{"id":16184,"date":"2025-09-19T12:42:58","date_gmt":"2025-09-19T17:42:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=16184"},"modified":"2025-09-19T12:42:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-19T17:42:59","slug":"metamorph-casts-the-thirteenth-spell-with-a-haunted-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=16184","title":{"rendered":"METAMORPH\u00a0Casts The Thirteenth Spell With A Haunted Heart"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"700\" height=\"700\" src=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/METAMORPH-.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16185\" style=\"width:531px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/METAMORPH-.jpg 700w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/METAMORPH--300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/METAMORPH--150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cover photo by Arielle Thomas<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">September 19th, 2025 &#8211; Goth pop artist, METAMORPH has announced the release of Haunted Hearts XIII &#8211; the new full-length album via Distortion Productions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Haunted Hearts XIII is a collection of spells\u2014conjured over the span of a year, now bound together in one body. Dropped in rhythm with moonlight and fire, each of these thirteen tracks followed the arc of the turning year. Now they move together\u2014one body, one pulse, one spell. At the heart is &#8220;Haunted Hearts&#8221;-the unreleased title track and newest spell in the METAMORPH grimoire. It arrives cloaked in smoke and longing, a dark pop anthem of devotion, ache, and flame-fed desire.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<div class=\"nv-iframe-embed\"><iframe title=\"Haunted Hearts Metamorph Margot Day Official Lyric Video album title track for HAUNTED HEARTS XIII\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fSQ5E5yf7Fg?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Surrounding the title track are the bangers that sparked the spell\u2014&#8221;Cauldron Bubble Pop&#8221;, &#8220;Rock the Shadows Roll the Moon&#8221;, &#8220;Hiss Kiss&#8221;, &#8220;Crown of Shattered Glass&#8221;, and &#8220;Harlot&#8221; &#8211; songs that already haunt playlists and shimmer across late-night dance floors. Following them, the remixes slide in like perfume and smoke\u2014twisted reflections conjured by Mechanical Vein, Paradox Obscur, IIOIOIOII, Allie Frost, Spankthenun, and METAMORPH\u2019s own beloved dance mixes, long pulsing through the underworld. These tracks weren\u2019t added\u2014they were summoned. Chosen for how they breathe together. Most have already slipped into the world one by one, but here, as a single ritual, they move like a spell finally spoken in full. The new unreleased track: the Spankthenun Extended Mix of &#8220;Harlot&#8221;\u2014arrives now like a last kiss you weren\u2019t supposed to want.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cErik Gustafson masterfully produces. My vocals and flute conjure the spell, and at the heart is the love Kurtis Knight and I share\u2014bandmates and twin flames in the gothic fairytale of METAMORPH.&#8221; \u2014 Margot Day<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Haunted Hearts XIII is out on all major digital platforms including Bandcamp and Spotify.<br>Buy\/Stream\u00a0Haunted Hearts XIII:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\"><br><a href=\"https:\/\/margotday.bandcamp.com\/album\/haunted-hearts-xiii\">https:\/\/margotday.bandcamp.com\/album\/haunted-hearts-xiii<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/16gi6CU7X1YfV4BIVbjZXo\">https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/artist\/16gi6CU7X1YfV4BIVbjZXo<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center wp-block-paragraph\">Follow\u00a0METAMORPH on all platforms:<br><a href=\"https:\/\/bio.to\/5lXjb3\">https:\/\/bio.to\/5lXjb3<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the realm of Goth Pop, METAMORPH emerges as a mystical force. Starring native New Yorker, multi-range vocalist, flute player, and songwriter Margot Day, who was an integral part of the 80s NYC goth scene while fronting the legendary band The Plague with notable drummers Nick Ferrell (Spahn Ranch) and Damian (Misfits). Margot Day was bandmates with Adam Yauch of the Beastie Boys in her first band, Slow Walk 13, and later with Joey Smur Kryzwonski (Motograter) in her project Sacred. By her side in METAMORPH, Kurtis Knight conjures luscious dance vibes, dark synth, and backup vocals. Together, they fuse tech and magic to deliver shows that are danceable, otherworldly, and intoxicating.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Haunted Hearts XIII era began in Fall 2024, when METAMORPH launched a year-long series of singles, remixes, and videos leading up to the full album. Each drop in 2025 aligned with the witchy Sabbats, following the Wheel of the Year with a new single or dance mix every six weeks. This spellbinding cycle is culminating now with this release of Haunted Hearts XIII on September 19, 2025\u2014a fierce, flirtatious, and otherworldly collection of goth-pop bangers, love spells, and shadow-drenched anthems from the edge of the veil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The album from Distortion Productions features the brand-new incantation title track \u201cHaunted Hearts,\u201d and celebrates a year\u2019s worth of irresistible releases. Starting with \u201cCauldron Bubble Pop\u201d and \u201cRock the Shadows Roll the Moon\u201d in late 2024 and building through 2025 with crowd favorites like \u201cHiss Kiss,\u201d \u201cCrown of Shattered Glass,\u201d and the Harlot EP, Haunted Hearts XIII brings together the full force of METAMORPH\u2019s wild, witchy, and wickedly catchy world. With today\u2019s release, the spell is finally complete.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This new chapter follows the trail of the HEX album (3\/8\/24 via Distortion Productions) and Kiss of the Witch (2022), and dances alongside METAMORPH\u2019s standalone track \u201cDance of a 1000 Miracles,\u201d released 5\/2\/25 on Metropolis and Distortion Productions for the Electronic Saviors 7 compilation\u2014already conjuring over 18,000 Spotify streams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Multiple albums, EPs, and singles appear throughout the Margot Day discography, most notably SACRED (1999) and The Plague\u2019s Naraka (1986).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">After a profound healing in 2016, Margot Day established METAMORPH. The METAMORPH Music Channel on YouTube chronicles this journey, captivating over 200,000 viewers with bewitching music videos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Traveling with their tiny mascot Melody, METAMORPH has taken to stages across the US, Canada, Costa Rica, and Guatemala.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">METAMORPH invites you to embrace the allure\u2014and awaken your inner witch, vampire, superhero, or wizard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cover photo by Arielle Thomas September 19th, 2025 &#8211; Goth pop artist, METAMORPH has announced the release of Haunted Hearts XIII &#8211; the new full-length album via Distortion Productions. Haunted Hearts XIII is a collection of spells\u2014conjured over the span of a year, now bound together in one body. Dropped in rhythm with moonlight and&hellip;&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/?p=16184\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">METAMORPH\u00a0Casts The Thirteenth Spell With A Haunted Heart<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":16185,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"_themeisle_gutenberg_block_has_review":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16184","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=16184"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16184\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16186,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16184\/revisions\/16186"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/16185"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=16184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=16184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mkultramagazine.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=16184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}