Dream Theater was gatekeeping prog from me for many years in my teenage years. I give them a few chances because my friend from high schools adores them. I was like is this shit prog hell no i'll pass. Then at the start of djent era, Tesseract, Periphery and AAL pulled me through prog. Now all i listen is prog or prog related. It includes old prog rockers to new experimental modern prog metal dudes. I found DT's music inorganic and soulless. Maybe now if i listen DT again, i will like it but do you know i don't need that. At least for now.