Audioslave
Revelations

THE REVIEW

An album quite tough, this latest work born from the ashes of Rage Against The Machine and Soundgarden (well, "only" its frontman). If not musically, the album is tough to judge like all Audioslave albums, as RATM fans are relentless and skeptical, indifferent to a shift undertaken in very different directions from the past. Certainly, it doesn't match the great achievements that the various members have built with their respective former bands, but there is something beautiful to be found.

I am happy to report that the delicacy (slowness and for some, unnecessary sweetness and banal commercialism) of the last album has been put on the back burner. In the forefront, there is the energy and immediacy of the tracks that finally have a structure not cloned from track to track and that differs greatly from the previous two works. Definitely more inclined towards the sounds of the first album than the second, but with a more decisive personality and a less rageagainstian twist. You can encounter very soundgardenian and rock tracks with flashes of grunge in songs like "Wide Awake" or the ballad "Nothing Left To Say But Goodbye". Then there are distinctly rock and lively tracks like "Original Fire" or "One And The Same". The opener "Revelations" is also nice, which in my opinion gives the right input and guides the listener to the evolution (or step back... which doesn't hurt) of the CD and the concluding "Moth". The song "Somedays" is certainly the most banal and predictable of the entire album, even though it has a nice text, and together with "Sound Of A Gun" (reminds me too much of a song from their first work...) they represent the sore notes of this third album.

For those who were skeptical or couldn't stand this band of great artists from whom perhaps more was expected in previous works, here they will manage to give their proper interpretation.

REVELATION.