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{{Short description|Belgian technical death metal band}}
{{distinguish|Inquest}}
{{More citations needed|date=October 2020}}
{{Infobox musical artist
| name                = In-Quest
| background          = group_or_band
| origin              = [[Turnhout]], Belgium
| genre               = [[Progressive death metal]]
| years_active        = 1994–2014
| label               = Teutonic Existence Records, Shiver Records, Soulreaper Records, [[Good Life Recordings]]
| associated_acts     = [[Aborted]], [[Leng Tch'e]]
| website                 = [http://www.in-quest.be/ www.in-quest.be]
| current_members     = MiQe Löfberg<br />Douglas Verhoeven<br />Gert Monden<br />Korneel Lauwereins<br />Frederick Peeters
| past_members        = Noise Grinder<br />Sven de Caluwé<br />Laurent Swaan<br />Wim Roelants<br />Manu van Tichelen<br />Joël Decoster<br />Jan Geenen<br />Valéry Bottin
}}
'''In-Quest''' were a Belgian [[progressive death metal]] band. Formerly signed with [[Good Life Recordings]], the band were active since the early 1990s, with [[Sven de Caluwe]] of [[Aborted]] as a singer from 2002 to 2004. He was replaced by Swedish singer Mike Löfberg from [[Blockhead (Swedish band)|Blockhead]]. They released five albums and two EPs, with their final album called ''[[8: The Odyssey Of Eternity]]'' released on 8 August 2013. On 12 February 2014 the band split up.

In-Quest have played at a number of festivals in Belgium and the Netherlands, such as Frostrock, [[Euroblast]], Xmass Festival, Flanders Fields of Death, [[Arnhem Metal Meeting]], and (alongside bands like [[Slipknot (band)|Slipknot]], [[Fear Factory]], [[Nile (band)|Nile]], [[Motörhead]], [[Saxon (band)|Saxon]], and [[Ensiferum]]) [[Graspop Metal Meeting]] in 2005 (Metal Dome), 2006 (Marquee 1) and 2009 (at Mainstage).<ref>{{cite web
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  | access-date = 2008-12-13}}</ref> Also in 2006, In-Quest opened for [[Fear Factory]], on their "Fifteen Years of Fear" tour.<ref>{{cite web
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  | title = Fear Factory, Misery Index en In-Quest op 4-5-2006, in ''013'', Tilburg
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  | title = Fear Factory, Misery Index en In-Quest live @ ''013'' in Tilburg, 4 mei 2006
  | publisher = Slagwerkwereld
  | year = 2006
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  | archive-date = 2011-07-16
  | url-status = dead
  }}</ref> They also supported Nile in 2005 on their EU tour.

==Members==
===Final line-up===
* Mike "MiQe" Löfberg - [[Singing|vocals]] (2004-2014)
* Gert Monden - [[Drum kit|drums]] (1994-2014)
* Douglas Verhoeven - [[lead guitar]] (1999-2014)
* Korneel "Korre" Lauwereins ([[bass guitar|bass]] 2007-2010) - [[rhythm guitar]] (2010-2014)

===Previous members===
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Vocals
*NG "Noise Grinder" Ben Adams - vocals (1994–2002)
*Dimitri Janssens - vocals (2002)
*Sven de Caluwé - vocals (2002–2004)

Guitars
*Wim Roelants - guitar (1994-1999)
*Jan Geenen - bass/rhythm guitar (1992-2006)
*Ian van Gemeren - rhythm guitar (session) (2006)
*Valéry Bottin - rhythm guitar (session) (2006-2010)

Bass
*Manu van Tichelen - bass (1997-2005)
*Joël Decoster - bass (2005-2007)
*Jan Geenen - bass (1994-1997), guitar (1997-2006)
*Frederick Peeters - bass (2010-2013)

===Timeline===
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</timeline>

== "System Shit" line-up (1988–1994)==
*Originally formed as Color Of Noise (1987) as a one-man-noise band,
*Laurent (Vocals, guitar, drums)

===Final "System Shit" line-up (1994) ===
*NG "Noise Grinder" Ben Adams - vocals (1992-1994)
*Gert Monden - drums, backing vocals (1992–1994)
*Laurent Swaan - guitar (1988-1994), vocals (1988-1991)
*Jan Geenen - bass (1992-1994), drums (1991-1992)

===Former "System Shit" members===
*Peter Smeekens - Bass (1990 - 1991)
*Koen Smits - Bass (1991 - August 1993)
*Mark Nelissen - Drums (1990 - 1991)
*Peter Cornelissen - Guitars (1990)

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==Discography==
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;Studio albums
*''[[Extrusion: Battlehymns]]'' (Teutonic Existence, 1997)
*''[[Operation: Citadel]]'' (Shiver Records, 1999)
*''Epileptic'' ([[Good Life Recordings]], 2004)
*''[[The Comatose Quandaries]]'' (Dockyard1, [[Good Life Recordings]], 2005)
*''[[Made Out Of Negative Matter]]'' (Self-released, 2009)
*''[[CHRONiQLE]] (The best of...compilation)'' (Self-released, 2012)
*''[[Chapter IIX - The Odyssey of Eternity]]'' (Self-released, 2013)

;Extended plays
*''Destination: Pyroclasm'' (Soulreaper Records, 2003)
*''The Liquidation Files'' (Vinyl EP, Self-released, 2010)
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;Demos
*''Xylad Valox'' (1995)

;7inch vinyl
*''Rewarded with Ingratitude'' (1995)
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==References==
{{Reflist}}

== External links ==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20070108104039/http://www.in-quest.be/ Official Website]
* [http://www.myspace.com/inquestofficial/ In-Quest's Myspace Site]
* [https://www.youtube.com/inquestofficial/ In-Quest's Youtube Site]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100330193654/http://www.purevolume.com/inquest In-Quest  on Purevolume]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20050411174937/http://forums.hmas.org/forumdisplay.php?f=172 Official forum]

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[[Category:Belgian death metal musical groups]]
[[Category:Musical groups established in 1994]]
[[Category:Progressive metal musical groups]]
[[Category:Belgian musical quintets]]
[[Category:English-language musical groups from Belgium]]
[[Category:1994 establishments in Belgium]]
[[Category:Good Life Recordings artists]]