Eidolon

One of Canada's premiere power metal bands, Toronto's Eidolon centers around brothers Glen (guitar) and Shawn Drover (drums), who launched the group simultaneously with their own studio (also dubbed Eidolon) in 1993. Vocalist Brian Soulard and bassist Criss Bailey eventually joined their ranks, as the siblings evolved from their early experiments with instrumental heavy metal into a more fleshed-out, power/heritage metal direction. This resulted in a pair of independent albums (1996's Zero Hour and 1998's conceptual Seven Spirits), whose promise led to a deal with Los Angeles'...