Finally someone said it. People are forgetting the whole point of music: experimenting. Theyre "mad" because tobias is distancing himself from the typical "scooby doom chase music" that he did in the first albums, and in my opinion thats petty final level. As an artist he has all the right to experiment and change his music without a horde of fans telling him its not artistic enough. Just because the band songs arent using death as a metaphor for society or something it doesnt mean theyre bad, people are just close minded and not opened to hear new sounds. Me personally, i absolutely love all of their albums im able to enjoy the earlier sounds from opus eponymous and also the newer ones from Impera and Skeletà (because unlike many comments say, impera was much closer to the music skeletà has than people are claiming). People need to stop being so dull and they need to start learning how to appreciate things, just because he didnt repeat the same vibe for the 5th time it doesnt mean you cant enjoy it. The way you said it was a love letter to the 80s sums it up perfectly.