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Malmö, Sweden (1995 – present)

A.C.T is a progressive rock band formed in 1995 under the name ‘Fairyland’, in Malmö, Sweden. The band has been through several personnel changes; with the current line-up featuring Herman Saming (vocals) Ola Andersson (guitar), Peter Asp (bass), Jerry Sahlin (keyboards) and Thomas Lejon (drums).

Initially under Ola Andersson on guitars, Tomas Erlandsson on drums, Jens Appelgren on vocals and Jerry Sahlin on both keyboards and drums, Fairyland was started by members of a music school in Malmö. Amongst various line-up changes, Fairlyland changed its name into A. C.T in 1995. In 1996 A.C.T first came into the public eye when it made its way to the final of a Swedish music competition, although it did not win.

In 1997 a new demo was recorded and the band toured extensively in Sweden, eventually recording its debut album, ‘Today’s Report’, released in 1999. Following the release of this album, A.C.T embarked on a Scandinavian tour with the progressive rock band Saga. In 2001, the second album ‘Imaginary Friends’ was recorded, after which the band went on a European tour supporting Fish. In 2003, A.C.T’s third album ‘Last Epic’ was released, and the band went on a European tour with former Genesis singer Ray Wilson.

In 2006, A.C.T signed with the label InsideOut and returned with the album ‘Silence’. InsideOut has subsequently re-released the first three albums as special editions, with bonus tracks and enhanced booklets.

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1	Wailings From A Building full track	54
2	Intro full track	46
3	Truth Is Pain full track	38
4	Out Of Ideas full track	34
5	This Wonderful World full track	31
6	Into The Unknown full track	30
6	Hope full track	30
8	Puppeteers full track	28
9	No Longer Touching Ground full track	26
9	Dance Of Mr. Gumble full track	26
11	Outro full track	23
12	The Voice Within full track	21
13	Mr. Landlord	19
13	Take It Easy full track	19
13	The Cause full track	19

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Funkafonik wrote:
37 minutes ago

So what's up with album number 5? [3] Their websites are also inactive for more than 1 year...

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duz40 wrote:
last month

So what's up with album number 5? [2]

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undiente wrote:
last month

cannot believe Mr. Landlord is not first on the top songs ...

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risen_fallen wrote:
last month

This music is kinda 'hate-it-or-love-it' :) You guys have done a fuckin great job so far :D

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omardiyejon wrote:
November 2009

they sound awesome

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mazza79 wrote:
November 2009

So what's up with album number 5?

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shlshred wrote:
October 2009

AWESOME BAND!!, addicted to it. Last Epic best album!! greetings from Mexico!! [2]

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xgeorgx wrote:
September 2009

@ brain_use: no!

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VariantJihad wrote:
September 2009

Can't stand waiting for the fifth album.

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zebrone wrote:
July 2009

They sound like a metal version of ABBA :)

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gaspode8 wrote:
July 2009

Sylvans new studio album »Force Of Gravity« is available for pre-order at www.sylvan.de (listen to samples at www.myspace.com/sylvanhome). According to their shop »all pre-orders that are paid for in time, will be shipped starting august 1, 2009« (this is almost eight weeks before the official release).

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kera37 wrote:
June 2009

takie sobie

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brain_use wrote:
June 2009

i'm fucking addicted to prog... but this is so bad!!!!!! sorry :(

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empty_words wrote:
April 2009

johnjacobsson Январь 2009 One of the best progressive bands ever!!! +1 love them.

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cucacola54 wrote:
March 2009

great band!! greetings from Mexico!!

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shu021 wrote:
March 2009

http://www.youtube.com/user/todaysreporter 5th album making of videos. And there's some funny stuff in there too lol

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GaMeBoX wrote:
March 2009

I was in one of the bands in a gig in gothenburg slottsskogen and i was mighty impressed with your performance, very high class of performance on all instruments! im surprised i havent heard more about a.c.t. since... peace!

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shu021 wrote:
March 2009

Brazil loves A.C.T =)

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VariantJihad wrote:
February 2009

Herman is a great vocalist for me.

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obsessed_nl wrote:
February 2009

Yeah it really feels like a guilty pleasure to me, it's kind of cheesy, but you can't deny the catchiness most of the time.

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