Heaviness, ambitious compositions and melody define ARS NOVA’s approach to La esencia, according to the band. The nine-track album is scheduled for March 12, 2027 through Art Gates Records, with pre-save available now.
The semi-conceptual record combines progressive ambition with metal’s power and melody. Its central search concerns an invisible thread connecting all things: something that cannot be defined or directly perceived, but can be sensed through creation, purity and the energy flowing through everything. The announcement describes the compositions and emotional narrative as expressions of that search.
ARS NOVA produced the album, with Manuel Ramil Martínez responsible for sound engineering, mixing and mastering. Mixing and mastering took place at Tercera Planta studios.
Discussing those sessions, the band state: “Manuel Ramil’s mixing and mastering at Tercera Planta studios strike a perfect balance between a natural and modern sound, on an album where every track contributes an essential piece to the whole and reveals new nuances with each listen.”
Three guests contribute to specific tracks. Tete Novoa of Saratoga appears on “Sinestesia,” Jessie Williams of Ankor contributes to “Thanatos,” and Manuel Ramil of Adventus takes part in the opening song, “Génesis.” The band’s announcement describes their contributions as adding personality and emotional depth to the album.
Daniel Alonso Serrano created the artwork, extending the record’s questions into its visual concept. ARS NOVA explain: “The visual concept explores death as a boundary where ego and individuality dissolve. It is the irreversible passage from the ‘self’ into the whole, where the finite merges eternally with the energy of the cosmos.”
- Génesis
- Sinestesia (feat. Tete Novoa)
- Eco
- Delta
- Símil
- Súcubo
- Nexo
- Thanatos (feat. Jessie Williams)
- Eterna
