I first listened/heard about Dream Theater before Octavarium came out. Got into them after that album came out, saw em at Gigantour, bought mostly all their albums, burned the rest from my friends then bought Systematic Chaos. I was happy with what I got, James sounded fantastic, the melodies were great and it was heavy. fell in love with ITPOE, liked forsakens melody (I Rarely listen to it now), Kinda liked Constant Motion, TDEN was alright, POW love the groove and rhythm it has, TMOLS I like how it Get's heavy in the instrumenal.
I'm starting to like this more than Black Clouds, because how it flows and has many styles.