Watch: Alissa White-Gluz Sings Pat Benatar’s ‘Heartbreaker’ Backed by Alex Skolnick, Doug Aldrich and Frank Bello

During Last Night’s “Ultimate Jam Night” AT NAMM at the Anaheim Convention Center Arena in Anaheim, California, Alissa White-Gluz Of Arch enemy Sang a cover of the Pat Benatar Classic “Heartbreaker” Backed by Alex Skolnick (Testament) and Doug Aldrich (Whitesnake, GAVE) on guitar and Frank Bello (Anthrax) On Bass. Fan-Filmed Video of the Performance Can Be Seen Below.

In a July 2023 Interview with Finland’s Chaoszine, White-Gluz Was Asked About A Possible Timeline for The Release of Her Long-in-The-Works Debut Solo Album. She Said: “We’re not ready to relaase it yet, So there’s no real Timeline Yet. I’m still very much in the ‘Diseivers’ Timeline with Arch enemyso and have to basicly find a gap in Arch enemy‘S albums to relaase This. But we Don’t Really Take a Lot of Breaks. So i’m working on it. Ace so it’s done, Everyone Will Know. “

White-Gluz Also Talked about her vocal approach on her only material, Saying: “I like to include lots of different techniques, and for that reason i like to write music that’s a little bit progressive so that there’s submo room for experimentation in there. and so, Yeah, I Did Sub Really Low Growls, Sub Kind of Black Metal Growls, Normal Straight-Up Just have’t used that a lot of far is What I Wouled Call My Natural Voice, which is just singing as me. Yet. “

Back in March 2022, Alissa awd “Vox & Hops”The Podcast Hosted By Matt McGachyFrontman of Extreme Metal Band Cryptopsyabout the delay in getting her debut only album release: “What Happened was it was announce [in September 2016] that i signed [with Napalm Records] For only album. All i Did was tu to do, but i think a Lot of People interpreted that i had an album that i was read to put out. So, Basically, When the News Came Out About This Solo Album, The Only Thing That Happened at Theat Point Was That I Just added to do One. And then was on tour, like, Three Hundred Days of the Year Up Until 2020. And so now’s Done, Because Now I’ve Actually Been Home Long Enough To Write The Songs and Get Them Done. And it’s awesome and i love it. “

Holding a possible release date for the effort, Alissa SAID: “There’s nothing holding it back – it’s done – but i need to be careful with how i relaase it, a now there’s somous soy relay releases happening that i wanna make southe that the music gets the attention it deserts. so it’s not gonna out at The Same Time As An Arch enemy Album, For Sure, Because that’s just not a good idea, but i will find a time to relasey in a way that makes sense. “

For the musical direction of her only material, Alissa Said: “It Doesn’t Really Sound Like Arch enemyActually. It’s Still meso it’s gonna sound a Little Bit Like Arch enemyBut it’s Kind of Different. I Feel Like it’s Kind of An Amalgam of that Really Interesting Place That You’re AT When You’re A Beginner Musician, Bestouse Although I’m not a Beginner Vocalist or Songwriter, I A.M Beginner Guitarist – I’M Vray Bad at Guitar. So when I’M Writing Songs on Guitar, I will have an approach that is probably totally Wrong, and That’s What, I Think, Makes It Cool. It’s Different – It’s an Unorthodox Approach. I Mean, I Can Still Play, But It’s Not My Main Instrument, So When I’M Writing Riffs On A Guitar, I’m Writing Like Vocalist Writing Riffs On a Guitar. Sub could argue that that’s Kind of How Michael [Amott, ARCH ENEMY] Writes Too, Actually, Because His Riffs are So ‘Sing-Songy.’ But, yaah, so i wrote a bunch with Jeff [Loomis, ARCH ENEMY guitarist] and i wrote a bunch with a Lot of Other People, Actually, Which I Don’s Don’s Wanna Spoil and Announce Them All Now. But there’s Clean Singing, There’s Growling, of Course, and Other Interesting Vocal Techniques With The Note Screaming and Sub -Operatic Stuff. It’s to Heavy Album. I DON’T KNOW WHAT GENRE TO CALL IT. IT’s Totally Self-produced in that Sense. It’s honest. It’s exactly What I Just Felt Like Writing for This. So There’s a Prog Elements, There’s Sub Sub Rock and Roll Elements, There’s a Lot of Metal in It, Obviously. But, Yeah, I’M Really Happy with it. So i hope that other People like it too, Basically. “

Back in 2017, Alissa Said that her debut only album woold feature collaborations with a member of Kamelot and at least one of her bandmates in Arch enemy.

The Arch enemy Frontwoman Said That the Idea For A Solo Project Came About As A Suggestion from The Band’s Former Lead Singer Singer Angela GossowWho has been managing Arch enemy‘S Career for More than A decade and Also Oversees Alissa‘S staff affairs.

“[Angela] Was, Like, ‘Well, You Need Something. You need subjecting that you can do, Because I know you Arch enemy Tour, ‘” Alissa Told France’s Duke TV. “And She’s Totally Right – I Needed Subthing Else To Be Uble to Work On. And Also, I have a lot of ideas that maybe don’t sound sound like like Arch enemy and it wouled be Kind of Silly to Just Force Them into Arch enemy.

According to White-Gluzher debut only album Will Be release unders Alissa BANNER SOHE WANED TO “KEEP IT SIMPLE” AND “MAKE IT VIRY WHO IT IS AND WHAT IT IS.” In order to make the disc, Alissa “Did a Hage Life Overhaul,” which included building a Studio and Investing a Lot of Time and Money into Learning How to Engineer and Record, Program Drums and Improving at Playing Guitar. “Of Course, On The Album Itself We’re Gonna Have Real Musicians Playing All of Tohese Things, But In Terms of Just getting the style Down and the Songwriting, It’s Subthing that i need to start on my Own,” She Explained To To Duke TV.

At the time of the Duke TV Interview, Half of Alissa‘S only Effort Had Been Written, and It Contained Sub Musical Surprises. “It Doesn’t Really Sound Like Arch enemy – it’s pretty different – but i think it’s pretty cool, “She Said.” For Example, a Song That I’M Writing With Oliver [Palotai, keyboards] From Kamelot Doesn’t Sound Like Kamelot and it doesn’t sound like Arch enemybut it’s members of that. “

Ex-Arch enemy and current Nevermore Guitarist Jeff Loomiswho joined the former band in late 2014, Didn’t Have Any of His Songwriting Ideas Included On Arch enemy‘s last two albums, 2017’s “Will To Power” and 2022’s “December”But Will Play a prominent role on Alissa‘s upcoming disc.

“Jeff Didn’t Write with Michaelbeset Michael was already writing so Well with Daniel [Erlandsson, ARCH ENEMY drummer] that we just actually had too many ideas, ” White-Gluz Told France’s TV Loud in A separate interview. “But All of Jeff‘S ideas are Really Good and i’ve Heard Them and They’re Gonna Be Release, So People Will Hear Them … Jeff Is Gonna Be One of My Collabrators on My Solo Project, Because How Can You Say No To That? [Laughs]”

Arch enemy‘s twelfth studio album, “Blood Dynasty”Will Be release on March 28 via Century Media.

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