported them. I promoted them. I almost cried when I missed their concert. And I even got a whole website to like them. How dare I criticize the revolutionist writer NyQ for his brilliant Adema review. How dare I (then again, he didn't really review the album that well, so I can't blame myself for criticizing him).

So yes, today I decided to check out Adema one last time and see if they were any good in this expanded mind of mine. And I won't deny that the first track, Everyone, really did catch my attention, and it's not a bad song at all- it has some cool guitar riffs, and Marky Chavez's voice is nicely placed in it.

But then, we have the beyond abysmal Blow it Away. This is an absolutely hateful, dreadfully terrible song that I've never liked, and now I HATE it. It really does suck. Lyrically, compositionally, and everything. It sucks. And so does Do What You Want Me to Do, in the same way.

However, Giving In, and I'll never deny, still retains its greatness- this is an original, ambitious song, different from most other alternative metal, that I actually ENJOY. The emotions leaking from it play well, and they go along perfectly with the video. There's nothing bad about this song in any way.

But after that and the first track, the album dies. Hope sparks a little bit on Close Friends, but the song's repetition makes your head-bopping die out. In fact, that may just be the problem with this album- lack of head-boppiness. I can always bop my head to the music I'm listening to currently, but this stuff is just bad. Freaking Out, a song that attempts to be important, with its druggie-point-of-view and "dramatic" rapping, just doesn't work at all, and the guitar isn't as unique as its supposed to be. I've never been a true fan of The Way You Like It either, which just feels vulgar, with the lyrics "I'll get inside you" repeated over and over again, perhaps to shock people.

And then there's those three tracks which I used to think to be the best on the album- Skin, Pain Inside, and Speculum. Maybe "Skin" and "Pain Inside" both build-up nicely, but some of their parts are just too out of place, and the songs just DON'T work, no longer head-boppable for this more-intelligent-than-before teenager. And I even liked "Speculum" up until a few weeks ago, when suddenly it lost its immense beauty for me- it was my favorite song for so long, you wouldn't believe it. If only I had heard Weezer's Pink Triangle by then.

The last two tracks, Drowning and Trust, also SUCK. With "Drowning", it just seems like they had figured, "Hell, we've been too soft for these last three tracks, so out of nowhere, let's just throw in this really bad HARD-CORE-SOUNDING-SONG, YEAH! and then it'll be awesome because people will love it. Yeah," and then, of course, they threw it in. And, like on most albums that you'll see nowadays, they tried to end the album with something slow and soft. "Trust" has a decent beginning but ends up as a mediocre disappointment.

And after all of that CRAP I've just let out, there's still one more thing to get mad at Adema for- not only do they suck, they also influenced my song writing SOOOOO much that for months, all of the songs that I had written sucked. Well, I guess I can say that most of the songs I write today STILL suck, but definitely not as badly.

And that is the end of my rant. Please, for GOD'S sake, do not buy this album.

(Advisor 1 says: And I thought he had so much potential as a writer, too)

Rating: D-

Recommended: No

Great Music to Play While: Hanging With Friends