I agree with the statement Mock the Cross was the worst song on TFM. This album is far more lasting than TFM which IMO got dull pretty quickly and is their worst release. Why anyone would want them to continue in that direction I have no idea.
He did state in an Opeth interview or something that he was quitting a while back.
Edit: He also mentioned it was helping his cleans for their newest album .
Damn, and I thought this was going to be an intelligent thread like:
"You should stop listening to Children of Bodom because their last 3-4 albums were shit.