Emva kwenqanaba lokurekhoda lecwecwe lokugqibela le-AC / DC, amagubu akhe, phil rudd, yanikela iinkcukacha zayo ebudeni bodliwano-ndlebe lwakutshanje. URudd uqinisekisile ukuba icwecwe elilandelayo lebhendi liphezulu kunelokugqibela ukukhutshwa, iBlack Ice, eyakhutshwa kwiminyaka emithandathu eyadlulayo. Umculi wabonisa ngexesha lodliwanondlebe malunga necwecwe elitsha: “Siyenze ngeentsuku ezilishumi kwaye andizange ndadlala ngcono. Ndiyathemba ukuba kulungile njengoko ndikhumbula ndiphuma estudiyo. Intle nyani".
U-Rudd wongeze ukuba umxube we-albhamu sele ugqityiwe, kodwa i-post-production kunye nesigaba sokuhlela siyalibaziseka kancinane, wongeza: “Ngesiqhelo uyaxuba kwaye ulinde iiveki ezimbalwa ukuze umamele. Izinto zenziwa ngolu hlobo, kodwa Ndicinga ukuba bathatha ixesha elide ».
Kufuneka kuqatshelwe ukuba, kwiiveki ezimbalwa ezedlulileyo, uRudd wayesele ebonise ukuba iqela liceba ukuba neenkwenkwezi kwikhenkethi yehlabathi ukubhiyozela iminyaka engamashumi amane yokuphila, iindaba ezenza abalandeli bayo bajabule. Kufanele kongezwe ukuba nangona eli cwecwe sele libhengeza icwecwe elitsha, akukaziwa ukuba liza kuba yintoni isihloko secwecwe, kwanomhla eliphuma ngawo. Rudd, ukongeza AC / DC, ukhokela iprojekthi ye-solo esanda kukhupha i-albhamu yakhe yokuqala ye-solo kwiintsuku ezimbalwa ezedlulileyo, kunye ne-trio formation kunye no-Alan Badger (isiginci kunye nomculi) kunye noGeoffrey Martin (i-bass).