Tempest (22)

Tempest is a Christian hard rock/heavy metal band from Evansville, Indiana, USA, that was formed in 1985 as a one man band with the name Travail. The band changed its name to Tempest in 1986. Not to be confused with Tempest (16) from Los Angeles. The band was founded by songwriter/guitarist Mick Rowe. After the band name change, the band recorded two albums on the Pure Metal Records label. Later, it turned out that Pure Metal was under the impression that they had signed another band with the same name from Ohio. After disbanding in 1990, members later became part of bands such as Guardian (3), Midnight Orchestra (2), Goliath (21) and Mindset 7.