I will discuss the construction of a family of non-extremal black brane solutions in N=2 U(1) gauged supergravity using the techniques of dimensional reduction and the real formulation of special geometry. Since these solutions satisfy the so-called `Nernst Law’ of thermodynamics, we refer to them as Nernst branes and provide a brief discussion of their possible connection to condensed matter systems via hyperscaling violating Lifshitz (hvLif) holography.