Shortly after releasing the critically acclaimed debut album Solace in 2000[2] on 3 labels, the band members took a break from Lengsel.
In 1999, guitarist Tor Magne Glidje joined the band Extol on bass.
[1] The following year, Glidje switched over to guitar for Extol at the departure of another member and John Mjåland joined the band on bass.
The remaining members of Extol also played in Ganglion at one point or another, so the merge was very logical.
In 2007, the original members of Extol, vocalist Peter Espevoll and drummer David Husvik, decided to end that band, and the three remaining members, Sveen, Glidje and Mjåland, decided to start a new band called Mantric.