According to killyourstereo.com there is some further information to be garnished from the recent Guitar World interview:
It’s been coming along…great! [laughs] No, we’ve been on hiatus. I’m writing and [bassist] Justin [Canchellor]’s been writing, but [frontman] Maynard [James Keenan] has been working on his wine. We’ve all just been taking some time away from each other, which has been nice. I’ve also been working on producing some comics.
Not sure why Ganjalf didn’t mention this part the other day…