Brittany-based heavy rock powerhouse APPALOOZA unleash their brand new single and video, ‘Magnolia’, a rip-roaring first excerpt off their forthcoming fourth album, The Emperor Of Loss, due out in the fall of 2025 through Ripple Music.
The fiery French trio takes no prisoners and unleashes all their horsepower on new single ‘Magnolia’, hitting with more volume, distortion and grit than ever before. About the song theme, APPALOOZA says: “This song subtly explores the theme of Stockholm syndrome, delving into a profound sense of loss, isolation, and existential disorientation. The narrator — a woman — seems emotionally stranded, as if caught in the aftermath of a breakup or disappearance that has left her suspended in time, waiting for something she cannot define. Through a subtle irony, the song references the symbolic loyalty and devotion of the Magnolia, twisting it into a darker longing: she yearns for her tormentor, the very person whose absence has left her feeling hollow. As if, without him, she no longer exists.”
About their forthcoming new album, The Emperor Of Loss, the band hints: “It will mark a darker chapter compared to its predecessor, yet it stays true to APPALOOZA’s core identity. We’re continuing to forge the path that feels authentic to who we are, both musically and artistically.”
Watch the official ‘Magnolia’ video
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 Californian label 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, with Guitar Part Magazine describing them as “Alice In Chains meets Them Crooked Vultures”.
Weaving its storyline around enigmatic Biblical references and a fascinating cinematic approach, their third album, The Shining Son (2023), presented eight massive-sounding tracks that subtly blend stoner rock, grunge rock and the trio’s trademark tribal percussions. Propelled in an exhilarating stampede of thick metallic riffs, rumbling grooves, multi-layered rhythms, and frontman Wild Horse’s dazzling baritone vocals, APPALOOZA delivered their most audacious album to date, a sonic tour de force that cemented their reputation as one of France’s most creative heavy rock outfits of their generation.