I really like An Abstract Illusion too, my only problem is that the vocals are pretty generic. Both the cleans and growlies just sound like they could be any band, they don't really have an identity of their own in the vocal department imo.

Still a fun listen, as is mostly anything that is coming from Willowtip recently, they are absolutely killing it.

Agreed. On both AAI and Willowtip.

If you haven't, check out Dessiderium - Keys To the Palace

similar style to AAI, but I like this one a lot more.

I found Dessiderium to be bloated for some reason. While they have talent, they ended up wanting too many things, and the music engagement suffered for me. Boring songwriting hidden in a style that makes it sound like you're progressive and interesting, even if you're not. I didn't hate it, but unlike AAI I ended up not thinking it was a fun listen.