Italy has proved to be a stronghold for music that blend gothic ethereal moods with medieval romanticism. After Ataraxia and Gothica, Cold Meat Industry sidelabel Cruel Moon have found another exponent of this style in Nova, though their swirling music refuses to let itself be defined by such loose categorization. A teamwork between Romeo Cosser and Chiara Ferrari, Nova have existed since 1997 and already earned several prizes for originality and innovation in national music contests. Their sound sees an interlacement between synths and voice: melancholic electronics and ethnic/tribal percussion paints an emotional backdrop on which lyrics laden with influences from past aesthetical movements such as existentialism, symbolism and the decadents are applied. Nova have good reasons for their ambiguous name, seeing as their style represents something new - "nova" in Italian - to which can be added that this CD will see them rise from local obscurity to international stardom - like an exploding supernova!