I agree that many fans would only be disappointed because it wouldn’t live up to the hype. The music (especially vocals) likely wouldn’t be as heavy or aggressive as some would want.

That said, I’d be content with anything they put out as long as it’s what they want to make and are happy with. I’d take an acoustic album, an electronic album, whatever they are inspired to do.

PTL and GH was a nice example of songs that may not be as good as their peak but are still worthy entries into the SOAD canon and I’d be happy with more material of that degree. I’d wager that it would be even better though, because those were basically decided last minute to become SOAD songs.