Overall, Black Ice is not the sort of album that will stand the test of time. AC/DC has many albums that have done so already, and by this point in their career they have likely exhausted their best energy and ideas. That is not to say that Black Ice sounds tired, but it certainly is not a breakthrough record that will be long remembered in the way that, say, Back in Black, was.
In that way, Black Ice is no more or less than the sum of its parts. The album is solid, functional, and does everything the band and its fans need it to. Could the album have been made better? Probably not. AC/DC is not an innovative band, and they know how to maximize their abilities to deliver the hard rocking that their audience...
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