A fast glance at the intricate artwork adorning the cover of Nomad’s Transmigration of Consciousness already reveals that the band does not fall to the most common sub categories of death metal. Not that they are mindblowingly experimental or anything here, but the focus seems to be more on the atmosphere and the flowing of tracks rather than punching death metal.
Don’t get me wrong, there’s a heavy load of death metal murkiness right here that grooves and crushes not unlike Gojira, and there’s also faster blast beat bursts of energy more reminiscent of black metal as also the screams go a tad higher during those sections. But the underlying motif of Transmigration of Consciousness seems to be the ambiance, becoming evident when taking a look at the tracklist alone in which brief ambient tracks precede every single metal track. While one might think that some ambient crap is mood-killing among all the blasting, I think they belong very well to the whole, and all the songs flow seamlessly together.
On paper, the concept of highly atmospheric and rather melodic (expect a nice slew of solos) death metal sounds fantastic and also in practice Transmigration of Consciousness succeeds for the most part. Hate me or not but I still think there’s a lack of truly brilliant songs: the album sounds massive and authentic yet there’s still something lacking in the composition department that would deliver the goose bumps. All around, I enjoy Transmigration of Consciousness, but the riffs simply aren’t anything out of the ordinary to lure me for repeated listens.
Don’t get me wrong, there’s a heavy load of death metal murkiness right here that grooves and crushes not unlike Gojira, and there’s also faster blast beat bursts of energy more reminiscent of black metal as also the screams go a tad higher during those sections. But the underlying motif of Transmigration of Consciousness seems to be the ambiance, becoming evident when taking a look at the tracklist alone in which brief ambient tracks precede every single metal track. While one might think that some ambient crap is mood-killing among all the blasting, I think they belong very well to the whole, and all the songs flow seamlessly together.
On paper, the concept of highly atmospheric and rather melodic (expect a nice slew of solos) death metal sounds fantastic and also in practice Transmigration of Consciousness succeeds for the most part. Hate me or not but I still think there’s a lack of truly brilliant songs: the album sounds massive and authentic yet there’s still something lacking in the composition department that would deliver the goose bumps. All around, I enjoy Transmigration of Consciousness, but the riffs simply aren’t anything out of the ordinary to lure me for repeated listens.
2.5 / 5
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