Folie à Deux (album) a tight deadline to get the album out on November 4. While on a promotional tour in Spain, the band realized that things were "spinning out of control", and, in a rushed-out statement, explained: Deciding to postpone the album release in a season in which artists like Britney Spears ("Circus"), Beyoncé ("I Am... Sasha Fierce"), Kanye West ("808s & Heartbreak"), and Guns N' Roses ("Chinese Democracy") had already set release dates, the only one available was six weeks later than expected. The album was made available for streaming on December 8. It was soon announced that a new release date
Chinese Democracy band had publicly given a release date. In an interview held during the launch party for Korn's 2006 tour, Rose told "Rolling Stone": In a 2006 "Rolling Stone" article, Sebastian Bach described "Chinese Democracy" as "epic" and "mind-blowing": "It's a very cool album—it's badass with killer screams, killer guitar riffs, but it's got a totally modern sound. The word for it is 'grand.' It's fucking epic. [Axl has] reinvented himself yet again." Bach also described the album as having "the rawness and the power of "Appetite for Destruction", but it also has the grandiosity of 'November Rain'." Rose said in