Finally...

because you are were a fool!

it took me a year to get my nightwish (eurgh) obsessed friend into opeth. managed it eventually. - all you have to do is listen to it lol
 
it took more time because I rarely listened to it. it's more of a subtle album, I guess.
plus, I didn't say I like it as much as the other Opeth albums.
 
I liked it from the start, as I used to prefer cleaner songs over ones with more growling vocals; but I now find myself not liking it as much since I've been listening to heavier songs.
 
damnation STILL grows on me every time I hear it - even though I must have listened to it hundreds of times by now. I wasn't sure at first, then it grew on me - the songs are just great.... maybe could have done with being a little longer perhaps, but I love it all the same.
 
I love it. It took me a while to get into every song, but not long. Even so, I think it'll end up being my least-listened Opeth album. But I guess if you combine Deliverance and Damnation, they'll beat the rest.