Mawaƙin Australiya na almara AC / DC An riga an shigar da shi a cikin ɗakunan ajiya na Warehouse a Vancouver yana aiki a kan samar da kundin sa na gaba, wanda ake sa ran za a ci gaba da sayarwa kafin karshen shekara. Wannan shi ne albam na farko na studio a cikin shekaru shida, tun bayan fitowar 'Black Ice' a shekarar 2008. Fitaccen furodusa Brendan O'Brien ne zai kula da samar da wannan kundin, wanda zai fara aiki daga wannan wata har zuwa Yuli. A baya O'Brien ya yi haɗin gwiwa tare da ƙungiyar Australiya kan samar da 'Black Ice' kuma an san shi da aikinsa tare da makada kamar Pearl Jam, Aerosmith da The Killers.
Kamar yadda aka sanar a makonnin da suka gabata, mashahurin Malcolm Yaron, guitarist kuma memba na kafa kungiyar, ba zai shiga cikin rikodin wannan kundin ba saboda mummunar matsalolin lafiyarsa, wanda ya tilasta masa ya huta na wasu watanni masu zuwa. Jita-jita a cikin 'yan kwanakin nan na nuna cewa Steve Young, Malcolm da dan uwan Angus kuma dan marigayi Alexander Young, ne zai maye gurbin kawunsa a lokacin samar da wannan albam na tsawon watanni uku masu zuwa. A cikin 1988, matashin Stevie Young ya maye gurbin Malcolm lokacin da yake da matsala tare da barasa.