Same, I have a feeling they will take one of the two following routes: 1) Turn up the Pantera influence even more and turn to groove metal 2) take a more straightforward plunge to hard rock
You're right, I'm sure they won't go back to their roots, but at the same time I can't picture them making this album twice - it's just too much of an in-between album to work 2 times in a row.