Nova
Position in the network
Open the graph →Sits in a 3-act community whose dominant strand is Mainstream Rock, alongside Azam Khan & Uchcharon, Feedback.
- Nova cites Azam Khan
- Nova cites Feedback
- Artcellinferredboth cite Pink Floyd
- James (Nagar Baul)inferredboth cite The Doors
- Karnivalinferredboth cite Pink Floyd
- Powersurgeinferredboth cite Pink Floyd
- Rockstratainferredboth cite Deep Purple
- Warfazeinferredboth cite Deep Purple
Members
- Ahmed Fazal — Founder (1986–present)
- Noor — Band member (unspecified–present)
- Sumon — Band member (unspecified–present)
- Souren — Band member (unspecified–present)
- Murad — Band member (unspecified–present)
Discography
- Ahoban · year unrecorded · studioAhoban
- Shokti · year unrecorded · studio
- Ghreena · year unrecorded · studio
- Khoma · year unrecorded · studio
- Shesh Dekha · year unrecorded · studio
- Ora egaro jon · year unrecorded · studio
- Betha · year unrecorded · studio
Documented influences
Explore influences →- Pink Floyd / Queen / Deep Purple / The Doorshigh
Nova is directly documented as influenced by Pink Floyd, Queen, Deep Purple and The Doors, alongside domestic figures Azam Khan and Feedback — one of the more explicit combined domestic-and-Western influence citations in the corpus.
Source: Band Music of Bangladesh: Nova profile
- Azam Khan / Feedbackhigh
Nova cites Azam Khan and Feedback directly alongside its Western influences, indicating the band's psychedelic/progressive sound was built on both foreign and domestic founding-generation reference points simultaneously.
Source: Band Music of Bangladesh: Nova profile
Local adaptation
Formed in 1986 by Ahmed Fazal, Nova combined explicit Pink Floyd/Deep Purple/Queen/The Doors-style psychedelic and progressive hard rock with direct acknowledgment of domestic founding figures Azam Khan and Feedback as influences — an unusually well-documented dual (foreign + domestic) lineage that positions Nova as a bridge between the 1970s founding generation and the more internationally-styled progressive rock explored later by Artcell and Shironamhin.
Sound evolution
Founding period (1986): formed by Ahmed Fazal. Breakthrough period: debut album Ahoban's title track became widely popular. Extended catalogue: seven albums total (Ahoban, Shokti, Ghreena, Khoma, Shesh Dekha, Ora egaro jon, Betha), sustaining a multi-decade psychedelic/progressive/hard-rock career; specific release years for individual albums beyond the debut are not yet documented in available sources.
Based on documented description and discographic sequence. No audio-feature analysis was possible in this project, so nothing here rests on measured signal.
Concert culture
Specific concert/festival data not yet documented in available sources — flagged for further research.
Listener community
A key transitional act bridging the 1970s founding generation (Azam Khan, Feedback) and the later progressive/psychedelic rock scene (Artcell, Shironamhin, Shonar Bangla Circus), appealing to listeners drawn to the specific Pink Floyd/Deep Purple lineage of progressive hard rock.
Inferred from co-billing and from what artists and journalists said — this project has no audience-side data.
Documented events
No events documented for this act yet.
Sources
Record last updated 2026-08-06 · source record