Power Quest

Power Quest
Power Quest was conceived in March 2001 by keyboardist Steve Williams after he left London power metal heroes "DragonHeart" (which is now DragonForce) with fellow band mate Steve Scott (ex-Shadowkeep and ex-DragonHeart) taking care of bass duties.
2001: The Demo CD
The first, self titled 2 track demo was recorded and uploaded onto MP3.com early 2001. Recording was supported by ZP and Sam Totman (currently with Dragonforce), along with Adam Bickers on guitars.
2002: Wings Of Forever CD
In April 2002 vocalist Alessio Garavello was recruited to the Power Quest ranks. In July 2002 Italian guitarist Andrea Martongelli accompanied Alessio to England while he recorded his vocals for "Wings of Forever" and put down a couple of guest solos. The band was impressed with his ability and creativity and offered him the chance to join the line up shortly afterwards. "Wings of Forever" received a brilliant response from fans of melodic and power metal.
2003: Neverworld CD
In January 2003 drummer Andre Bargmann joined the Quest and at the same time Sam Totman was cutting back his involvement with the band due to his other commitments. "NeverWorld", the follow up to "Wings of Forever", was recorded at Thin Ice in the summer of 2003, with production handled by Karl Groom. The mix was by Pete Coleman.
2004: CD Release & Tour
With the "Neverworld" album released to critical acclaim in March 2004.The gigs with Threshold in September '04 were a tremendous success with the band gaining a whole group of new fans! November 2004 saw the band play a show with Dream Evil and Labyrinth in London, and then later in the month the band headed back to Thin Ice studios to record three new songs for the third Power Quest opus "Magic Never Dies".
2005: Magic Never Dies CD And DVD
Francesco Tresca joined the band in February 2005 as the new drummer. The album was released to great critical acclaim with awesome reviews coming in from all quarters.
2005/2006: Touring
In November 2005 the band headed out on the road in support of the new album and played six UK shows culminating in appearances at the world famous Marquee Club in London and Firefest II at Nottingham Rock City. Power Quest supported Helloween on the UK leg of their European tour in February 2006 and received a great reaction from the fans!
2007: Touring & Napalm Records
In February 2007 the band headed to Europe for a three week tour supporting Angra and Firewind. The tour went through France, Italy, Switzerland, Spain and Portugal and was a resounding success! A new recording deal was negotiated with Austrian label Napalm Records and the band hit the studio in October 2007 to record their 4th album.
2008: Master Of Illusion
Worldwide release of new album "Master of Illusion" in April 2008, which was named the best Power Quest album to date. It received an amazing response and was voted one of the top Power Metal albums in 2008 by various sections of the media. Unfortunately bassist Steve Scott decided to move back to New Zealand and so well known German bass man Oliver Holzwarth (Blind Guardian, Tarja) was recruited as permanent member. The five piece introduced the material on a few UK tours throughout the year, finishing with co-headlining the second stage at Hard Rock Hell Festival in Wales.
2009: End Of An Era – Start Of The New Quest
After successfully headlining the second stage at Hammerfest in April, vocalist Alessio Garavello decided to quit the Power Metal genre and started what would become a full line-up change. Shortly afterwards, both Andrea and Francesco decided to leave as well. The split was amicable and over the summer, founder Steve Williams hunted high and low to find the right people to continue the Power Quest legacy. This led to the recruitment of Andy Midgley, Paul Finnie and Rich Smith who have become vital cogs in the Power Quest wheel.



The old line up did an emotional farewell show on 26th September at Metalfest in Dudley. 2009 ended well for Power Quest, supporting Tarja and later Michael Schenker on their UK tours.
2010: Recording of Blood Alliance
In 2010 the new line-up was finally completed with the addition of vocalist Chity Somapala (Ex-Firewind, Civilisation One) and guitarist Gav Owen, The recording of album #5 "BLOOD ALLIANCE" was completed in October and mixed and mastered in November. The album will be released in January 2011 by Marquee/Avalon in Japan and March 2011 by Napalm Records worldwide.