TIMO TOLKKI has issued the following update on his official Myspace blog:

"First of all many thanks for your mails and messages. They have been very supportive.

I have also received some messages that are not so nice. Please do not make this a war because it is not. I do not want you to say bad things about TK and Jörg etc. As I have written and what some people do not seem to understand, sometimes going away is the only solution to multiple problems one is facing. But you can do it with love and dignity.

I decided to tell you much much more than the average "we are breaking up because of musical differenecies". There is no one single cause for the split, but as I wrote it is a process of many years.

So instead of channelling your energies in flaming wars or taking sides, why don’t you try something else? Why don’t you support every Stratomember and carry us through this with compassion and understanding instead of hate, anger and war? Most Strato songs are about love and peace in some form anyway. Just give it some thought."