I don't think I would agree with your idea of what merely constitutes "dressing". Maybe? Maybe not?
For example, I'd say that every single artist I like has a sound of his/her/their own.*
And that this is important and would make the artist in question not a ripoff of anyone else to any degree that I'd care about.
But! All things fair, I'm not that familiar with Opeth's discography yet, since I've only just started finally liking them a bit. And I don't know much about Camel. So I'm not necessarily going to disagree in the end. I just wonder what exactly you think of as being the defining elements of a band's art, versus what I'd say it would be.
*maybe a select few exceptions...
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