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The band was formed in Norway in 1989 by guitarist Tore Østby, singer Dag Østby, drummer Werner Skogli and bassist Freddy Samsonstuen. In 1990, after a demo tape, Arve Heimdal replaced Werner Skogli and Ingar Amlien replaced Freddy Samsonstuen. A year later, Dag Østby quits, and the band is forced to search for a new vocalist. After many auditions, the band hooks up with Roy Sætre Khantatat (Roy Khan), a classically trained opera singer.

Their somewhat short-lived career (the band disbanded in 1997-8) was characterized by a unique and distinct sound on the power/progressive metal genre which was slightly altered with their last studio release, Flow.

Conception was reunited in 2005, playing the important American prog-metal festival Prog Power USA 2005 (Friday September 16) and Norwegian Scream Magazine 15 Years & 100 Issues Festival (Saturday October 1), bringing guitarist Tore Østby (Ark), singer Roy Khan (now lead singer of Kamelot) and the rest of the band back together.

Discography:
* (1991) The Last Sunset
* (1993) Parallel Minds
* (1995) In Your Multitude
* (1997) Flow

Last known line-up:
* Roy S. Khan - Vocals (Kamelot, Crest of Darkness as guest artist)
* Tore Østby - Guitars (Ark, ex-Dc Cooper)
* Ingar Amlien - Bass (Crest of Darkness)
* Arve Heimdal - Drums
* Trond Nagell-Dahl - Keyboards

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progressive metal, power metal, norwegian, metal, progressive
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Preacher_WF wrote:
15 days ago

very good band

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Ebeleth wrote:
last month

Hello my friends, come with us to http://www.lastfm.es/group/KAMELOTIANS Hugs lml

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baynuman wrote:
September 2009

"in your multitude" is a classic and "flow", with one word, revolutionary.

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z-la wrote:
August 2009

lol @ Flow not really being prog. dumbest statement ever.

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Artanna wrote:
August 2009

weird.. as khan said there wasn't anything of the sort going on and he staying with kamelot...

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tamelessheart wrote:
August 2009

v that's more than impossible.

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MikeySchenker wrote:
July 2009

Their are/were talks of doing some concerts or even another album I read several times! Would make me a happy man...

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GrantRS wrote:
July 2009

Better than Kamelot. It's not even close. Wish I'd known about them earlier and that their music was more readily available.

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DreamingAlaska wrote:
June 2009

FLOW INTO YOUR MIND!!!

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DreamingAlaska wrote:
June 2009

I prefer Khan in this band :) music is more interesting than kamelot's one (5)

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Scython wrote:
May 2009

Don't misunderstand, people. This band is put on *hold*. It isn't disbanded.

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Limberneck wrote:
May 2009

I prefer Khan in th... no, wait, I prefer this band with or without Khan. Østby beats Sir Lamelot hands down, Khan is out of equation and occasionally even blatantly stinks before his voice fully matured.

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runforafall wrote:
May 2009

I prefer Khan in this band :) music is more interesting than kamelot's one [-1]

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Elfenger wrote:
April 2009

I prefer Khan in this band :) music is more interesting than kamelot's one (4)

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instinkst wrote:
April 2009

best one

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bogdan_blaga wrote:
April 2009

I prefer Khan in this band :) music is more interesting than kamelot's one (3)

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nitrokitty wrote:
April 2009

In my opinion, Kamelot firing their old singer was the best thing they ever did, and leaving Conception was the best thing Kahn ever did.

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Lapochka wrote:
March 2009

I prefer Khan in this band :) music is more interesting than kamelot's one

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falsewander wrote:
March 2009

lol was this really Khan's old band? >.>

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mudakukk wrote:
March 2009

their music helps me fall asleep every night.

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