Born in 1972 in Norway. Founder of, songwriter and guitarist in, and producer for Norwegian experimental metal band Conception, 1989-1998. The band achieved great success in Japan, Germany and central Europe and quickly became one of few Norwegian acts to succeed abroad. Though they are not playing on a permanent basis anymore, they have been known to do shows on request in the US and Norway. The band released four albums, and the singer Roy Khan is now frontman in the American band Kamelot.
After Conception Østby founded the band ARK together with John Macaluso, former drummer with TNT, Yngwie Malmsteen and featuring in the motion picture Wild at Heart. Singer in ARK was Jørn Lande from The Snakes, Vagabond and Masterplan. With ARK Østby took the experimental music further, the band released two albums and toured mainly in the US and Europe enjoying their greatest success in central and southern Europe, maybe mostly because of the Latin influences apparent especially in Østby..s guitar playing. For the second album bass player Randy Coven joined, former bass player for Yngwie Malmsteen, Steve Vai and Lesley West. At the same time Swedish keyboard player Mats Olausson from Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force was recruited. ARK split up in 2003.
Apart from Conception and ARK Østby also played with American singer DC Cooper from Danish hardrockers Royal Hunt. Østby contributed to Cooper’s solo album in 1998 and toured Japan, Brazil and France. The same year Østby appeared on South African hard rock band Frankie..s Playground..s first album.
Østby is now putting together a new exciting project tba.
Østby..s guitar playing may best be described as soulful with a personal expression, technically advanced with outstanding melodies and rhythms. Østby..s influences are foremost Al Di Meola, David Gilmore, Jeff Beck and Dimebag.
Discography
Conception:
1991– The Last Sunset
1993 – Parallell Minds
1995 – In Your Multitude
1997 – Flow
ARK:
1999 – ARK
2001 – Burn the sun
DC Cooper:
1998 – DC Cooper
Frankie’s Playground:
1999 – Frankie’s Playground
+ various guest performances
Hi Tore! Thanks a lot for the add I really appreciate it. I am happy to be in your circle of friends. I remove a hat before you talent. Thank you for the music! Lots of luck with your on-going work and the journey ahead. Sending love from Russia and million Blessings your way. Hugs Irina
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release-Date of “The Freak EP” is near, but now already you can listen to the
brandnew songs “Acid Monkey” and “Johnny Panic” on our myspace-page! In
addition you are invited to watch the “braincast” for each new song to
understand better, how something like this freaky stuff could happen…
What's new there Tore?, I recently have heard some rumors in different webzines (specifically from Spain) about a possible "reunion" of ARK... it's really true it all?.
! Out the 30th of October on Metallian Magazine Editions and distribued by Season Of Mist "The Grace Decapitated" will spread his new disease !! The new metal generation is born !!! Listen new extracts and the new single "The Grace Decapitated" E.
hi Tore, your music is something else, like seriously out of this world!!! and your f***en hot!!! I love (Angel come walk with me!!!) I was listening to it with my head phones and whoa!!! did it blow my mind!!! it's just crazy to amazing!!! you really got style!!! anyways hit me back, (Rock On Tore!!!) La8t0r!!! Lisa ;)x
you are undoubtedly a guitarist out of the normal one, are fabulous, believe them to me that the conception are the best band what you can have, when I hear you to touch only the Malmsteen it is at your level.
heisan Tore! tusen takk for the reply to me last time... it was fantastic moment because I'm a BIG FAN OF ARK!!!!!!!! X) I didn't know you've been touring in Japan, and I didn't know now you're working with Norwegian hardrock band after ARK and DC Cooper's band... I must check them! I'm really happy you're still working at music scene!! :) I love your play!! your guitar play on "Just A Little" is so romantic, my heart become HOT by ARK. hehe... klem og ha en fin dag ;) //MIKA
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