Collective is a 'thinktank' of musicians with extremely diverse backgrounds, from metal to ambient to jazz, these guys have pretty much been all over. In August 2013, during a coffee session with the guitar in hand and some strange ideas in their heads, they finally decided to do something with their creations and form a band. 

Collectives members have described their music as 'pretty hard to describe'. Progressive metal punk with symphonic disco elements, naming for example 'Tears for fears', 'Wham' and 'Frankie goes to Hollywood' as their influencers.

In 2015 the band started writing, producing and recording material for their first LP, and in 2017 the bands first single, titled Loathe! was published on digital media. Soon there after the band stepped into the studio and started recording 9 more songs that were published along with a 'revamped' version of Loathe! on their first full-lentght album titled 'Truth Awaking'.

In the spring of 2019 the original drummer for the band, Stefán Örn Sveinsson, left the band and following a strenous tryout period one of Icelands best metal drummers, Kristján B Heiðarsson joined Collective.

Work on a new Collective album started in the winter of 2020.