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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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1	Cardinal Sin	37
2	Roll the Fire	36
3	Gethsemane	34
4	Silent Crying	32
5	Parallel Minds	30
6	A Virtual Lovestory	29
7	Angel (Come Walk With Me)	28
8	Water Confines	26
8	Flow	26
10	Hold On	25
10	Cry	25
10	And I Close My Eyes	25
13	Under a Mourning Star	24
13	Would It Be the Same	24
15	Missionary Man	21

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Neue_regel_ wrote:
last week

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.

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Etedesco wrote:
last month

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.

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Neue_regel_ wrote:
December 2011

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

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Ylmar wrote:
November 2011

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

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MikeySchenker wrote:
November 2011

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

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Etedesco wrote:
October 2011

Khan and Ostby could reanimete Conception.

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fabdango wrote:
September 2011

If you complain about the sound quality, buy the goddamn album, get some decent rip, buy proper headphones and/or CLEAN YOUR FUCKING EARS.

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anooooos wrote:
September 2011

definitely awesooome band...!!

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Open_your_Eyez wrote:
September 2011

wtf they're not better than Kamelot!

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ArcTheseus wrote:
August 2011

Absolute better than kamelot.

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Eternum666 wrote:
July 2011

ROY KHAN! Hell yes.

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Mindcrime-III wrote:
June 2011

Just listen to this band for the first time. Really amazing!

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NecroGabo wrote:
June 2011

Amazing band

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RichFallenAngel wrote:
June 2011

I'll wonder if we could click "like" on the notes and publications... :P

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Stb1990 wrote:
June 2011

KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN

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RichFallenAngel wrote:
April 2011

AND CONCEPTION AND KAMELOT TO!!!!!!

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RichFallenAngel wrote:
April 2011

KHAN RULES!!!!!!!!!!

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orangebig wrote:
March 2011

FLOW & IYM

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morbidtale wrote:
February 2011

tickets for the ProgPower USA festival go on sale March 5...September 14-17 in Atlanta, featuring Sanctuary, Evergrey, Dream Evil, Arcturus, Therion, Labyrinth, and many more!

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MikeySchenker wrote:
February 2011

"the quality of the recordings is ages away from being decent!" such utter bollocks...

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