what part of the recording is done?

Part of an article from heavymetalmusic.biz, it's dated today? Here is the somewhat interesting part...

Then there?s the infamous Chinese Democracy. It?s been 13 years in the making, and we have yet to see the finished product. Earlier this year, I had the honor of going to the Studio At The Palms in Las Vegas, Nevada while my boyfriend?s band mixed their CD there. It?s a world class studio with a world class staff. While we were there, Axl was also there working on Chinese Democracy. Unfortunately, we never ran into him. All his stuff was set up, but he was nowhere to be found. He did have a marathon recording session the day before we arrived, and left only a half hour before we showed up for our session, but he never returned the entire time we were there. It was just odd to me that he booked the place and then never used it.

I know that a few songs from Chinese Democracy have been leaked on the internet, but I haven?t heard them yet. The recording engineer at the Studio At The Palms told us that the few tracks they worked on were pretty cool but different from what we were used to hearing. After waiting this long and building up this much anticipation, I am expecting the most amazing album that I?ve ever heard in my life. Is that what we are going to get? I have no idea.