Aviations - Luminaria

[EmptyThoughts]

OMG, I can't believe no one has even mentioned this album. Just like the No Spin disc, this is amazing modern Prog Metal performed excellently. To my ears, it's a mix of Disperse along with some Arch Echo, but very melodic, and Progressive as well. Just like I enjoy it... BTW, there is a singer in this band

Definitely worth checking out. https://aviations.bandcamp.com/album/luminaria

[Random Axe]

I've come to finally realize that modern prog just isn't for me. It's not bad in any way, just not written for someone of my advancing age. Music is cool and complex. The voice...

Vocals are almost always a higher pitched, nasaly, whiny timbre as if a mashup of spiral architect and Green Day. Again, most like this or have accepted this trend. I have not.

[jhallum]

I've come to finally realize that modern prog just isn't for me. It's not bad in any way, just not written for someone of my advancing age. Music is cool and complex. The voice...

Vocals are almost always a higher pitched, nasaly, whiny timbre as if a mashup of spiral architect and Green Day. Again, most like this or have accepted this trend. I have not.

Yeah that higher pitched voice is definitely a modern rock trend to make things more gritty. Its taken me some time to get used to it, but when it bleeds into more black metal vocals it starts crossing the line.

[introclaus]

OMG, I can't believe no one has even mentioned this album. Just like the No Spin disc, this is amazing modern Prog Metal performed excellently. To my ears, it's a mix of Disperse along with some Arch Echo, but very melodic, and Progressive as well. Just like I enjoy it... BTW, there is a singer in this band

Definitely worth checking out. https://aviations.bandcamp.com/album/luminaria

Yeah, I've had the album a while, and it'll make it onto my end-of-year list. I really enjoy it, it's very laid back, and has some strong melodies. I enjoyed their 2020 EP "Retrospect" which is the only other of their discs I have. Apparently they are one of those Berklee School of Music bands, so you know the musicianship is through the roof.

I don't know Disperse well enough to hear the comparison, but I do hear Arch Echo (luckily this has vocals ) as well as a good deal of Unprocessed and a bit of VOLA. Most of all though, and this is an odd one, they actually remind me of SubSignal - it could be because I got this around same time as the new SubSignal album, but I do hear a bunch of similarities even if they are different beasts. The vocals flow in the same way that when I listen to Arno Menses from SubSignal, so perhaps that's why. It's really nice.

I won't go as far as "amazing", but it's VERY well done, well written and produced, with superb performances. The only issue I have with the album is the song order. the 3+ minute long intro and then a laid back 7-and-a-half minute tune is not really the way to kick this off - especially when you follow these up with some of the heaviest material of the album. It could have been arranged better.

[Mardoch]

I have some of their older stuff, but ultimately I wouldn't end up listening to this one because I just don't like those thin, reedy, high vocals very much.