Tore Østby (born 1972) is a founder,

guitarist A guitarist (or a guitar player) is a person who plays the guitar. Guitarists may play a variety of guitar family instruments such as classical guitars, acoustic guitars, electric guitars, and bass guitars. Some guitarists accompany themselve ...

, producer, and

songwriter A songwriter is a person who creates musical compositions or writes lyrics for songs, or both. The writer of the music for a song can be called a composer, although this term tends to be used mainly in the classical music genre and film scoring. ...

for Norwegian

progressive metal Progressive metal (often shortened to prog metal) is a broad fusion music genre melding heavy metal music, heavy metal and progressive rock, combining the loud "aggression" and amplified electric guitar, guitar-driven sound of the former with t ...

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 John Macaluso and

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

formed progressive metal band Ark. 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'' (1995) * '' Flow'' (1997) * '' State of Deception'' (2020) EPs * '' My Dark Symphony'' (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