Speaking of SB13, the band is at Sweetwater, along with Rich, and they're recording Nick's drum parts as we speak (well, this week at least). It looks like things are a go for SB13, and assuming they're doing the drums first (as most bands usually do), I can expect the rest of the band doing their parts over the next couple months (since it seems like the samples Nick is playing to are pretty well-developed songs). I suspect we'll get an announcement for the new album by fall, and probably a release date in early 2018. If it comes sooner than that, I would be happily surprised!
-Marc.