Alissa White-Gluz’s new band Blue Medusa reveal “cathartic” debut single, Checkmate

Fresh from unveiling details of her new band, Alissa White-Gluz has shared the debut single by Blue Medusa.

Teaming up with guitarists Alyssa Day and Dani Sophia, the trio’s first track goes by the name Checkmate, and Alissa reveals that it’s a song where “everything just clicked. Checkmate is an extremely cathartic song for me. It was created in one of those flow states where the lyrics and melodies and rhythms just write themselves and you get the feeling that you're onto something powerful.

“It’s probably the heaviest thing I’ve written in terms of lyrics, and probably the lightest of what we have cooking in terms of sound,” she continues. “I wanted to share the intensity of these feelings with fans and give them something to hold onto. I’m so happy to see so much support for Blue Medusa already; fans can look forward to more dark, heavy, brutal and haunting music very soon.”

Watch the video for Checkmate below:

Previously, Alissa teased that, “Blue Medusa is the next evolution of everything I’ve been building toward for years. It’s my creative melting pot. Everything fans enjoy about the energy, intensity and performance they’ve always experienced onstage with me over the past two decades is still here, even stronger. That is me, that is who I am and who I’ve always been. And now it’s amplified and unleashed in a fully sovereign artistic vision. Our music has blazing guitar solos, crushing riffs, brutal vocals, fast and aggressive drums, thoughtful melodies and most importantly – to me – really cogitative lyrics.”

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