Band:	Nedra
Album:	D' Un Extrême A L' Autre
Style:	Heavy metal
Release date:	2008
A review by:	Jeff

01. D'un Extrême A L' Autre
02. Autodafé
03. Le Point De Non-Retour
04. Templiers
05. Ténèbres
06. Prisonnier
07. Le Coup De Grâce
08. Lemnos
09. Oeil Pour Oeil
10. Whisky
11. Arriviste
12. Les murs De poussière

"D' Un Extrême A L' Autre" is the first album of Nedra, a French combo which plays some kind of old school French Hard Rock (a bit a la Trust). If on a side the bands which have played this kind of music in the past are still respected in France this music is also considered by a lot of French metalheads like a cheesy "Metal" now. Yes, the music of Nedra is out of date and only some fans will find something for them in this record. This is not bad but too old school to clearly work today?

Nedra is not a bad band; their songs are all ok if and only if you like the old school French Hard Rock/Heavy Metal. If you're into this music I can tell you with a lot of honesty that you'll like this album. We have good melodies, rock n roll riffs, some good guitar soli and of course some engaged lyrics in French. In the style that's more than ok but even if I'm really open minded and like some bands like Manigance, I regret that Nedra sounds so old? I mean that the band probably wants to plays old school music but wow damn sometime it's so old that it can be cheesy and even a bit laughable. It's Hard Rock ok but nowadays some bands like Pure Inc from Switzerland proves that it can be modern, "D' Un Extrême A L' Autre" is not like that. French Hard Rock is not like red wine, time doesn't help it?

The production of this album is also a bit average. Sometime the instruments are not really well mixed and even if we cannot blame the performance of the musicians, this album is too simple, too out of date to be convincing. This is something for the fans of old school French music, so guys be prepared and try to listen to the album before that you buy it.

"D' Un Extrême A L' Autre" is a good album of French Hard rock but this music is definitely too cheesy to clearly work now. That's a bit sad but true I think that it was just another period in time and the people will not find any interest in such releases now. Let's hope that Nedra will find the way to add something a bit more modern in their future releases?