Norway

Conception

Contact: press@conceptionmusic.com In the photo from left to right: Arve Heimdal , Roy Khan , Tore Østby , Ingar Amlien . Split up in 1998. Reunited in 2005 for the ProgPower USA Festival and Norwegian Scream Magazine's 15 Years and 100 Issues Festival. In late 2008, there was a rumour about a possible reunion, but it was proven false when in 2009 Tore Østby and John Macaluso reformed Ark . They did, however, eventually reform in 2018. Additional discography: - Demo, recorded Summer 1992, before the second album - Pre-production recordings, 1993 Compilation appearances: - "Black on Black" (recorded in 1992) on Norske Riff & Tordenskrall - "The Promiser" on A Journey Into Sound II (Visions Magazine, 1993) - "Black on Black" on Pure Metal Sampler Vol. 2 ( Victor , 1994) - "Roll the Fire" on Metal 1 Video VHS ( Victor , 1995) - "Silent Crying" on Silent Crying - Rock Ballads Against Nuclear Terror ( T&T Records , 1995) - "Some Wounds" on Metal 1 Vol.2 ( Victor , 1995) - "My Decision" on Pure Noise ( Noise Records , 1995) - "Some Wounds" on Pure Metal Sampler Vol. 5 ( Victor , 1995) - "Silent Crying" on Metal 1 Ballad (Noise, 1996) - "Sanctuary" on New Metal Ballads Volume 2 (TEIC, 1996) - "My Decision" on 12 Years In Noise - Metal & Beyond... ( Noise Records , 1996) - "Gethsemane" on Dynamit Vol. 6 ( Rock Hard , 1997) - "Would It Be the Same" on Metal 1 Vol.3 ( Victor , 1997) - "Roll the Fire" on The History Of Noise Records - Noisy Metal Bastards ( Noise Records , 2000) - "Water Confines" on Power Of Metal - 20 Years In Noise ( Noise Records , 2003) - "Roll the Fire" on Noise Records - You Want Metal? You Got It! ( Noise Records , 2010) - "Roll the Fire" and "A Million Gods" on Power Metal (Metro Select, 2018) - "By the Blues" on Lauschangriff Vol. 80 ( Rock Hard , 2020)

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Progressive Power Metal

Lineup

Tore Østby

Guitars (1989-1998, 2005, 2018-present), Keyboards

1989-1990, 2018

Ingar Amlien

Bass

1990-1998, 2005, 2018-present

Arve Heimdal

Drums, Percussion

1990-1998, 2005, 2018-present

Roy Khan

Vocals

1991-1998, 2005, 2018-present

Freddy Samsonstuen

Bass (1989-1990), Keyboards

1990

Werner Skogli

Drums

1989-1990

Dag Østby

Vocals

1989-1990

Hans Christian Gjestvang

Keyboards

1992-1994

Trond Nagell-Dahl

Keyboards

1994-1995, 1996-1998, 2005

Halvor Holter

Keyboards

1994

Lars Andre Kvistum

Keyboards

2019-present

Aurora Amalie Heimdal

Vocals (backing)

2019-present

Lars Christian Narum

Keyboards

1996