Excessive is a progressive metal band from Trøndelag, Norway. 
 Sondre Bjerkset (synth) (member of Stargazer) assembled a band of progressive metal musicians that had all attended to the same school as himself. 
 Recruiting his classmate thomas berdal (bass) who became the maker of many of Excessive’s heaviest riffs, also became the mixer/producer of the bands songs. 
 On the lookout for the missing parts of the band, he recruited Henning Bergan (guitar) and Thomas Berg (drums) who have had many heavy metal collaborations in the past, to the band. Henning having a huge influence on both the sound, and much of the more progressive parts. Thomas adding a «typical» progressive metal drumsound to the band, with hard hitting beats and fastpaced fills. 
 At last, adding Carl Edvard Hermanstad (vocal) as a permanent member of the band after only one tryout, as it was enough to convince everyone in the band, with his original, raw and screamish vocal style.