[theAryanTwang]

loved the new single from the moment I heard it, I was so pissed I didn't get tickets to see them in Detroit a couple weeks ago...

however a friend of mine works at immigration at the windsor-detroit tunnel and all 4 of the guys went into the building and he got a signed copy of their first CD... lucky for me, he doesn't really care for audioslave so I bought it off him! Very cool, wouldn'tya say!

I thought their first album was excellent... and the video for "Show Me How to Live" was the best music video of 2004 IMO (actually the video for "The Outsider" by A Perfect Circle was pretty good too -- gotta love the Bikini Bandits ).

Anyway, me and my girlfriend were talking about them and their lyrics, and it really seems like their songs have like a religious tone to them....

ie, from "Like a Stone:"

"I was lost in the pages
Of a book full of death
Reading how we'll die alone
And if we're good we'll lay to rest
Anywhere you want to go "

...or...

"On my deathbed I will pray
To the gods and the angels
Like a pagan to anyone
Who will take me to the heavens
To a place I recall
I was there so long ago
The sky was bruised
The wine was bled
And there you held me on"


anyway, that's my .02

[kleh]

hey you can listen to it on myspace

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[Chester]

woohoo awesome...i love it!

[clearlyentranced]

Yeah I picked it up last night..the album was well worth the wait.

[Lizard King]

I usually dont get jazzed over an album cover, but I love this one

[theAryanTwang]

know what, i'm really not impressed with the new album. after hearing be yourself i was totally pumped up and after listening to the new album for the last two weeks it just is not doing the trick... I'm trying to get into it but I don't think it's going to happen. Don't get me wrong, there are 3 or 4 good songs, but not a worthy follow up to their debut cd. imo.

hopefully it grows on me, I'll keep trying

[Lizard King]

I agree for the most part, I've listened to the new album a few times and save for a couple songs, it really isn't that great, I wouldn't label these guys as a "supergroup" there really isnt anything that super about them, yes they are talented individuals but together they are nothing compared to their former bands. When they first formed I thought they would be huge, but its really been more of a let-down than anything. The Audioslave songs just sound too much alike, over and over and its gets to be quite annoying after awhile, I can't remember the last time I listened to the first album. But to their credit they have some cool guitar riffs and "Be Yourself" is a cool song, I cant stop listening to that one right now.

[LaminarFlow]

I really think the first half of the album rocks... but then I lose interest. Or maybe I just start to reminisce about Soundgarden & Rage & how much I liked them back in their haydays.
Chris Cornell has a great voice, but like LizardKing said, it just starts to get annoying after a while.