For me thyve toally changed the meanin of teh word...........song structure.........now I don trelal ycare bout Verse cHorus verse format...I jsut write riffs and make'em flwo nicely together with interesting Vocal lines.....plus I dont care hwo long the songs are........I just fifnshed 2 songs....1 is 6 min prog metal dan the otehr is mroe of a8 min Opeth-esque dynamic song......so Itink thyve totally changed my musical vision....so share ure thoughts.....!!!!!......PEAC EOUT