Power Quest was conceived in March 2001 by keyboardist Steve Williams as an outlet for his melodic power metal compositions, influenced by the likes of Stratovarius, Rhapsody and Freedom Call. The name was chosen for two reasons. Firstly "Power" obviously suggests "Power Metal", secondly, "Quest" conjures up images of warriors or pilgrims travelling in search of truth and destiny.

Having recently left London power metal heroes "DragonHeart" it was time to start recruiting musicians to "join the Quest". Steve Scott (ex-Shadowkeep and ex-DragonHeart) was approached regarding bass duties. Steve was keen to work with his former colleague and duly accepted the offer. The next additions to the band were guitarists Adam Bickers and Sam Totman. In 2002 vocalist Alessio Garavello and a third guitarist Andrea Martongelli were added and they started laying down tracks for the band's first album, 'Wings Of Forever'.

In January 2003 drummer Andre Bargmann was recruited into the Power Quest ranks. In April that year, the band signed a worldwide deal with Now And Then Records and the second album 'Neverworld' was released in 2003.

The fourth album, 2008's 'Master of Illusion' marked a new departure for the band with a mix of melodic hard rock and power metal pieces and well received by fans and press alike.

2009 marked a further development in the band's history when Steve Williams announced the departure of vocalist Alessio Gravello, Andrea Martongelli and drummer Francesco Tresca.

In August,  Steve recruited vocalist Pete Morten (Threshold, Soliloquy), drummer Rich Smith (Thunderforce), bassist Paul Finnie and guitarists Ben Randall and Andy Midgley (Liquid Sky).

Founding member Steve Williams commented: "Having thought the whole thing through and discussed it with friends, family, management and other business contacts I came to the conclusion that I have invested 10 years of my life into Power Quest and have been the driving force behind the band as well as the primary writer, why should I stop now?

"At this point I made the decision to recruit a UK based line up for the next incarnation of Power Quest. Having had the additional costs of flying guys in from Europe for so many years, this seemed a logical move on a financial level. It also means that rehearsals will be a lot easier to arrange now and also it will be possible to play live a lot more than it has been in the past."

In March 2010 it was announced that Power Quest had parted ways with frontman Pete Morten and guitarist Ben Randall due to musical differences. 
 

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