Tore Østby (born 1972) is a founder,

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, producer, and

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for

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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, along with

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and

Jørn Lande Jørn Marumsrud Lande (born May 31, 1968) is a Norwegian hard rock and heavy metal singer and songwriter. He is known for his work with the bands Ark, Beyond Twilight, Millenium, Vagabond, The Snakes, and most notably with power metal band Ma ...

formed progressive metal band

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. Tore is currently working as a senior advisor a
GramArt
an organization established in 1989 to protect the recording artists’ intellectual property rights, other legal rights, and professional interests. On 30 April 2018 it was announced that Tore's original band Conception was reunited with new material. Tore is married to Swedish guitarist Maria Engström Østby and they live with daughter Matilda in Stockholm.

Discography

With Conception

Studio albums * '' The Last Sunset'' (1991) * '' Parallel Minds'' (1993) * ''

In Your Multitude ''In Your Multitude'' is the third full-length album by the Norwegian progressive metal/power metal band, Conception, released in 1995. Track listing Personnel All information from the album booklet.(1995). "''In Your Multitude'' liner ...

'' (1995) * '' Flow'' (1997) * '' State of Deception'' (2020) EPs * ''

My Dark Symphony ''My Dark Symphony'' is the first EP by the Norwegian power metal/progressive metal 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. ...

'' (2018)

With Ark

* ''Ark'' (1999) * ''Burn the Sun'' (2001)

With D.C. Cooper

* '' D.C. Cooper'' (1999)

With Jørn Lande

* '' Starfire'' (2000)

With Street Legal

* ''Bite the Bullet'' (2009)

References

External links

Tore Østby representing GramArt in Norwegian newspaper Dagbladet
1972 births Living people Norwegian guitarists Norwegian male guitarists Norwegian heavy metal musicians Norwegian songwriters Ark (Norwegian band) members 21st-century Norwegian guitarists 21st-century Norwegian male musicians {{guitarist-stub