Guns N' Roses long-awaited Chinese Democracy album is reportedly ready for release.

The heavy metal stars' last LP The Spaghetti Incident? was released in 1993.

Lead singer Axel Rose has repeatedly delayed the album's release because of band member changes and personal reasons.

However, Rose's manager Beta Lebeis has told Metal Hammer that the record was completed before Christmas and that "everybody knows that".

The frontman is currently arranging details for the album's release date, which is rumoured to be late summer.