Nothing pleased diehard Guns N' Roses fans more than the release of the band's new album, "Chinese Democracy," following many years of false starts and whispery rumors.

But the enthusiasm turned into rage for Chinese people who took the album's name rather personal saying its title is "venomously attacking China." Claiming to have heard about it for the first time upon its release last week, a story in the national Chinese newspaper the Global Times, published by China's ruling Communist Party, quoted unnamed sources from Internet message boards that suggested the lyrics were inflammatory and critical of China. Moreover, the report suggested the album is in fact a plot by some in the West to "grasp and control the world using democracy as a pawn."

The newspaper's story was echoed by many comments in the Chinese blogosphere sharing the nationalist sentiment that has arisen at other times when Chinese citizens perceived their country to be under attack by Westerners. Others however, suggested that people should be more "open-minded."

Asked to comment on the matter, China's Foreign Ministry did not respond to faxed questions about the article, but a spokesman speaking on routine condition of anonymity said: "We don't need to comment on that."

The record is heavily loaded with songs containing commentary on the Chinese government referencing the banned spiritual practice of Falun Gong and featuring the 1989-y lyric: "if your Great Wall rocks blame yourself."

Several years ago, Axl Rose explained that the title was "not necessarily pro or con about China" but that to him, China symbolized one of the strongest, yet most oppressive countries and governments in the world, and he was glad to be living in America.

The album was expected to make some waves in China, as in get banned, since a lot of the western music and books are often censored by the state. The band's official website, Web.gunsnroses.com, is also blocked in the country, BBC reported. Stores in China that carry new albums will not be allowed to offer "Chinese Democracy" and fans expect that they will be forbidden to purchase the album on iTunes. China's biggest internet portal, Baidu.com has blocked all internet searches for "Chinese Democracy."

Earlier this year, bosses at the Chinese culture ministry said they would "tighten controls" on bands playing in the country after Bjork expressed her support for Tibet during a gig in Beijing.

The band's first album since their covers collection "The Spaghetti Inicident" dropped Sunday after fans held on through 17 years of myriad false starts and production delays after Guns ‘N Roses began recording in 1994.

So far, the album sold 50,791 copies in the U.K. in its first day of release, according to midweek sales figures, while in Finland the record has already been certified platinum.