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Eidolon (band)

Canadian band

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 26, 2026
Entity authorityQ1302674 ↗
Source-derived summary

Eidolon was a Canadian power metal band formed in 1993 by brothers Shawn and Glen Drover (who both went on to become members of Megadeth). The band was signed to Metal Blade Records, and released four records on that Label. 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).

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“Eidolon (band)” enters the record as canadian band. Crown Archives preserves that source wording while asking what Eidolon, band and Canadian can confirm, complicate or overturn.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1993, 2005—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1993. Its strongest next move is a source search built around Eidolon, band and Canadian.
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“Eidolon (band)” is worth following because a concise public description often conceals a longer documentary argument. Here, Eidolon, band and Canadian provides the most credible route into that argument.

Evidence profile

Vocabulary and entity names are the principal evidence signals here, because they determine the precision of every later search. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jul 26, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1302674. VIAF identifies the subject as 124571412. 2 of 2 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1993 and 2005.

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This entry incorporates text from “Eidolon (band)” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.