threak said:that was the best opeth interview i have read in ages!
good shit.
RogueSpirit said:Am I the only one who finds the concept of two 30 minute songs really disappointing? Unless Opeth do something radically different, I don't see how they could cohesively hold a song for 30 minutes straight, let alone two. I personally think their best work was on MAYH, when they decided to keep songs shorter and more cohesive. I mean this sounds like writing epics for the sake of writing epics...
The Master said:I think that idea of Mikeal's is totally awesome. You bet your ass they could keep your attention.
It'd be more like two long movements with the same general thematic elements, not really a "song", per se. Quite a few bands have done music in this light, such as Dream Theater (A Change of Seasons) and Symphony X (The Odyssey), and pulled it off perfectly, IMHO. Imagine two songs of that similar nature that go together - and they're by Opeth. Totally great.