APPALOOZA - “The Holy Of Holies” - (Ripple, 2021, Brest, France) -
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APPALOOZA - “The Holy Of Holies” - (Ripple, 2021, Brest, France) -

Strangely enough, when I opened that latest package from Mr Severin & Co, this was the disc I hadn’t expected to see within but...hmmm...look at that cover art. Nice! So, I threw it in. The first two songs, “Storm” & “Snake Charmer” were plundering rawk with a thudding heaviness. Coupled with guitarist Sylvain Morrel’s Layne Staley-like voice, this initial pair of cuts had a kinda AIC-goes-stoner feel that, while not overwhelming, definitely got my attention.
And then...APPALOOZA took me down the rabbit hole! “Reincarnation” came slamming in on a riff that’s as bizarre as it is cool. Imagine BÖC’s “Seven Screaming Diz-Busters” being played in some weird land between the Mojave desert and Seattle! Next up comes “Nazareth,” and much as I love ‘em, I ain’t talkin’ ‘bout no goddamn Scottish hard rockers! This one rides in on an Eastern Appaloosa, a veritable Orange-amped Kingston Wall.
I’m torn between a few but the next track is quite possibly the “Conquest” of my favorites on the album. Clocking in at over 7 minutes, it builds on a Crimson “Red” vibe then segues into a gorgeous acoustic coda with haunting choral vox. This is nice...and it continues! You’ve got “Azazael,” with its tribal opening, gorgeous chorus and chanting outro. There’s “Distress,” borne on a fast, circular riff yet lent vast dynamics by the pop-like “ooh-ooh’s” in the chorus. Couple this with the lyrics “We’re already dead” & a guitar solo reminiscent of Glenn Tipton in “Grinder” and you can see the kind of breadth on hand here.
Coming down the home stretch, “Thousand Years After” offers an ascending rhythm that morphs into a “What’s that?!?!” moment at 4:33 when out of nowhere we’re in the middle of a circus-like waltz! Then, the nearly 9-minute “Canis Majoris” brings things to a close with its extended acoustic intro, a massive lumbering Sab-riffian and a chorus that sounds like a high mass.
I may never get up on out of this rabbit hole because I keep pressing “repeat.” One thing you can be sure of, though, is that I’m not missing the call when APPALOOZA wants to take me down the next one.
-Ray Dorsey
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