I'm hoping, against all hope, that they'll maintain their wanting to go back to metal, but get off their high throne and realized that st.anger did not make their fans happy. No solo's, shitty sound (production wise), and drums that sound like tin cans. but the biggest problem in my opinion, though nobody seems to mention it (perhapse because they just can't put their finger on it), is they dont' sound angry at all (regardless of what they claim).
back in the day they were about rebellion, anger, pure emotion. now all the songs, even though they're heavy, sound more like:

"oh yeeaaahhh, we've got a rockin' roller attituuuuuuuuude "