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Norway (1989 – 1997)

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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  • deadair22

    I'm so gay for this band that I named my car Mr. Østby.

    20 days ago

  • lLeather

    such an amazing and talented band.... <3

    March 2012

  • MikeySchenker

    And Ark was even quite excellent I must say.

    February 2012

  • Neue_regel_

    Exactly. The future generations will have clear ears as well , listen more precisely and judge them better retrospectively. Some bands like Conception (in Flow era etc.) were just WAY ahead of their era. It's a shame they did only 4 albums and disbanded in 1997. But this is it, we can't change that. Life goes on. We have other 1000's bands to focus on, because the 44 Great Conception songs cannot be listened in repeat for a long time. (a Jeff Buckley kind of syndrome) Ark and Kamelot were decent Conception substitutes though.

    February 2012

  • Etedesco

    Nodas is right, i don´t give a damn if it´s a mainstream or underrated band. Conception is good and full of qualities - and that´s enough.

    January 2012

  • Neue_regel_

    "such well-known and popular" Who cares about crowds and popularity. We only listen for our own gratification.

    December 2011

  • Ylmar

    Conception is More interesting than Kamelot, more progressive, but unfortunatelly, it isn't such well-known and popular as Kamelot

    November 2011

  • MikeySchenker

    Different than Kamelot, but I prefer them might be a better way to say it...

    November 2011
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