War Eternal

Background and development

On March 3, 2014 the band revealed the album's title War Eternal and the release date.

On March 17, 2014, Gossow released a statement announcing her departure from the group and welcoming her replacement, former vocalist of Canadian melodic death metal band The Agonist, Alissa White-Gluz. In the statement, she wrote that while she had enjoyed her time with the group, it was time for her to move on, be with her family and pursue other interests. Gossow did confirm that she would remain Arch Enemy's business manager, and would be "passing the torch to the super talented Alissa White-Gluz, whom I’ve known as a dear friend and a superb vocalist for many years. I always thought she deserved a chance to shine – and now she’s getting it. Just like I got that chance back in 2001."

White-Gluz also released a statement saying:

Artwork

The artwork for this album was created by Costin Chioreanu. Chief songwriter, guitarist and band leader Michael Amott commented about the artwork:

Promotion

The first single and music video "War Eternal" was released on March 20, 2014. The video was the first of three produced and directed by Patric Ullaeus and his Revolver Film Company. The band will start their War Eternal world tour in May with an extensive run through Europe. A North American tour is planned for fall 2014, to be followed by more dates in Europe. As of May, over 80 tour dates have been scheduled so far. On May 27 they released their second music video, "You Will Know My Name". The third video, "No More Regrets" was released the same week as the album.

A fourth music video for the track "Stolen Life" was released on 5 May 2015 which was the first to include Jeff Loomis on guitar. The track is almost identical to the album version, but it includes 2 extra solos recorded by Loomis.