I am a small fan of Adema.
This release was surprisingly okay and kept me invested all throughout.
I would have removed Shoot the Arrow, Enter the Cage, Chel, and Refusing Consciousness. These songs didn't do anything for me.
Positives- I enjoyed how they dropped the nu metal influences and explored a softer/ laid back approach to their sound.
These collections of songs are not outstanding, they do feel empty handed and soulless but for some reason it works.
Like these songs are missing ... read more

1y*

MinixMusic

I was feeling this record the first couple of tracks but the rest is pretty sloppy. The band just doesn't have chemistry at this point and they're not sure of what they're trying to be or who they're trying to please. Nu metal has been phasing out at this point so they wanted to go to a mainstream rock sound, but forgot to add some flavor on the way. Mark really did make this band in my opinion, and without him they don't seem to be worth talking about. It's unfortunate they could never get out ... read more

7mo

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