Reviews list for Conception - In Your Multitude (1995)

Released in 1995, ‘In Your Multitude’ is the third studio album by Norwegian progressive metal band Conception. It follows on from 1993’s ‘Parallel Minds’ pretty closely, sounding almost identical in writing, sound and production, so much so that in all honesty, it’s often hard to tell the two albums apart. And as a result, despite being on my playlist for over a year, I still don’t really know what to say about it.

‘In Your Multitude’ isn’t a bad album, by any stretch. There’s some solid songwriting and excellent musicianship, in particular, with a strong emphasis on guitar acrobatics. And fans of Roy Khan (who would go on to front power metal legends Kamelot for a number of years) will enjoy hearing him in his earlier days.

The problem though, is that this is overall, a very average release. While there are a number of pretty decent songs, including ‘Under a Mourning Star’, ‘Missionary Man’, ‘Carnal Comprehension’ and ‘A Million Gods’, it just sounds too much like its predecessor, and in all honesty, there’s countless other things I’d rather listen to.