Trivial Act is a progressive metal

Progressive metal

Progressive metal is a subgenre of heavy metal originating in the United Kingdom and North America in the late 1980s...

 band from Arendal

Arendal

is a town and municipality in the county of Aust-Agder, Norway. Arendal belongs to the traditional region of Sørlandet.The town of Arendal is the administrative center the municipality and also of Aust-Agder county...

, Norway. Their influences are based on progressive metal greats such as Dream Theater

Dream Theater

Dream Theater is an American progressive metal band formed in 1985 under the name Majesty by John Petrucci, John Myung, and Mike Portnoy while they attended Berklee College of Music in Massachusetts. They subsequently dropped out of their studies to further concentrate on the band that would...

, Fates Warning

Fates Warning

Fates Warning is an American progressive metal band, formed in 1982 by vocalist John Arch, guitarists Jim Matheos and Victor Arduini, bassist Joe DiBiase, and drummer Steve Zimmerman in Hartford, Connecticut. Fates Warning has experienced numerous line-up changes...

, Queensrÿche

Queensrÿche

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 and Voivod

Voivod (band)

Voivod are a Canadian heavy metal band from Jonquière, Quebec, Canada. Their musical style has changed several times since the band's origin in the early 1980s...

 and traditional metal legends Judas Priest

Judas Priest

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 and Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden are an English heavy metal band from Leyton in east London, formed in 1975 by bassist and primary songwriter Steve Harris. Since their inception, the band's discography has grown to include a total of thirty-six albums: fifteen studio albums; eleven live albums; four EPs; and six...

.

History

Trivial Act was formed in 1993 by guitarist B. Andreassen and H. Salvesen in Arendal

Arendal

is a town and municipality in the county of Aust-Agder, Norway. Arendal belongs to the traditional region of Sørlandet.The town of Arendal is the administrative center the municipality and also of Aust-Agder county...

, Norway. On October 27, 1997, they released Mindscape which was praised in 2006 as "a classic release in Norwegian Metal" by Scream magazine. A month later, Erik Wroldsen

Erik Wroldsen

Erik Wroldsen is a heavy metal drummer. His main band was the industrial metal band Red Harvest.Erik has also played drums for Trivial Act and Decadence.- Discography :...

 left the band for personal reasons and was later replaced by drummer Stian Kristoffersen

Stian Lindaas Kristoffersen

Stian Lindaas Kristoffersen is a heavy metal drummer. His main band is the progressive metal band Pagan's Mind, who he helped form in 2000....

 of Pagan's Mind

Pagan's Mind

-Biography:Founded in 2000 from the band Silverspoon by Nils K. Rue, Thorstein Aaby, and Stian Kristoffersen. Pagan's Mind released their first album, Infinity Divine, that same year. The following album, Celestial Entrance, was released in 2002 and was a relatively big success even outside of...

. A year later, Sven Ole Heggedal left the band for the same reasons and replacing him was bassist Steinar Krokmo #also of Pagan's Mind#. A month after Steinar joined, Håkon Salvesen left the band. In 2001, they recorded a 3-song demo, Thoughts in Lyrics, and then went on hiatus# After a long break, the band started recording the follow-up to Mind Scape# In November 2008, Kim Isaksen left and the band is currently searching for a new vocalist to replace him#

Former members

• Steinar Krokmo – bass
• ##Stian Lindaas Kristoffersen|Stian Kristoffersen## – drums
• Erik Wroldsen
  Erik Wroldsen
  Erik Wroldsen is a heavy metal drummer. His main band was the industrial metal band Red Harvest.Erik has also played drums for Trivial Act and Decadence.- Discography :...
  
  – drums
• Svend Ole Heggedal – bass
• Kim Werner Isaksen

External links

• #http://www#trivialact#com/ Official website# #under construction#
• #http://www#myspace#com/trivialact/ Trivial Act at MySpace#

• #http://heavymetal#no/show#article#asp?menuid=11&artid=896/ An article#
• #http://www#progrock#no/TrivialAct#htm/ An article#
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