Cornfed Hick
Ancient Mariner
I have both pre-ordered as well, from Amazon. Did Super Saver shipping, though, so probably won't get them until Friday of next week.
It was the same way with Final Frontier. I think we found out about it when they started recording, and it wasn't straight from the band. The official announcement wasn't until the tour started. From watching the Final Frontier doc, I get the idea that they'd rather not promise anything. If they follow the same schedule that they've been following since roughly 2006, I expect an album next year.They've been very quiet on the new album front. That recent British Lion interview with Steve sounded quite hopeful, but he still didn't expressly say anything about a new album
Hmmm. Send Janick to fight off the curious polar bears every now and then?