The Canadian singer had been with the band since 2014
Arch Enemy have parted ways with longtime singer Alissa White-Gluz. The Swedish metal juggernauts released a statement on their official social media channels. Canadian singer White-Gluz joined the band back in 2014 and appeared on the band’s last four studio albums.
“Arch Enemy have parted ways with singer Alissa White-Gluz,” the band said in a statement. “We’re thankful for the time and music we’ve shared and we wish her all the best.”
The group also hinted at their next chapter, saying, “Wherever there is an ending, there is also a beginning. See you in 2026.”
Alissa also released a statement of her own on social media, also hinting at future plans of her own next year.
“After 12 years in Arch Enemy, we have parted ways. I am forever thankful to the thousands of amazing fans I have met along the way. I can’t wait to share what I have been working on with you all. Stay tuned for big news in 2026 and see you very soon.”
While it remains unclear as to what Alissa’s future plans are, it’s worth noting that back in 2022 she collaborated with guitarist Nita Strauss on the killer track “The Wolf You Feed.“ The track is one of the best hard rock songs to be released in the last five years. In the press, Nita said that Alissa is one of her favorite vocalists and she had always wanted to collaborate with her. After “The Wolf You Feed” was released, Alissa stated, “Can’t wait to do this again.”
“If you look back at old interviews from the last ten years, any time I was asked about collaborating with a vocalist in the future, Alissa White-Gluz was always the first name out of my mouth,” Strauss said at the time. “She is truly one of my favorite vocalists and performers in the industry and creating this track together was everything I hoped it would be!”
Nita continued, “I’m very proud to release this track, especially now with everything else that’s going on. This time in history, whether in politics, music, social media, or our personal lives, has been an eye opening look into the two wolves of a lot of people out there, and maybe this song will be a reminder that we all have the ability to choose how we respond to things.”
Alissa added, “Nita and I finally got to collaborate – something we have both wanted to do for years! The Wolf You Feed is a kickass, catchy metal track with a really cool vibe. I kept the “two wolves” analogy as a foundation throughout the song while playing up the dichotomy of the two sides of the tug-of-war we all have inside us. I recorded my parts in my home studio and it was an absolute pleasure to build this song with Nita. I am honoured to be a part of it! Can’t wait to do this again.”
Alissa White-Gluz spent the last 11 years fronting Arch Enemy. She joined the group in 2014 when then-vocalist Angela Gossow decided to retire from the stage and become the band’s manager. White-Gluz first appeared on Arch Enemy’s 2014 album War Eternal. Despite a major lineup change, the record was well-received by fans and ended up being quite commercially successful. The album peaked at No. 40 on the Swedish Albums chart, No. 7 on UK Rock & Metal Albums, and No. 5 on Billboard’s Top Hard Rock Albums.
The band’s latest effort – 2025’s Blood Dynasty – came out back in March. It is the most commercially successful outing of the band’s career, peaking at No. 6 on the Swedish Albums chart and No. 1 on Swedish Hard Rock Albums. The record went No. 1 in Austria, and grabbed the No. 2 spot on UK Rock & Metal Albums. In total, 7 of the album’s 11 tracks were released as singles, with six music videos.
Arch Enemy formed in Halmstad, Sweden, in 1995, when guitarist and songwriter Michael Amott — fresh off stints in Carcass, Carnage, and Spiritual Beggars — decided he wanted to build a melodic death-metal band that fused the heaviness of his extreme-metal roots with the guitar heroics he grew up worshipping. He recruited his brother Christopher Amott on guitar, bassist Sharlee D’Angelo, and drummer Daniel Erlandsson, along with original vocalist Johan Liiva, who had also worked with Michael in Carnage. Their first album, Black Earth (1996), was basically a low-budget passion project, released only in Japan at first, but it quickly developed a cult following thanks to Amott’s melodic leads and the band’s darker, more emotional take on death metal. By the time they followed with Stigmata in 1998 and Burning Bridges in 1999, Arch Enemy had become one of the leading names of the rising melodic-death scene, even as they were still tweaking their identity.
The band’s real breakthrough came with the seismic lineup shift that defined their next era: in 2000, Johan Liiva was replaced by German vocalist Angela Gossow. At the time, a woman fronting a growling, full-blast death-metal band was almost unheard of, and Gossow’s arrival was a lightning bolt. Her ferocity, stage presence, and unapologetically political lyrics took the band to another level. With Gossow on the mic, Arch Enemy released Wages of Sin (2001), the record that truly put them on the global map, leading to massive tours and a growing reputation as a standout live act. This period also brought some lineup turbulence — Christopher Amott stepped away in 2005, returned in 2007, then left again for good in 2012 — but the band kept pushing with albums like Anthems of Rebellion (2003), Doomsday Machine (2005), and Rise of the Tyrant (2007), each one sharpening the band’s signature blend of melodic guitars, aggressive rhythms, and big, memorable hooks.
Angela Gossow’s decision to retire from screaming in 2014, shifting into the band’s management role, marked the start of Arch Enemy’s modern era. Her hand-picked successor was Canadian vocalist Alissa White-Gluz, formerly of The Agonist, whose dynamic range — from devastating harsh vocals to powerful clean passages — immediately expanded what the band could do. With White-Gluz in place, Arch Enemy released War Eternal (2014), a huge commercial success and arguably their most anthemic record to date. They continued evolving with Will to Power (2017), which notably incorporated more clean-vocal experimentation, and Deceivers (2022), an album packed with towering melodies, polished production, and some of the band’s most accessible songwriting. Through it all, Michael Amott’s guitar writing has remained the band’s backbone, filled with neoclassical flourishes, dual-guitar harmonies, and a sense of drama that ties each era together.
Arch Enemy has spent the last decade touring relentlessly, from European festivals like Wacken and Hellfest to North American package tours alongside metal heavyweights like Amon Amarth, Trivium, Kreator, and Behemoth. Their Deceivers touring cycle carried them through 2022, 2023, and 2024 with big production, tight musicianship, and Alissa fully cementing her place as one of modern metal’s most commanding frontwomen. By 2025, the band had wrapped up most of the album’s touring obligations and begun teasing new music, with Amott hinting in interviews that the next record would lean even harder into the band’s melodic sensibilities without abandoning their death-metal core. Even after nearly thirty years, they’ve managed to stay at the forefront of the melodic-death scene while continuously appealing to new fans — something very few extreme-metal bands can pull off.
As of November 2025, Arch Enemy’s lineup stands as Michael Amott on lead guitar, Jeff Loomis (ex-Nevermore) on guitar, Sharlee D’Angelo (Mercyful Fate) on bass, and Daniel Erlandsson on drums. It’s one of the strongest and most stable formations in the band’s history, packed with virtuosity and veteran experience. Together, they’ve built Arch Enemy into a rare kind of metal institution — one that has survived lineup shifts, evolving trends, and the changing landscape of heavy music, all while staying true to the melodic-death blueprint they helped shape. Now, the band will embark on a new journey next year.
