Ibhendi yase-Australia yodumo AC / DC Isivele ifakiwe ezitudiyo ze-Warehouse eVancouver isebenza ekukhiqizweni kwe-albhamu yayo elandelayo, okulindeleke ukuthi iqale ukudayiswa ngaphambi kokuphela konyaka. Lena kuzoba icwecwe lokuqala lesitudiyo eminyakeni eyisithupha, selokhu kwakhululwa i-'Black Ice' ngo-2008. Umdidiyeli owaziwayo uBrendan O'Brien nguyena ozobe ephethe ukukhiqizwa kwale albhamu, ezoqala kusukela kule nyanga kuze kube uJulayi. U-O'Brien phambilini ubesebenzisana nebhendi yase-Australia ekukhiqizeni i-'Black Ice' futhi waziwa ngomsebenzi wakhe ehambisana namabhendi afana noPearl Jam, i-Aerosmith kanye ne-The Killers.
Njengoba kumenyezelwe emasontweni ambalwa edlule, abadumile UMalcolm Young, ongumdlali wesigingci nongumsunguli waleli qembu, ngeke abambe iqhaza ekuqophelweni kwale albhamu ngenxa yezinkinga zempilo ezimphoqa ukuthi aphumule ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezizayo. Amahlebezi ezinsukwini ezedlule akhomba ukuthi uSteve Young, umshana kaMalcolm no-Angus ophinde abe yindodana kamufi u-Alexander Young, nguyena ozovala isikhala sikamalume wakhe ngesikhathi kukhiqizwa le albhamu ezinyangeni ezintathu ezizayo. Ngo-1988, uStevie Young osemusha wathatha indawo kaMalcolm lapho enenkinga yokudakwa.