The Emperor Of Loss

by APPALOOZA

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ACVPV Un album lourd et puissant, avec une production impeccable! Sans parler du magnifique artwork qui l'accompagne! Un des meilleurs album de 2025 pour moi! Favorite track: Iscariot.
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Nicholas Underhay One of those bands you want to tell everyone they should listen to, they are so good! They sure can play and weave a powerful story, and jeese, can this guy sing! Just check out the opening track. Another outstanding album. Favorite track: Grieve.
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Jesse Holt Holy shit, these guys are good. Favorite track: Cradle To The Grave.
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1.
Grieve 06:13
Time... It’s time to breath again To see again To feel again To be again No way, I Won’t call your name. Anyway, I’m not the same. Somewhere, you shall remain… Anywhere. I grieved Time… It’s time to sleep again To dream again To scream again To live again No way, I Won’t call your name. Anyway, I’m not the same. Somewhere, you shall remain… Anywhere. I grieved
2.
Magnolia 05:06
Longsome days, Alone I stand Is there something I should understand ? I’m waiting nowhere - I don’t know why That’s what I’ve been doing for a while —— Hey ! Is there something I should know ? There must be something… Hey ! Have I been sleeping all this time ? I must have missed something… —— I got here, I don’t know how I’ll never be expected anymore Without him, I’m no one Is there a way to change what has been done ? —— Hey ! Is there something I should know ? There must be something… Hey ! Have I been sleeping all this time ? I must have missed something…
3.
Stockholm 04:44
Hey ! have you ever seen the sun shine on a rainy day ? Run… ‘Cause they’ll burn your world Because, they hold the guns They don’t need no demons A new day must begin Hey ! have you ever seen the blood flow from a closed wound ? Run… ‘Cause they’ll burn your world Because, they hold the guns They don’t need no demons A new day must begin
4.
He held me in his arms, from the cradle to the grave I gave him what he wanted 'cause I thought he was so brave I took care of his needs, and I liked this in a way Always been on my knees, I had no choice anyway From the cradle to the grave Okay I’ve been forced to play the game Now I’m a widow in the sand I swear I will never be the same Now I’m alone and lost until I find my grave I can say that now I will no longer be a slave From the cradle to the grave Okay I’ve been forced to play the game Now I’m a widow in the sand I swear I will never be the same From the cradle to the grave Okay I’ve been forced to play the game Pretending to be someone else Okay, nobody did anything, none of you Nobody did anything…
5.
Emperor 06:13
Have you ever found yourself alone and lost ? Have you ever found yourself wandering around like a ghost ? Have you lost your breath after the storm ? Any memories of whom you once were ? Did you bury the past ? Have you ever been as weak as you are now ? Have you ever been this sad ? Even after using them, they come to you Even after threatening them, they come to you Even after breaking them, they come to you Even after drowning them, they come to you Can you hear them scream your name across the kingdom ? What more do you need to get back home ? Even after using them, they come to you Even after threatening them, they come to you Even after breaking them, they come to you Even after drowning them, they come to you
6.
Tarantula 04:51
It was the reign of the chosen one The throne is empty now The people’s roaming nowhere A fallen crown right to the ground The world comes crumbling down The people’s desperate now Tarantula The end has no end No need to tell a story That everyone knows about No need to hide There’s no more secrets The world is a tarantula That moults once again Tarantula I’ve been soiled and left for dead You’re the people who’ll repent I will make you feel this pain ‘Til the world can breathe again
7.
Iscariot 05:44
My days are numbered, My life they’ll take The mark of shame on my bloody face I hear them barking, Is this my fate ? I wonder how long will I regret ? I loved you, without hearing a sound I wanted you to stay on the ground I’ve been hiding you, no one heard you pound I took you and I put you down I am no stranger, remember me ! Have I been your devil all these years ? You realized that you have been used The weight of my past as an excuse I loved you, without hearing a sound I wanted you to stay on the ground I’ve been hiding you, no one heard you pound I took you and I put you down Feeling of sadness and emptiness I am no longer afraid of death I’m the guilty one here, There is no fate « It’s better to feel remorse than to regret »
8.
Adios Maria 05:09
Yeah, Innocent, now watch her as she goes Yeah, now steady as she goes Like a leaf in the wind, she dances Yeah, now steady as she goes My innocence, my treasure, my soul She goes, Oh she goes… Free as air, now watch her as she floats Yeah, now steady as she goes Yeah, like a river, there she flows Yeah, now steady as she goes My innocence, my treasure, my soul She goes, Oh she goes…
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"The Emperor Of Loss" is the direct follow-up to The Shining Son. It is a powerful and visceral concept album that explores the psychological depths of emotional captivity, domestic violence, and the mourning of one's identity. Through a circular narrative, where the end meets the beginning, the album portrays the tortuous journey of a woman grappling with Stockholm Syndrome, caught in the grip of her persecutor, a figure both tyrannical and deeply internal.
Each track serves as a chapter in this descent into the self, a kind of mental odyssey where trauma, confusion, and rebellion collide with a longing for deliverance, and even rebirth.
This is a tragic and cyclical work, staging a persecutor, The Emperor, at war with no one but himself, causing collateral damage on all sides. In the end, he is the true loser of the story.
The album does not follow a classic, linear arc of liberation. It unfolds like a spiral: each attempt at emancipation is pulled back by the invisible chains of trauma. But within this spiral lies a raw truth—the struggle is real, it is spoken, it is denounced, it is lived. The music becomes a form of catharsis, a sonic manifesto for those who seek to break the silence.

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released September 12, 2025

Recorded by Arthurus Lauth at Brown Bear Recording, Saint-Lumine-de-Clisson, France.
brownbearrecording.com
Mixed by Arthurus Lauth & Wild Horse
Mastering by Ronan Cloarec at Incisive Mastering, Nantes, France.
www.incisive-mastering.fr

Appalooza is :
Wild Horse - Vocal / Guitar
Lone Horse - Drum
Black Horse - Bass
The Horse - Percussions / Backing Vocals

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APPALOOZA Brittany, France

APPALOOZA is a long-gone stallion speeding after a lost freedom. Formed in Brest in 2012, the trio takes its cue from the alt-heavy firepower of Alice in Chains, as well as the rock'n'roll stampede of the likes of Queens of the Stone Age or Them Crooked Vultures, propelling themselves with a creativity and sense of direction that are the essence of great bands ... more

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