yea Jeff's playing is the main reason (not the only one, though) I listen to Nevermore. I can't imagine an entire record of his pure guitar majesty. It gives me chills to think about.
I doubt it, the CD doesn't even have a tittle yet. But it will leak, tis the curse of the information age. They have to shorten the gap between mastering and production/shipping so that the CD doesn't hit the internet before it hits stores. It would be cool if they did it like NIN did where you could preorder the CD and then download a digital copy in .flac or something.