ONE OF THE BEST SONGS I'VE HEARD IN YEARS - AVIATIONS "Outliers" (Retrospect) - REACTION / REVIEW 

Thank you so much for doing this, man. We love you and are so happy you had the time to do this... literally within 24 hours of our EP release. We'll share this reaction ASAP! - Adam

I was smiling the whole time, thank you SO MUCH DUDE for reacting to my band. We wrote this song 8 years ago and started working on this early last year so I'm so stoked you enjoyed it! This channel rules man thanks for doing what you do!

Damn! Really stoked you enjoyed the song so much man, thanks for checking it out :)

Thanks for checking out the new tune dude! Appreciate your honest feedback and glad you enjoyed it! Good luck with your hand man and enjoy your new spot! :D

I’m actually speechless, this is the best song I’ve heard in ages

Ok you weren’t kidding, this was absolutely top notch. Their entire discography is being added to my Spotify right now!

Breakdown section literally sounds like mozart metal.

I keep coming back to this video to watch Birb react to one of the greatest songs ever written

Dang you weren't kidding. This song took me on a journey. This was a beautiful song and it was very well composed.

Its almost like if The Contortionist and Plini had the most passionate sex ever know to mankind and this band was the child

whot in tarnation, this is like The Dear Hunter meets Dream Theater meets Djent meets...everything I've ever wanted in a modern prog song. Transcendent.

Easily one of the most epic songs I've heard in a while!

Absolutely other-worldly, this is a band that would be amazing to see supported live by an orchestra section

The vocalist is like a mix of Time, The Valuator and Novelists. Absolutely killer!

This vocalist reminds me of Vessel. What a masterpiece of a song

I love how well you can hear the bass in this song. Wish this was more common in songs.

I was convinced this song was never going to end.... and that would've been just fine

I keep coming back to this video, Metalbirb. You and this song are eternally ingrained in my mind and they always bring me happiness ❤ so thank you!

Thank you for finding this for us dude - amazing, hads down - a masterpiece! Omg I need to process this. Shiet. Damn.

Been on these guys for years. The original LP that this is on, “A Declaration of Sound” is one of the best things that’s ever been released. Hope they continue. They really are the most underrated band in the entire metal genre.

Could’ve just ended the video right after the song. No amount of words could do this song justice. Literal perfection

Wow, this song is actually perfection. That has to be one of the best bass tones I've ever heard, and the vocalist is amazing. Definitely gonna check these guys out.

9:22 fave part of this amazing song

They sure just won a new fan here and hopefully many others. This song is absolutely mesmerizing.

I rewatch reaction videos of this song just because I like seeing people hear it for the first time.

I want to live inside that bass sound.

Late to this reaction, and I don't know how I've never heard of these guys before! What an incredible song! Also love seeing Act IV from The Dear Hunter in the background. I will make it a priority to hear more of Aviations!

Holy shit....their vocalist is like Breaking Benjamin meets older Hands like Houses and even Brendan Urie and their instrumentals are like dance gavin dance meets musical theater meets...djent? This song is insane

This was great and glad to know you are a fellow The Dear Hunter fan. For anyone that likes this, I hope you've listened to Caligula's Horse!

I've been listening this band for some months and it's not a surprise this song is a masterpiece, all the stages it goes through, all the sounds, the vocals, everything is at its point. This guys are pure talent.

Ima have to agree with you there, one of the best songs I've heard in such a long time. Absolutely INCREDIBLE piece of work.

Check out the band Time, The Valuator; their sound is kinda similar with even better clean vocals. Check out the songs "Starseeker" or "When I Meet Death".

This has HAKEN and The Contortionist written all over it! I love it!

My song of the year by far, as a guy who really doesnt like long songs, i get bored soooo easily, but i wanted to listen and watch all the way through, and oh my god im so glad i did, one of the best songs ive ever heard, it was perfection from start to finish, what a beautiful song and beautiful band, that song made me very happy in a dark time, so thankyou MetalBirb and thankyou Aviations for that incredible experience, reminded me of a mix of Novelists and Tesseract the singers voice reminded me slightly of Matteo from Novelists and the lead singer from Fire From The Gods, which is a good thing, anyways, i have a smile on my face now so, thankyou guys all around, and i will spread the Aviations love over here in england for sure

Dude thanks so much for featuring this on your channel! This is exactly the type of music that I fall in love with. The amount of transitions and they all hit hard but all built up perfectly and were completely different while also flowing so well into eachother, if that makes any sense. Very tasteful and creative riffs and transitions. Man I loved it, and the production was masterclass. I've heard stuff from these guys but I honestly didn't expect a song this massive from them. Cheers man, I'm loving your channel!. Prog is honestly the best genre out there.

Wow this song is absolutely beautiful

Duuuuude! Thanks for this recomendation!!! I'm jumping straight to their EP!

Best 6.99 I’ve spent on ITunes just now, thx for this review. Album is amazing!

The passion behind this song is immaculate.

Thats Was Amazing, I'm going to watch the video now idk if I just watched it the was MIND BLOWING. Thanks for showing me the band I have to go hear the hole album Now.

I've officially lost count of how many times I've listened to this band and this song. I've also lost count of how many times I've watched you react, with such obvious and overt enthusiasm, to this song. Brilliant. Thanks for the amazing amazing tunage.

This is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I have ever heard. Thank you, METALBIRB. These guys seriously send chills down my regions.

It’s like Native Construct & The Contortionist together lol is amazing

This isn't music, this is fucking art. I can tell that hours went into making this, and everything they learnt in studying music has all been piled into one big ensemble. The title to this video doesn't lie.

This is the band I've been looking for all year! Holy fuck!

