Theoretically they were going to release Tau, the first part of the Transylvanian trilogy. But then, the female keyboardist has left the band, and according to what I have seen on MA now Negura Bunget are only Negru and another guy.
It seems that although Negru is a nice guy (this was my first impression when I spoke to him) its difficult to work with him. Hopefully he will find some nice replacements, which is not easy at all, because I really want to listen to Tau.

11th February 2013
Negură Bunget moves forward.
The last days have brought some significant changes in the line-up of Negură Bunget. Although it might seem surprising, all these changes offer us no less than the opportunity of a clean new start, one we are embracing full hearted, and are grateful for!
The things within the band evolved lately on some paths that nobody was completely satisfied with, so this reset of the band line-up offers the opportunity to put Negură Bunget again on its destined path, and to the former member the chance to explore opportunities more fit for their ideas and personalities. We wish them nothing but the best on their future endeavors!
We have been moved by the many messages of support we received in these last days, messages that gave us the strength to see what's good from what was wrong, and picture clearly the future path of Negură Bunget. For all of you that have been aside us and supported us, you can rest assure, we will fulfill your trust and we won't stop until we expressed the whole musical and spiritual content that empowers what is Negură Bunget. What night swallows, day does now conceal!
We have been worked intensely on regrouping the band already, and we have already achieved a lot of things. We'll announce more details in the near future. We are still looking for some determinate individuals to complete the line-up of the band. If you feel you have what it takes to be part of Negură Bunget, to create and perform music along us, please contact us on contact@negurabunget.com. It's not an easy job, but it certainly has its rewards. Negru, Negură Bunget.

7th February 2013
We are sorry to announce that another major chapter in the history of Negură Bunget has ended. Long time member Inia Dinia is no longer part of the band. It was her decision alone to leave Negură Bunget in pursuit of other musical and personal paths and we can't but respect her choice. We thank her for everything she put in the band over the years and hope her musical path will only grow further in the future.
In related context singer Chakravartin is also no longer member of Negură Bunget. Different personal and musical reasons untangled our paths. We wish his good luck as well on their future endeavors! Even more changes within the band are likely to occur as well in the near future.
As things happened a bit unexpected our plans for the immediate future, namely an EP as presentation of the new album, and a Southern European tour in April/May, are hanging in the air for the moment. We will make a decision about everything in the following days.
This is definitely a hard moment for what remains of the band, but what does not kill you only makes you stronger. I hope we'll find within ourselves the wisdom to shape the right path for the future of Negură Bunget. Obviously we are now looking for some dedicate musicians to complete the line-up of the band, so if you feel you have what it takes to be part of Negură Bunget, please get in contact with us by contact@negurabunget.com. Negru on behalf of Negură Bunget.

30th December 2012
We updates the live section with some date. Some more coming soon!

28th December 2012
Negură Bunget in 2012
2012 was a year with plenty amazing fulfillments for Negură Bunget: the Paganfest in the spring, our very first tour in US and Canada, some summer festival, we then completed the work on the first part of the Transilvanian Trilogy. We achieved all these with you, our audience, along us, and we thank you for that! We are determined to take thing even further in 2013, with the release of the new album, and we hope to reach new places with our gigs. Stay Black!

27th December 2012
We are happy to announce Negură Bunget was voted as Best Romanian Metal Band in 2012, by the readers of Romanian biggest metal portal, http://www.metalhead.ro.

27th August 2012
Negură Bunget - album development
The work on the first part of the Transilvanian Trilogy, entitled Tău is progressing well. We started the pre-production for a while, and we plan to begin recordings in our very own Negura MUSIC studio in September. Naturally we teamed up with long time friend and visual artist Dan Florin Spataru / Encoil MARK for the graphical presentation of the album. As Tău is the very first new full length material we are releasing with Prophecy Productions, you can expect some spectacular productions. On the more complex visual side, the non-narrative movie is also progressing towards a spiritual interpretation of the Transilvanian nature, under the masterful supervision of our friend and multimedia artist Daniel Dorobantu. Finally, for the audio parts we are happy to announce we will team up with Mr. Mihai Neagoe / Mtz for the recording and mixing of the album. After working for years along us and other bands on tours and festivals and completing his master degree on Music and Media Technologies at Trinity College in Dublin / Ireland, he now joins us and Negura MUSIC studios full time.

Wow, I had forgotten all about this band until I saw this thread. I miss the classic incarnation.

All the members who left are continuing on under a different name. Taken from Inia Dinia's fb page:
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Well done Negru for chasing away the band who replaced the last group of guys who got tired of you

We already have plans to record a album by the end of the year with the help of some fellow romanian musicians.

Does this guy compose any of the music himself?

I'll certainly check out the new music from Negura Bunget (if it ever comes), but the post-Om Negura Bunget really doesn't capture what made me fall in love with the band. I think it's pretty obvious that Dordeduh is carrying that torch.

I disagree, both albums are great but OM is superior. I sincerely think that at leat Virstele showed some nice elements which were not a simple repetition of OM.