Audioslave

The remains of Rage Against the Machine drop massive, hip-hop-inflected metal hooks while ex-Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell supplies super-manly lead vocals. Some of this is the heaviest, screamin'-est music anyone has had the courage to release in years. The rest is just really, really heavy -- which isn't so bad either.

The new-old Nirvana music is hitting stores, Pearl Jam have a new album, and the
early-Nineties revival seems to be close to achieving critical mass. Enter Audioslave, a
supergroup fusion of Rage Against the Machine with Soundgarden singer Chris Cornell. On
first listen to this blend of rap, rock and roil, the alt-rock gene seems to have won the day.
One key track is "Exploder," where stinging, whiplash riffs betray a link betwee... More >