According to Matt Squire's Twitter, pre-production with HIM went great. He and HIM wrapped up the pre- production Mon. night.

Work started Tues. with Gas on the drums. His latest post says "Gas is killing it on drums!"  which is great to see.

If you have a Twitter account, you can follow Matt Squire here: http://twitter.com/matt_squire

I will also be updating as I see anything new/ hear anything new.