{"id":2346445,"date":"2026-03-26T15:19:13","date_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:19:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2346445"},"modified":"2026-03-26T15:19:13","modified_gmt":"2026-03-26T15:19:13","slug":"alissa-white-gluz-is-working-on-two-new-albums","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/alissa-white-gluz-is-working-on-two-new-albums\/","title":{"rendered":"Alissa White-Gluz is working on two new albums"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-body\">\n<p id=\"3d844bf0-0eb6-4965-97f5-e0655da33535\">Alissa White-Gluz likes to stay active. Since making her debut with The Agonist in 2007 and continuing through her tenure in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-analytics-id=\"inline-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/every-arch-enemy-album-ranked\" data-url=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/every-arch-enemy-album-ranked\" data-hl-processed=\"none\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"inline-link\" data-before-rewrite-localise=\"https:\/\/www.loudersound.com\/features\/every-arch-enemy-album-ranked\">Arch Enemy<\/a>, the singer has been tapped up to collaborate with dozens of artists, ranging from the likes of Soilwork and Carnifex to Epica, Babymetal and Powerwolf.<\/p>\n<p>So even after her shock departure from Arch Enemy in November 2025, it wasn&#8217;t too surprising she immediately hit the ground running with her debut solo single <em>The Room Where She Died<\/em>. But although she&#8217;s now launched the group Blue Medusa with the single <em>Checkmate<\/em>, she&#8217;s keen to point out the band is separate from her much anticipated solo project, for which she signed a recording deal with Napalm Records in 2016.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" id=\"elk-seasonal\"\/><\/p>\n<aside data-block-type=\"embed\" data-render-type=\"fte\" data-skip=\"dealsy\" data-widget-type=\"seasonal\" class=\"hawk-root\"\/>\n<p id=\"3d844bf0-0eb6-4965-97f5-e0655da33535-2\">\u201cJust to be clear, the deal I signed in 2016 was for a solo album and Blue Medusa is something else \u2013 it\u2019s a band,\u201d she explained in an exclusive interview with <em>Metal Hammer<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"article-continues-below block py-2 text-sm\">Article continues below <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"inline-block w-2.5 h-2.5 ml-2\" fill=\"currentColor\" preserveaspectratio=\"xMidYMid meet\" viewbox=\"0 0 1000 1000\"><path d=\"M1000 100L500 900 0 100h1000z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/p>\n<aside data-component-name=\"Recirculation:ArticleRiver\" data-recirculation-type=\"inline\" data-mrf-recirculation=\"Trending Bar\" data-nosnippet=\"\" class=\"clear-both pb-0 pt-2 mb-4\">\n        <span class=\"&#10;            flex&#10;            after:content-[''] after:flex-1 after:ml-4 after:my-[0.7rem] after:border-t after:border-solid after:border-t-[#ccc]&#10;            before:content-[''] before:flex-1 before:mr-4 before:my-[0.7rem] before:border-t before:border-solid before:border-t-[#ccc]&#10;            font-article-heading pb-0 !text-base uppercase sm:text-sm font-bold&#10;        \"><br \/>\n            You may like<br \/>\n        <\/span><\/p>\n<\/aside>\n<p>\u201cThe solo project \u2013 <em>Alissa<\/em> \u2013 my goal with that is to give back to all the people I have collaborated with over the years. I\u2019ve done something like over 50 collaborations over the years, so many! So for a long time it was like, \u2018Man, I am appearing on a <em>lot<\/em> of people\u2019s albums. What if they appeared on my album?\u2019&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>During the interview, Alissa also explains that the solo project will be more diverse, while Blue Medusa is reflective of her &#8220;top preferences&#8221; in music, citing &#8220;high-energy, fast heavy music&#8221;, black metal and progressive metal as specific influences. She also shares a dream collaborator for her solo project.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;There\u2019s also people that I just absolutely love who are a huge inspiration to me who I would really, really want to create with &#8211; like Brody Dalle of The Distillers,&#8221; she enthuses. &#8220;I can\u2019t go and create a whole band with all of these people \u2013 much as I\u2019d like to \u2013 so the solo project remains a place where I want to have the freedom to do whatever feels good. My music taste is not narrow; I like a lot of different things. Black metal, Queen, Muse\u2026 I want to be able to be eclectic with it.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Alissa released her debut solo single <em>The Room Where She Died <\/em>on November 23, 2025. Co-written by Oliver Palotai (Kamelot\/Doro Pesch), she explained to <em>Hammer<\/em> why the six-minute epic was the perfect first song to showcase her solo output.<\/p>\n<div id=\"slice-container-newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-VtSz2dpDMLBsVFqUbm2WmC\" class=\"slice-container newsletter-inbodyContent-slice newsletterForm-articleInbodyContent-VtSz2dpDMLBsVFqUbm2WmC slice-container-newsletterForm\">\n<div data-hydrate=\"true\" class=\"newsletter-form__wrapper newsletter-form__wrapper--inbodyContent\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-form__container\">\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__top-bar\"\/>\n<section class=\"newsletter-form__main-section\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-form__strapline\">Sign up below to get the latest from Metal Hammer, plus exclusive special offers, direct to your inbox!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&#8220;It\u2019s so eclectic and progressive that it\u2019s laying the foundation to be like, \u2018Here\u2019s all the stuff that can happen,'&#8221; she says. &#8220;With Blue Medusa we\u2019ve got a more focused sound, whereas Alissa is for people who have followed me over the years and know that I do all these things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Although there&#8217;s no announced release date for <em>Alissa <\/em>or the Blue Medusa debut, the band have announced their debut gigs for later this year at US festivals Louder Than Life and Aftershock in September and October respectively.<\/p>\n<p>The show announcements came with the news that Blue Medusa&#8217;s live band line-up will consist of Alissa and collaborators Alyssa Day and Dani Sophia, as well as Dragonforce bassist Alicia Vigil and drummer Delaney Jaster.<\/p>\n<p>You can read more about Alissa White-Gluz&#8217;s new band Blue Medusa in an upcoming issue of <em>Metal Hammer<\/em>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube-video youtube-facade\" data-nosnippet=\"\" id=\"T21hSKREXGk\">\n<div class=\"video-aspect-box\">\n<div class=\"watch-on-iframe-T21hSKREXGk\" data-yt-video-token=\"T21hSKREXGk\" title=\"Checkmate (Official Music Video) | BLUE MEDUSA - YouTube\">\n<span class=\"youtube-video-title\">Checkmate (Official Music Video) | BLUE MEDUSA &#8211; 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