ARK was a progressive metal band founded by guitarist Tore Østby (Conception), and drummer John Macaluso (TNT, Riot, Yngwie Malmsteen), who later joined up with singer Jørn Lande (Jorn, Vagabond, Masterplan) to record two albums. Lande, Østby and Macaluso were joined by Randy Coven (Steve Vai, Steve Morse) on bass and Mats Olausson (Yngwie Malmsteen) on keyboards for their second effort "Burn The Sun".