Dude thank you for this. This is beautiful, and I’ve been searching for more bands like this. I love the djenty, chonky riffs, with the beautiful tranquil piano bits. Also, when it comes to music like this i love the cleans in it vs screams. After the breakdown section when they came back with the vocals it actually made me tear up. This was the literal definition of perfection.

Holy shit they have some serious talent. Great reaction great song, spotify here i come.👌👌

I only checked this song out because of the bold title and I'm very glad I did. Thanks for sharing this great song and all the others on your channel.

So good

This makes me thing of Fallujah levels of epic instrumentals. But the vocalist phenomenal. Cool to have some higher range without it being annoying. I’m definitely checking these guys out

Never heard of this band before but had to check it out after your video title. This was very, very impressive.

I've been following these guys since they released The Light Years and I've never been disappointed once by these guys. Literally one of the best progressive metal bands out there right now! I will not be jumping off this bandwagon for a long, long time 😍

this band instrumentally is amazing, but the vocalist's voice really stands out to me. kinda spencer sotelo, kinda his own thing. he has really nice control- it's always super refreshing to hear amazing voice control in the metal scene.

I'm so happy that my favorite band is finally getting some recognition. Aviations really needs to get big. Also happy to see a fellow Dear Hunter fan.

Sick ass song, just followed these boys on spotify. You should check out this band Sunquake, they're progressive metalcore with a flare of deathcore and on their most recent album Amaranthe their closing track is like 13 mins long with 3 guitar solos, plenty of breakdowns, superb riffage i know you'll like them and I see you haven't reacted to them yet.

I know you said they all studied music at Berkely but geez man i was not prepared, getting young Dream Theatre vibes from these guys

Holy balls this was great. I've never heard of this band, but they got my attention now. Thank you for sharing this song

I have been looking for more bands like this lately and I am so grateful you reacted to this! Very similar to one of my favorite bands, Time The Valuator. Absolutely loved this!

Damn. Goosebumps. The whole time. Really REALLY Unbelievable song.

Amazing song his voice is so good and that bass was fucking dirty !! I hope people find this song and give a chance and really listen to it and enjoy it like i just did . Thanks for all the great reactions you drop brotha

Oh my damn! This is amazing!! Really getting some Karnivool (for anyone who hasn't heard of them, check out COTE) vibes! Thanks for introducing them to me man!

Thanks for turning me on to this band. Holy shit man this is great

9:23 gave me goosebumbs! There goes my eyes!

I remember playing their album.... between sets at a show in Guelph. 28 OCTOBER 2012 - THE CONTORTIONIST, YOUR MEMORIAL, INTERVALS I had so many people come up to me asking who it was. I remember being stoked by the amount of interest in their sound. Was so happy to see they were back at it again...

Fantastic! A new band for me to listen to :)

Christ, this was phenomenal. Also loving the amount of TDH love haha

That was the shortest 11 minutes ever. That was a damn adventure.

Intervals - Lock & Key (similar to Plini, what more do have to say?), Alustrium - United in Enmity (you like between the buried and me so you've GOT to check Alustrium my man) This song was really cool, I have heard of Aviations before but never quite done a deep dive on their stuff, very interesting, The Dear Hunter fans so that gives them a plus in my book out the gate haha, gives me a Native Construct vibe, also Arch Echo on the instruments

The vocalist is like a mix between Michael Lessard and Trenton Woodley.

This is pretty sweet. Gives me some Corelia vibes before they broke everybody's heart.

Absolutely incredible! 🤘🏻

This was just so freaking amazing. Best 11 minutes of my life spent!!

Masterpiece

His voice is fucking LOOOVELYYYY!

These guys are incredible. I hope they blow up like they deserve to. Dream Theater level of musicianship and talent.

I feel like prog Metal is really taking its own shape this year. A new swell of stand out acts are really pushing the genre hard. VOLA, Haken, now these guys, wow. So many more. I'm so excited to see where this goes!

Musically, reminds me of Protest The Hero quite a bit!

This bright me to tears. Holy cow this song is amazing

Great talent. I know they don't NEED screams, but it would balance it all out.

So good!!!! They remind me of a band from Fresno called Artificial Language which you def should check out if you like The Human Abstract. :D This song These Aren't Mirages is a good one to start with/ :D

I have goosebumps, this is an absolute masterpiece

I love this channel!! Greetings from Argentina, mar del plata city!

For more good djenty prog check out VOLA with 'a head on sideways' not as long though!

This is the first time I watch this band here on your channel . oh my God, This band is amazing 😳

This song is in regular rotation in my 🍄 playlist. It’s as amazing as you’d imagine it would be. The visuals, the prog, the message: they all make for a great trip addition. I love every moment of it

How does this much song engineering even come from someone's mind?

We got a little of ASMR in the beginning when you were drinking your beer

This could be a Haken song. Especially of they combined Earthside's cinematic side!

This is giving me SUCH HUGE Contortionist vibes and I am in love. I am a new fan!

This band is so underrated. They've got all it takes to get big, so it's only a matter of time :)

How did I not find this until now? The musicianship, and composition in this song are beyond words.

Never heard a song like this before i was glued like i was hearing music for the first time ever....

Check out their album the light years guys. So friken good. One of the best bands out there

This band is amazing! First time hearing them and I really enjoyed it! It's like if Periphery, The Contortionist, and Valient Hearts all had a baby

Best song I have heard this year of covid :) The piano blew me away. Great honest reaction too.

This is amazing holy fuck

Now do a video on the song Color Wheel by Arch Echo(or any of their songs)...I have a feeling you will fucking love it. By the way this song by Aviations(which I haven't heard) was awesome and yes I got a big Contortionist vibe from it(at least their newer material).

Reminded me of The Contortionist vibes in a good sense. Love it thanks for sharing this! Adding them to my playlists for sure.

One of the best songs ever written

mind blown