Hear Trancemigrate’s Call to Wake Up on ‘Digimorph’

At their first show since 2017, Diphu metallers Trancemigrate kicked off the new year being on the same lineup as American metalcore frontrunners As I Lay Dying, at the first edition of BigHorn Festival in New Delhi in January.

While all the members are currently based between Diphu and the capital, vocalist The’ang Teron also studies and works out of Tartu, Estonia. The BigHorn gig is described by guitarist Raikom Terang as “cool,” despite a few technical hiccups on stage. “It took a while to get in the groove. Overall, the show was cool. As I Lay Dying killed it as usual,” the guitarist says.

Following the release of their song “Null” in July last year, Trancemigrate amp up the post-hardcore and metal blend on their latest track “Digimorph,” which released earlier today. While the track talks about waking up and disconnecting from our digital hyper-real universe, it’s carried through as an encouraging message rather than anything bleak. Guitarist Kuru Ingti says the song was partly created in 2016 when his riff writing was informed by “positive metal vibes” from prog bands such as Intervals, Periphery and Novelists. He adds, “I wanted to have at least one track from the album that give you that positive feel and still have that metal groove. This time, we tried to put more emphasis on sounding as melodic as we could and keep it less heavier than the other tracks.”

Even though it was an old song, the band was working remotely with Teron, who says they now bounce ideas off through the Internet and “wire our inputs over a stipulated time.” Trancemigrate have finished writing a full-length album, with vocals completely recorded. Terang adds, “We’re looking to finish work and release the album by July/Aug/Sept which works out very well as The’ang is supposed to be back in India for good around the same time. If everything works out, we’d like to tour the country with the album in the second half of the year.”

Listen to “Digimorph” below.