are really cool in my opinion, its one of the things that first attracted me to Opeth when i saw the song length mentioned in a review (amongst other things) I really think that Mikeal just woulkd not be able to express himslef as well as he does if the songs where any shorter. but some people dont like longies, so what do yo guys reckon
Long songs
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Ermz
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It's been part of their style since the early 90's. I wouldn't be here if I didn't like it. Although on the later albums it's felt very forced, almost as if they're trying to squeeze those extra riffs to push it over the 10 minute mark.
Luz
Cowgirl From Hell
Ermz
¯\(°_o)/¯
Let it be noted that I don't necessarily think that shorter songs are inherently bad. Everything has its niche, and Opeth's is in the long-song market.
Dseven
on the bridge
we... i don't really care if a song is long or short... the only thing that i care is about the feeling that the song produces me... for instance: although songs such as "In My Time of Need" and "Black Rose" Immortal are quite different from each other... one is more like verse-chorus-verse, and the other has a different structure, and i just thank that a song is good, not if it's long or short.
Demoke
This is the Almighty:
The first Opeth CD I bought blind (Still Life). The logo, the cover and the songs titles and duration were my criteria to get it.
Nico
Onward!
It's all the same to me, I'm not fussy if an album has long songs or short songs, as long as it has good songs.
I think Opeth have actually managed to handle long songs a lot better in the later albums, where in the first two, they where mainly long lines of different parts, the later albums, espec bwp have a lot of repeated parts which tie the song together more and make it sound like a really long song and not loads of songs stuck together. Not sayin that the early albums are bad or anything!
katatonic_fear
God of Apathy
Honestly, it took some getting used to for me to be able to stand a song as long as 10 minutes. Now, though, I don't think they'd be who they are without those long songs. They've always done it, so if it stopped now, it'd be quite strange. On the same token, if a band like Katatonia were to start writing 10 minute songs with their new era sound, it'd be weird.
deliverance
ecnareviled
Dreadful
When Man& Machine Collide
cthulufhtagn
Went Out for Smokes 13 Years Ago
there's something inherent in opeth's style that necessitates long songs...i couldn't imagine chopping off any parts of any songs to shorten them. some other styles of music short songs are a good thing though, or it just gets repetetive...slayer for example. i'm going to see slayer and mastodon on sunday! woo! 
Seth'Peth
Pessimistic Prick
I like long songs just like I like long movies...something to really bite into, not over before they start.
Seth
Seth
Evil Ernie
Ungodly freak, defiler
Heliotropic_Rose
in the soil beneath
Well if you guys like love songs you should check out the bands Failure and HUM, they're are both very spacey and psychdellic, two of my fav bands of all time. Their songs are about 4-7 minutes long.
As for Opeth, yeah the long songs are what they are!
As for Opeth, yeah the long songs are what they are!
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