funny how long songs used to be desired, now some people dont want any
It's a scarcity thing. I don't think we collectively "like" a certain type of song any more than another - but on the heels of the long-song apocalypse of Black Clouds & Silver Linings, which succeeds an album featuring the 25-minute long In the Presence of Enemies (and the 15 minute long Ministry of Lost Souls), which is the direct successor to Octavarium, we're a little oversaturated on the sprawling epics as of right now.
They used to be a lot more exciting when, prior to 2005, the longest single track was A Change of Seasons, released back in 1995, and written as far back as the 1980s. Give us two or three albums of 9 minuters and we'll be looking forward to the next epic again, but right now it's so happenstance that it's taken the shine off a little bit.
Wow, wikipedia has suddenly got a lot more info than yesterday on the track listings: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Dramatic_Turn_of_Events
I dont think any of the track lengths are real tbh. Although I really hope OTBOA isnt 46 seconds long
I really wish people would stop being dicks on the wikipedia page.