Audioslave - Revelations (9/2006)

Audioslave is a rock supergroup consisting of Chris Cornell (former frontman of Soundgarden) and the instrumentalists of Rage Against the Machine. Tom Morello plays guitar, Tim Commerford plays bass, and Brad Wilk drums. The music is fueled by Cornell's powerful voice and Morello's unique and unconventional style of guitar playing, with heavy hip hop-style solos, scratches down his guitar's neck, synthesizer-like sound effects, and an extensive use of pedals and devices to change the guitar's sound. As with Rage Against the Machine, the band prides itself on the fact that all sounds are produced using only vocals, guitar, bass guitar, or drums.
While Rage Against the Machine's music was politically influenced, Audioslave's originally was not, as Chris Cornell said he did not want to become the new singer of Rage Against The Machine and needed the freedom to write lyrics which were not overtly political. However, on Revelations, their newest album, there are many blatantly political songs. The band is part of the Axis of Justice, which is a non-profit organization formed by Morello and Serj Tankian of System of a Down. Its purpose is to "bring together musicians, fans of music, and grassroots political organizations to fight for social justice together."

Brendan O'Brien, who has produced or mixed the albums of numerous major rock acts of the past twenty years, including Soundgarden, Stone Temple Pilots, Pearl Jam, Incubus, and Bruce Springsteen, was at the helm for their third record, titled Revelations. Audioslave had 20 songs written (a few of which were sampled during their 2005 tour), and returned to the studio in early January to finish recording them. The album is said to have a number of songs influenced by old-school R&B and Soul. In a recent interview, guitarist Tom Morello said that the album would feature "funky grooves" similar to those of Led Zeppelin and Earth, Wind & Fire.
Several of the songs on the new album, such as "Wide Awake" and "Sound of a Gun", take a more overtly political stance than previous Audioslave releases.
Revelations was recently pushed back to a September 5 release; consequently this summer Audioslave will not be touring Europe as first reported. "Original Fire", released July 17, was the first single from the effort. MTV.com reported that the video for the song, directed by P.R. Brown was shot on the week of July 3-7. [1] On July 11, the song was made available online on Audioslave's official website for free streaming.
Two songs from the upcoming album are prominently featured in Michael Mann's summer film, Miami Vice, and the title song "Revelations" is also featured on the soundtrack for the EA Sports football title Madden '07.

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