Trivial Act

Trivial Act
Trivial Act
Origin	Arendal, Norway
Genres	Progressive metal
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Face Front
Members	Bjørn A. Andreassen; Håkon Salvesen
Past members	Svend Ole Heggedal; Erik Wroldsen; Stian Kristoffersen; Steinar Krokmo; Kim Werner Isaksen
Website	www.trivialact.com[dead link]

Trivial Act is a progressive metal band from Arendal, Norway. Their influences are based on progressive metal greats such as Dream Theater, Fates Warning, Queensrÿche and Voivod and traditional metal legends Judas Priest and Iron Maiden.

History

Trivial Act was formed in 1993 by the guitarists B. Andreassen and H. Salvesen in Arendal, 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 left the band for personal reasons and was later replaced by the drummer Stian Kristoffersen of Pagan's Mind. A year later, Sven Ole Heggedal left the band for the same reasons and replacing him was bass guitarist 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 temporarily broke up. 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^[when?] searching for a new vocalist to replace him.

Band members

Bjørn Andreassen – guitar
Håkon Salvesen – guitar

Former members

Steinar Krokmo – bass guitar
Stian Lindaas Kristoffersen|Stian Kristoffersen – drums
Erik Wroldsen – drums
Svend Ole Heggedal – bass guitar
Kim Werner Isaksen

Discography

Mindscape - album, Face Front, 1997

References

External links

Official website under construction, Archived
Trivial Act at MySpace

Articles

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