As I Lay Dying recently entered the studio with producer Adam Dutkiewicz and vocalist Tim Lambesis had this to say about the progress:

There are only drums for eight songs tracked so far. One of them we're undecided about, but maybe it'll feel different when the vocals are done. Either way, we need write more than eith songs (since they aren't as long as the eight songs on 'Master of Puppets'). Therefore we're working on writing MORE new songs as soon as we finish recording what's been started. The only break in working on the new album will be our short trip to Mexico and Sri Lanka to play two of the best shows of our career. All of us can't stress enough how grateful we are to be writing music that we love while still receiving a paycheck. This can only be credited to OUR LOYAL FANS! Sometimes bands need to rush out a crappy record so they can start touring again to pay their bills. In our case, we plan to make a record worth listening to (hopefully), and start touring again when we're done.

They last released An Ocean Between Us in 2007.