From their site...
2009-02-28
".... We have already accomplished 8 new songs. What can I say about these songs? They rule, of course. You want a more precise description? Impossible. All I can say is that each and every song is 100% Blind Guardian, which naturally means there is a wild bunch of different things going on from time to time (always?)...."
Read the whole thing here.
It's been awhile since any good news from Blind Guardian, and awhile since a Blind Guardian album, so I thought this was news worthy.