Tore Østby (born 1972) is a founder,
guitarist
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,
producer, and
songwriter
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for
Norwegian progressive metal
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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
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
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