The group was founded in 1998 by Todd Whitener, Jesse Vest and Mat Taul after they left Days of the New, and joined forces with vocalist Hugo Ferreira.

[9] After leaving Days of the New in November 1998 guitarist Todd Whitener, bassist Jesse Vest, and drummer Matt Taul reached out to Massachusetts native Hugo Ferreira (formerly of the band Merge) in early 1999 to see if he would be interested in starting a new project together.

[17] Following settlement of a lawsuit filed by the label against the subsidiary's parent company that same year, After We Go would be Tantric's final release for Maverick Records.

He was replaced by Bruce LaFrance through mutual friend and touring band member Kevin McCreery.

Scheduled for a May 2006 release, the band created over a dozen songs for the album such as "People", "Worth Waiting For", "Stay with You", "Locked Out", and Whitener's lead singing performance, "July".

Ferreira later said in interviews that Whitener, as well as other members of the band, had expressed frustration with the label, Maverick Records', ongoing legal and financial issues.

[20] Shortly thereafter, the band announced their deal with the independent label Silent Majority Group and their new management company JHMP.

[21] The newly assembled second lineup of Tantric recorded ten new songs and a revamped version of "The One" featuring Kevin Martin of Candlebox.

After touring in support of The End Begins, drummer Kevin Miller departed and was replaced by Richie Monica.

Mind Control was released on August 4, 2009, and marked the dismissal of producer Toby Wright in favor of former touring Creed bassist Brett Hestla.

On July 17, 2013, record label Pavement Entertainment announced it had signed Tantric and would be releasing the band's fifth album, 37 Channels, on September 17.

[28] On August 1, 2014, the band announced on their official Facebook page that they would be releasing a new album called Blue Room Archives on September 30, 2014.

The album will contain seven previously unreleased songs that was spanned throughout the band's career and newly recorded acoustic versions of their two biggest hits "Breakdown" and "Mourning" along with two new remixes of their previously released songs "Mind Control" and "Fall To The Ground" totaling 11 tracks all together.

[29] Lead vocalist and front man Hugo Ferreira comments: "This isn't so much a premeditated album, but a collection of music I have done that I always loved extremely but never found a place for.

[35] On June 16, 2015, lead guitarist Derek Isaacs announced his departure from Tantric after a year and a half with the band.

On November 12, 2015, Tantric announced on Facebook that Mike Smith will be joining them on their up-and-coming tour as their drummer to replace TJ Taylor.

[37][38] Lead vocalist Hugo Ferreira shared a ten-second audio clip of songs from the new album via his Facebook page on May 3, 2016.

[citation needed] On September 9, 2016, the band announced that it had parted ways with guitarist, Tommy Gibbons.

On June 3, 2017, Scott Wilson announced on his official Facebook that he left Tantric to join the band Saving Abel.

[44] On January 27, 2024 it was announced Tantric would be featured on the new single "Wicked Game" by the instrumental rock band MDMP with Ferreira providing lead vocals for the track.

In their early career, Tantric was frequently compared to Days of the New, from which its original guitarist, bassist, and drummer derived.

However, since the departure of all but Tantric's vocalist from the original lineup, as well as the inclusion of electric violinist Marcus Ratzenboeck, the band's musical approach has evolved.

Songs predating Ratzenboeck's inclusion in Tantric have since been performed live with violin, and the altered backing band has provided a shift in musical direction.