Alissa White-Gluz

Alissa White-Gluz
Alissa White-Gluz live in 2016.
Background information
Born	(1985-07-31) July 31, 1985 (age 31) Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genres	Melodic death metal, symphonic metal, power metal, heavy metal, metalcore, deathcore
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Years active	2004–present
Labels	Napalm Records, Century Media, Act, Spiritual Beast
Associated acts	Arch Enemy, Delain, Kamelot, The Agonist

Alissa White-Gluz (/əˈlisə waɪt ɡlʌz/; born July 31, 1985) is a Canadian vocalist, best known as the former lead vocalist and one of the founding members of the Canadian metal band The Agonist and current lead vocalist for the Swedish melodic death metal band Arch Enemy.

In 2004, White-Gluz formed The Agonist with fellow band members Danny Marino and Chris Kells in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

On March 17, 2014, Arch Enemy announced via press release that Alissa would be replacing their former vocalist Angela Gossow.

White-Gluz released a statement on her Facebook page saying that she had left The Agonist, and that Vicky Psarakis had taken over as vocalist. "[I]t is with great sadness that I must also announce that The Agonist as you have come to know it is now a thing of the past. I had every intention of (and had even started) writing and recording yet another killer album this year, but my former band-mates decided to choose a different path. I wish I could change the situation but the unfortunate decision was made beyond my control so I can only wish them the very best of luck now that our time working together has concluded."

In August 2015, White-Gluz revealed in an interview that the other members of the Agonist had in fact kicked her out of the band, and forcibly cut her off from anything to do with the group. She said,

"Little did I know that during that [during White-Gluz' European tour with The Agonist], The Agonist were lying to my face and they were actually going behind my back trying to find someone to replace me. They waited through an entire European tour with me, through local shows until the last show we had booked in 2013 which was I think December 7th. We played that show and the next day they all came to my house and basically kicked me out of the band, spit in my face, locked me out of my emails – what a big fucking mess. For the next week I was in total panic mode trying to regain access to my accounts and in total shock that the band I had built for ten years – for more than a 3rd of my life at that point – was now stolen from me. That was the hardest thing about this whole transition. It wasn’t hard to join Arch Enemy, it wasn’t hard to keep it a secret. It was totally professional and smooth on the side of Arch Enemy, unfortunately on the other side of the things it wasn’t and that was a very difficult situation for me, which I’m still coping with actually."