Quest Fest 2025

Quest Fest 2025: Where Music Meets Adventure!
Born from the fires of festival passion in 2016, Quest Fest is the UK’s premier all-day celebration of power, prog, and heavy metal. Established in 2017 by CapsaArx Studios, this festival is dedicated to showcasing both rising stars and seasoned veterans within the metal scene. With four sold-out editions already under its belt, Quest Fest has solidified itself as a must-attend event for metal fans.

For 2025, we're expanding the festival experience! In addition to an epic lineup of power, prog, and heavy metal bands, Quest Fest will introduce an exciting gaming element and stalls to the event. We want you to step into a world where music and fantasy collide!

Join us as we relaunch at the legendary KK’s Steel Mill in Wolverhampton, for a full day of epic music and community camaraderie. Whether you’re here to discover new bands or connect with fellow metalheads, Quest Fest 2025 is your ultimate festival destination.

Our full lineup for 2026 includes:

Sonata Arctica

Sonata Arctica has been a driving force in the power metal scene for decades. With a legacy of iconic albums, unforgettable anthems, and their groundbreaking “Acoustic Adventures” performances, they continue to captivate audiences around the world.

Fabio Lione’s Dawn Of Victory

A legend in the power metal scene! Fabio’s voice is the sound of power metal! As the former frontman of the legendary Rhapsody, Fabio Lione’s contribution to power metal cannot be understated. With DAWN OF VICTORY Fabio takes the stage with a special old school Rhapsody set, which will surely delight all fans of this legendary band. Surrounded by his former band members Alex Holzwarth, Patrice Guers and Dominique Leurquin.

Seven Spires

Since their inception in 2013 at Berklee College of Music, these best friends have forged their home in the darker corners of the melodic metal world with strikingly emotional filigree and relentless technical prowess. Known as much for their melancholic concept albums as their penchant for pushing genre limits, they draw influence from across the spectrum of metal and beyond, reaching ravenously into jazz, late Romantic-era orchestral music, and cinematic soundscapes.

Seven Spires’ touring history includes North America with Eluveitie and Omnium Gatherum in 2023, Europe with Twilight Force and Silver Bullet in 2023, as well as North America with Dragonforce, Firewind, and Visions of Atlantis in 2022. They have also performed at prestigious metal festivals, such as 70000 Tons of Metal, Metaldays, ProgPower USA, and Mad With Power Fest, where they played a sold-out, nearly two-hour headline show in 2023.

Fellowship

Continuing in the magical tradition of power metal bands of yore, Fellowship bring the genre’s emotional stakes to new heights in their critically acclaimed debut album ‘The Saberlight Chronicles’, with music that is equal parts high fantasy fun and heartfelt singalong bangers. It’s uplifting, modern and full of heart. Having toured Japan with Twilight Force, and set to headline Mad With Power 2024 in the USA,

Fellowship are the rising stars of the UK power metal scene. Fellowship are signed to Scarlet Records, and are under self-management.

Sellsword

Hailing from the ancient city of York, Sellsword are one of the UK’s foremost power metal bands. For over a decade, these mercenaries of metal have been laying siege to venues across the country, including appearances at Bloodstock Open Air, Power Metal Quest Fest, HRH Vikings, and Breaking Bands as well as shows and tours with Heidevolk, Fellowship, Battle Born, Unleash the Archers and many more. They released two albums to critical and fan acclaim before a change of singer and a return to the stage in 2022, followed by their first new music in years, the epic battle anthem, Saxon Steel, which garnered tens of thousands of streams in mere weeks! With more singles on the way and album three in the works with a targeted release in 2025, Sellsword are poised to conquer once more!

Stormborn

With their newly released album ZENITH, Stormborn have returned with a fresh wave of modern melodic heavy metal, blending blistering riffs with anthems that hit hard and linger. Hailing from Kent, UK, their sound is rooted in the classic spirit of bands like Iron Maiden and Judas Priest, but sharpened by the speed and aggression of more extreme metal influences. After a promising debut in 2012 that tipped them as the next big thing, Stormborn took time to refine their craft. Now, ZENITH—their self-described “debut 2.0″—delivers both intensity and depth, marking the start of an exciting new chapter for Stormborn, with a third album already in the works.

Heores Of The Gauntlet

Heroes of the Gauntlet is a symphonic power metal project from the North West of England, founded in 2022. Inspired by the video game Gauntlet: Slayer Edition, the band combines thematic elements of adventure, fantasy, and magic with high-energy musical arrangements. Initially a casual project by Marco, it soon became a fully dedicated online project and gained significant traction thanks to multiple collaborations.

In April 2024, Heroes of the Gauntlet released their debut EP, Tales from the Maze, which features six tracks exploring a mythical, labyrinthine world filled with magical battles and ancient legends. The EP is noted for its intricate guitar riffs and the blending of both male and female vocal styles, delivering a narrative that complements the fantastical atmosphere of their music.

Gaming Room

New for 2025! We've introduced a gaming room which will house retro consoles, our roaming bard, magic the gathering cards and mini games as well as some DND style skirmishes featuring Quest Fest characters from our upcoming TTRP game.

Stalls

We have a variety of stalls available this year, from beard oil to jewellery.

Food

KK's Steel Mill have a snack bar and we are current sourcing a food vendor for the duration of the event.