''My Dark Symphony'' is the first EP by the Norwegian
power metal
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progressive metal
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band,
Conception. It is the first Conception EP with new original material since their last studio album ''
Flow'' in 1997, and was released on 23 November 2018.
Track listing
Notes
* The EP is included on the second disc of the Japanese release for the band's fifth studio album, ''
State of Deception''.
Personnel
All information from the EP booklet.
[(2018). "''My Dark Symphony'' liner notes". In ''My Dark Symphony'' D booklet Conception Sound Factory.]
;Band members
*
Roy Khan
Roy Sætre Khantatat ( th, รอย ขันธทัต; born 12 March 1970), commonly known as Roy Khan, is a Norwegian singer and songwriter. He is the lead singer for progressive metal band Conception and the former lead vocalist for symph ...
– vocals, orchestration and choir backing on track 5, engineer
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Tore Østby
Tore Østby (born 1972) is a founder, guitarist, producer, and songwriter for Norwegian progressive metal band Conception. After the band stopped playing on a permanent basis (the band was active from 1989 to 1998 and went on a 10-year hiatus) he ...
– guitar, keyboards, orchestration, choir backing on track 5, engineer
* Ingar Amlien – bass
* Arve Heimdal – drums
;Additional musicians
* Aurora Heimdal – backing vocals on tracks 3 and 6, choir backing on track 5
* Maria Engstrom Østby – talking voice on track 4, choir backing on track 5
*
Miro – keyboards, orchestrations (tracks 1–4, 6)
;The Family Choir
* Eva Strømhaug Sæverud, Filip Lopes Sousa, Ida Åman, Gun Engvall, Matilda Engström Bergkvist, Melina Fagerström Jusufagic, Natália Lopes, Rafael Tore Lopes Sousa, Sira Gassama, Sixten Engvall Adamo, Vasco Sousa
;Production
* Nils Harald Mæhlum – engineer
* Leif Johansen – engineer, choir backing on track 5
* Stefan Glaumann – mixing
* Svante Forsback – mastering
* Seth Siro Anton – artwork
* Gustavo Sazes – layout
* My Olausson – additional graphic design
References
{{Conception
2018 EPs
Conception (band) albums