AUDIOSLAVE Has Finally Arrived

Canada's Chart Attack is reporting that AUDIOSLAVE are planning a North American tour from April 7 to 30, including a confirmed show at Toronto's Kool Haus April 26, with a second date in Vancouver soon to be announced.

AUDIOSLAVE will release their as-yet-untitled new album May 16. The album's first single, "Be Yourself", has hit radio this week with a video promised for April, but few other details about the disc have emerged.

Last week, guitarist Tom Morello and drummer Brad Wilk spoke to Chart Attack in Los Angeles, explaining the veil of secrecy surrounding the new album.

"I think now is about the right time for fans to be pulled out of the dark and into the light," says Wilk. "We figure the less we talk and the more we let the music talk, the better."

"The last time, our music was released on the internet eight months beforehand. So this time, mum’s the word," agrees Morello.

Six songs from the upcoming release were played for international media in L.A.. In addition to "Be Yourself", the disc is scheduled to include the tracks "Your Time Has Come", "The Curse", "#1 Zero", "Doesn’t Remind Me" and "Out Of Exile".

"AUDIOSLAVE the band has arrived," says Wilk. "The first record was people from two other bands with history attached. I don't feel that with this record."

"The main difference between this record and any other record that we've done is that it felt that the songs were completely generated on the spot," continues Morello. "At least as far as my contributions go. Normally, I make a long list of riffs, I do a lot of self-censoring beforehand. This time, I could just step into rehearsal and I just see what happened. It felt more instantaneous. I think that helped lead to the diversity of the material, and the confidence that no matter what it was we played that we would like the results."