The Absent (Norway) played quality rock for the distinguishing listener between 2003 and 2008. The material spanned from to-the-point and short to complex and manifold, without losing sight of melody. The band rose from the wreckage of, among others, cult orchestra Simplifax - who ravaged Trondheim in the late nineties. After the end of The Absent, some members went on to form The Present.
