Appalooza releases "The Shining Son"
APPALOOZA is a lost steed thirsting for freedom, drawing inspiration and essence from the dust of an arid desert. After a first American tour in 2015, the band galloped relentlessly and trampled the paths of the studio to record their first album "Appalooza". In the winter of 2018, the band returned from an extensive US West Coast tour and signed to Ripple Music for the release of their second full-length "The Holy Of Holies", bearing a brand new visual identity and sound. Described as "audacious and explosive" by Rock'N'Force and "a hard rocking beast of an album" by UK website The Sleeping Shaman, the heavy trio held all the cards to make a triumphant ascension among the French heavy rock scene and were quickly compared as "Alice In Chains meets Them Crooked Vultures" by French magazine Guitar Part.
APPALOOZA are now set to release their third record "The Shining Son" this October 2023 on Ripple Music. "The Shining Son" was recorded by Arthurus Lauth at Brown Bear Recording in Saint-Lumine-de-Clisson, France. Mixed by Arthurus Lauth & Wild Horse, and mastered by Ronan Cloarec at Master Lab Systems in Nantes, France. Artwork was designed by Wild Horse Artworks.
About the new album, the band explains: "After the awakening and arrival of The Horse aka Azazael on Earth narrated in our latest album 'The Holy Of Holies', 'The Shining Son' tells how The Horse exercises its power and how it sows chaos towards the populations. Here again, we are talking about religion and perdition. Indeed, the Pelican as told in the first track represents The Christ who feeds his little ones aka the people. But his powers are weakened and his wings are damaged. He can no longer fly and get food to feed the starving people. The after-effects of a violent childhood are for life. This album is some kind of emotional liberation going through fear, escape, counterattack, violence and anger. It is the testament of a bygone era, the legacy of the past on the present, the cure for the future, and denounces the family and social imprisonment of an era."
