At the time (about 2012) I was looking for new bands to get into. Megadeth was my favorite band and I was a huge fan of Metallica, Iron Maiden and Led Zeppelin especially. But I wanted to find that new band to obsess over. Dream Theater was a band that I had heard of from my dad and from a few other people, and I decided to check them out. I checked out Images and Words because it was said to be their most popular. At first I wasn't feeling it too much. I thought it was alright, but a bit too "Rush-like". Not that I hated Rush, I actually quite like them...but Rush was never a band that made me go "oh shit this band is amazing" like the others have. Anyway, I thought it was interesting enough so I decided to check out another album. I saw Systematic Chaos at a store and I picked it up. Now, being a metal fan, this album hit me a lot more than Images and Words did, and I started to like them a bit more. After that I bought Octavarium and I liked them EVEN MORE. I can't remember the order after that, but it was definitely a band that took me a really long time to fully appreciate. I hated Awake the first time I heard it, now it's one of my favorites by them. Dramatic Turn of Events was "meh" to me at first, now I love it. It's one of those bands you really have to invest a lot of time into. Now they're my second favorite band of all time...sorry, nothing will ever replace Megadeth for me.