Excerpts from a fresh interview with Alexi on Soundi, a Finnish music media (translated):
- There were talks already a year ago that the guys are tired of doing this. They've had kids and stuff, and after 23 years of touring it's no wonder if someone can't take it anymore. There's nothing dramatic about this or anything like that.
- I'm not quitting anything though. Dane (Daniel Freyberg) was also really bummed about this. I told him let's continue together with a new line-up and an old school attitude.
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- There's gonna be the good old songs, good old live show and two more familiar faces. I'd love to tell you who the drummer and bass player will be, but I can't do that just yet. They're really talented and young dudes who look great on stage. We have two options for the keys, I need to check them out more closely.
It's unclear what name they will continue under because Alexi doesn't currently own the rights to the name Children of Bodom. He says it will strongly relate to CoB regardless.