The Metamorphosis Melody

The album was recorded with Alex Kautz as the new Midnattsol guitarist, who joined the band shortly after the release of their previous album Nordlys in 2008, replacing to Fabian Pospiech. Nevertheless Krautz did a fine job playing with the members who had been part of Midnattsol from the beginnings.

Later, guitarist and composer Daniel Droste left the band after the recording sessions for the album that finished in 2010 to focus solely on his own band Abab. To replace him, joined Matthias Schuler as official member for the respective European promotional tour, made between April and October 2011.

Compared to their previous work, The Metamorphosis Melody goes back to its symphonic Nordic sound and includes some themes inspired by Norwegian folk tales, with soothing vocals coming from the voice of Carmen Elise Espenæs, but less operatic. About the album context, Espenæs said:

[...] The title refers to different kinds of things. One of the main things that the title stands as a symbol for is that we have changed as a band. The music has developed, you could say that we have gone through a metamorphosis ourselves in Midnattsol. And one of the reasons why we think that, is because we have gotten a new band member, Alex [Kautz. [...] [5]

All lyrics are written by Carmen Elise Espenæs, except for "A Predator's Prey" by Daniel Droste. *"Kong Valemons kamp" is based on White-Bear-King-Valemon, a traditional Norwegian fairy tale; all music is composed by Midnattsol.