Mat Kerekes - Nova - Red

Mat Kerekes - Nova - RedMat Kerekes pulled Nova, the title of his upcoming solo LP, from two places: an early 2000s PC game and the state where he's living. He's been splitting time between his hometown Toledo, Ohio and Woodbridge in north Virginia NoVa to locals. A re release of the fantasy hack and slash game Diablo 2 brought the second iteration with a character's special attack called 'frost nova.' The stars had aligned: Nova would be the next record. Nova isn't an

The title single "Time to Kill" kicks off the album with a merciless signature beat

but as a brooding partner in dialogue

With its captivating melodies and emotional depth

(where they narrowly avoided the lethal traps of The Voice of Besbunu)

was originally written for the Sylvester Stallone movie COBRA

"When The Trap Is Set" is the most melody-driven song out of the four

inviting someone to take the wheel

having recently had all his recording rights returned to him

Brutal Planet Records rescued this incredibly rare and impossible-to-find album from certain obscurity

numbered180 gram vinyl

Record Store Day/Black Friday saw the release of the first in a series of three volumes of double LPs that will contain the entire

dragging listeners up and down through peaks and valleys of cacophonous noise and euphoric melody