Nu-Metal band Adema made its Toronto debut Wednesday at The Reverb. Jacob Sirkovich was there to cover the show for andPOP, and delivered his thoughts.

Doors opened at 8 PM, and it took opening act Guilt Trip about thirty minutes to get themselves ready to start the show. The first song began smoothly, but it seemed like the band was trying too hard, because the lead singer David Anthony was running all over the stage trying to make a unique show, but by the third song, he became too tired, and the show lost its touch. The band did have some nice songs, but his voice was terrible and it did not seem like this band has the potential to reach number one.

About twenty minutes after Guilt Trip’s set, One Side Zero came on stage. The first song sounded pretty good but about three to four songs after it was clear that all of their songs sound the same, with the same tune but in different speeds. One Side Zero finished their show with an amazing song by the name of “Shed My Skin”.

Next on the lineup was headliner Adema. They made a notable entrance, walking through the crowd in the venue to take the stage. It was their first time playing in Toronto and they seemed extremely enthusiastic to play in the city. Their songs had a very catchy tune, which was extremely creative and appeared somewhat similar to Korn. Frontman Mark Chavez? older brother is Jonathan Davis, lead singer of Korn. Like his brother, Mark brought a lot of energy and had great stage presence. The performance of their first single, “Giving In,” proved that Adema is here to stay.

The bands that appeared at reverb did posses the enthusiastic spirit but for the most part, they do not obtain the rock star skills that are needed to survive. The worst thing about this show is that in the venue, there were too many little kids around the ages of 12-16 who all appeared to be wanna-be rock-star fans. There was an attempt for a mosh pit but it lasted for about thirty seconds and appeared to be a joke, because these little fans were too gentle for the rough mosh pits.






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