Q4 release at the earliest if I had to guess. Hopefully Todd just STFUs and focuses on playing hard shit. I'm cautiously optimistic about this one.
If it's already mastered it seems crazy they would sit on it for that long. But I agree wholeheartedly with your second and third sentences.
Gotta factor in physical production post-pandemic. Unless Nuclear Blast is gonna fast track it (assume Nails is still on there), there's usually an extended period from when a release is finished to when it's out in the world.