Recorded at Cello Studios, Royaltone Studios, Burbank, Akadamie Mathematique Of Philosophical Sound Research, Los Angeles, California; Audio Litho, Studio X, Seattle, Washington.

AUDIOSLAVE was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Rock Album.

"Like A Stone" was nominated for the 2004 Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock Performance.

Personnel: Chris Cornell (vocals); Tom Morello (guitar); Brad Wilk (drums).

Audio Mixer: Rich Costey.

Recording information: Akadamie Mathematique Of Philosophical Sound Research,; Cello Studios, Hollywood, CA; Royaltone, Studios, Burbank, CA; Studio Litho, Seattle, WA; Studio X, Seattle WA.

Photographers: Rupert Truman; Danny Clinch.

Arranger: Audioslave.

A modern day super-group composed of ex-members of heavy rock titans Soundgarden and Rage Against The Machine, Audioslave was subject to some pretty high fan expectations. Luckily, the group delivers just what the doctor ordered: a seamless mix of the styles that made the individual members famous. Basically a stoner rock record par excellence, AUDIOSLAVE strips the genre down to its core, serving up one pile-driving riff after another with minimal, but perfectly placed, production flash. In any given song, the band repeats said riffs with even more bone-crushing attitude each time.

Just when the listener thinks his/her head will go numb from too much stud-rock low E-string twanging and Montrose-era Sammy Hagar-esque wailing, however, Audioslave wisely throws in a ballad. Sure, it's a proven rock formula, but these guys are professionals fully in control of the situation; AUDIOSLAVE bristles with a no-frills, offhand intensity that throws down and reminds those silly nu-metal poseurs what heavy rock is all about.