I don't think his skills are decreasing, I just think he just pays less attention to what he does nowadays (that guy drinks too much) so I guess he just doesn't care that much anymore. Like, on SW and HB all that stuff was kinda new to him so he spent a lot of time practising and I'm sure he was like more sober on gigs and he warmed up more and stuff
But now he is Alexi Laiho, I mean name a metal fan who doesn't know who he is... so he knows/thinks he has got fans who will always support him so he doesn't give a fuck and just writes
Hate crew deathroll wasn't that bad, but all the albums are better than AYDY, even though the 1st real cob song I heard was In Your Face
I think he's just too busy getting drunk to notice he's killing the COB spirit (less keyboard and shorter solos) and to do something about it
but who cares... I'll always love COB, maybe they won't be my favorite band forever but I could never hate them... even when Alexi becomes so old he can't even play anymore.
but that guy needs to stop drinking and smoking, hes gonna end up with cancer at 35 ...