Eidolon was a Canadian

Canada

Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 power metal

Power metal

Power metal is a style of heavy metal combining characteristics of traditional metal with speed metal, often within symphonic context. The term refers to two different but related styles: the first pioneered and largely practiced in North America with a harder sound similar to speed metal, and a...

 band formed in 1993 by brothers Shawn

Shawn Drover

Shawn Drover is a Canadian drummer, best-known for his work with the heavy metal band Megadeth....

 and Glen Drover

Glen Drover

Glen Drover is a heavy metal guitarist from Missisauga, Ontario, Canada. He currently resides in MississaugaOntario. Drover is best known as the former lead guitarist in Megadeth and King Diamond, as well as his own band Eidolon, along with his brother Shawn Drover.-History:Glen Drover began...

 (who both went on to become members of Megadeth

Megadeth

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). The band was signed to Metal Blade Records

Metal Blade Records

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, but was let go in 2004, in part because of a refusal to tour. Eidolon signed soon after to Escapi Records. The band has released seven studio albums to date. In 2005 Eidolon announced the addition of new vocalist Nils K. Rue (Pagan's Mind

Pagan's Mind

-Biography:Founded in 2000 from the band Silverspoon by Nils K. Rue, Thorstein Aaby, and Stian Kristoffersen. Pagan's Mind released their first album, Infinity Divine, that same year. The following album, Celestial Entrance, was released in 2002 and was a relatively big success even outside of...

).

In an 2010 interview, founder and drummer Shawn Drover said he had no plans to record another album with the band. "No. Why make another album that nobody buys? We did six records and that band got us [himself and brother Glen] into Megadeth, so I will always be thankful. I’ll never say anything bad about it. Glen and I did that band, but doing six records that didn’t sell and doing another one wouldn’t make any sense...I’ll do something with Glen, but it won’t be that. It would be something totally different because I don’t want to go backwards. I want to keep going forward."

Last line-up

• Nils K. Rue
  Nils K. Rue
  Nils K. Rue is a Norwegian metal singer. His main band is the progressive metal band Pagan's Mind; he is also a current member of the heavy metal band X-World/5 and the newest vocalist for Canadian progressive metal band, Eidolon....
  
   - vocals
• Glen Drover
  Glen Drover
  Glen Drover is a heavy metal guitarist from Missisauga, Ontario, Canada. He currently resides in MississaugaOntario. Drover is best known as the former lead guitarist in Megadeth and King Diamond, as well as his own band Eidolon, along with his brother Shawn Drover.-History:Glen Drover began...
  
   - guitars
• Adrian Robichaud
  Adrian Robichaud
  Adrian Robichaud is a heavy metal bass guitarist from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He is most notably known as the bass player of Canadian power metal band Eidolon.-With Eidolon :*Nightmare World *Hallowed Apparition...
  
   - bass
• Shawn Drover
  Shawn Drover
  Shawn Drover is a Canadian drummer, best-known for his work with the heavy metal band Megadeth....
  
   - drums

Discography

• Zero Hour (1996)
• Seven Spirits
  Seven Spirits
  Seven Spirits is the second full-length album by Canadian power metal band Eidolon.-Track listing:# "Confession" - 7:16# "In Visions Past" - 4:11# "Shattered Image" - 9:50# "The Path" - 6:01# "No Escape" - 5:29# "Priest" - 4:35...
  
  (1997)
• Nightmare World
  Nightmare World
  Nightmare World was the third full-length album by Canadian metal band Eidolon. It was released in 2000.-Track listing:# "Nightmare World"# "Noctem Aeternus "# "Lunar Mission"# "Eye of Illusion"# "Repulsion"...
  
  (2000)
• Hallowed Apparition
  Hallowed Apparition
  -Track listing:# "De-Evolution" - 4:42# "Lords of Desecration" - 5:10# "Forever Be Free" - 5:02# "Feed the Machine" - 5:35# "Forgotten City" - 5:26# "Prelude into Fear" - 4:52# "Mind Alterations" - 7:14# "You Will Burn" - 4:30# "Hallowed Apparition" - 3:47...
  
  (2001)
• Coma Nation
  Coma Nation
  -Track listing:#"Nemesis"#"Coma Nation"#"Scarred"#"The Pentacle Star"#"Lost Voyage"#"Hunt You Down"#"Life In Agony"#"From Below"#"A Day Of Infamy"#"Within The Gates"- Credits :* Pat Mulock - Lead vocals...
  
  (2002)
• Apostles of Defiance
  Apostles of Defiance
  Apostles of Defiance is a 2003 album by Eidolon.-Track listing:All music except track 10 by: Glen & Shawn DroverAll lyrics except track 10 by: Shawn Drover#"Scream From Within"#"Volcanic Earth"#"Demoralized"...
  
  (2003)
• The Parallel Otherworld
  The Parallel Otherworld
  The Parallel Otherworld is the sixth and final album by metal band Eidolon.-Track listing:All music by: Glen & Shawn Drover, except The Oath by King DiamondAll lyrics by: Nils K...
  
  (2006)

External links

• Official homepage (closed)