Conception
Perhaps best remembered for its musicians' later exploits with various bands, Norwegian power metal act Conception issued four very competent but not all that successful albums during its 1990s run. After starting out with 1991's Norway-only independently released The Last Sunset, vocalist Roy S. Khan, guitarist Tore Østby, bassist Ingar Amlien, and drummer Arve Heimdal added keyboard player Hans Christian Gjestvang for their sophomore effort of two years later, Parallel Minds. This was released (along with their reissued debut) by Noise Records and, surprisingly, climbed to number 23 on the Japanese charts, where melodic, progressive rock-tinged heavy metal happened to be in vogue during the '90s. Album number three, entitled In Your Multitude, followed in 1995 but the band was starting to feel the stress of both the media and public's love/hate response (love in Japan and select European nations, hate pretty much everywhere else), and decided to break up shortly after issuing a final bow called Flow (featuring keyboard player Trond Nagell-Dahl) in 1997. Not quite ready to retire, though, Khan quickly hooked up with American progressive metal powerhouse Kamelot, Østby went on to attain true guitar hero status with Ark, and the rhythm section changed direction via black metal band Crest of Darkness.
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State of Deception (Deluxe Edition)
Metal - Released by Conception Sound Factory on 22 Apr 2022
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The Last Sunset (Expanded Edition) (2022 - Remaster)
Metal - Released by Noise Records on 13 Dec 1991
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State of Deception
Metal - Released by Conception Sound Factory on 3 Apr 2020
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Parallel Minds (Expanded Edition) (2022 - Remaster)
Metal - Released by Noise Records on 10 Nov 1993
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Flow (Expanded Edition) (2022 - Remaster)
Metal - Released by Noise Records on 7 Apr 1997
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My Dark Symphony
Metal - Released by Conception Sound Factory on 23 Nov 2018
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My Dark Symphony
Metal - Released by Conception Sound Factory on 23 Nov 2018
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In Your Multitude (Expanded Edition) (2022 - Remaster)
Metal - Released by Noise Records on 3 May 1995
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Power of Metal (Live)
Metal - Released by Noise Records on 21 Oct 2022
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In Your Multitude
Metal - Released by Noise Records on 1 Jan 1995
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Metal - Released by Conception Sound Factory on 2 Nov 2018
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Monument in Time
Metal - Released by Conception Sound Factory on 4 Feb 2022
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Roll the Fire 2.0
Metal - Released by Conception Sound Factory on 8 Oct 2021
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo -
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Waywardly Broken
Metal - Released by Conception Sound Factory on 6 Mar 2020
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A Virtual Lovestory (Live)
Metal - Released by Conception Sound Factory on 10 Dec 2021
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Gethsemane (Live)
Metal - Released by Conception Sound Factory on 9 Jul 2021
24-Bit 48.0 kHz - Stereo -
re: conception
Metal - Released by Conception Sound Factory on 2 Nov 2018
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo