Editing Extol (section)

===2004–2008: ''The Blueprint Dives'' and hiatus===
In June 2004, Børud and Christer Espevoll left Extol to "invest their time and energy elsewhere".<ref>Spitzer, Bradley (2005). {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/*/http://www.hmmagazine.com/issue/issue_112/extol.php |date=* |title=HM - Extol }}. ''[[HM Magazine]]''. Retrieved on 28 October 2016.</ref> Taking their place as permanent members in the band were Tor Magne Glidje and Ole Halvard Sveen, both from Ganglion,<ref name=":4" /> which merged with Extol when four out of five band members ended up playing in both bands.

In 2005, the band released what could be considered their most diverse album, ''The Blueprint Dives''. A music video was shot for the song "Pearl". The album was nominated for the Norwegian Grammy, [[Spellemannprisen]], for best Norwegian metal album in 2005. The album was voted among the top five metal albums of the year by readers of Norway's largest newspaper, ''[[Dagbladet]]''. Afterwards, Extol toured Europe with [[Mastodon (band)|Mastodon]], [[God Forbid]], and Opeth, and the US with Winter Solstice, [[Becoming the Archetype]], and [[The Showdown (band)|The Showdown]]. The album received rave reviews: Eduardo Rivadavia of Allmusic gave the album 4.5/5 and writes that "to Extol's greatest credit, offhand comparisons to other bands are almost impossible!" According to Glidje, a majority of the songs on ''The Blueprint Dives'' had previously been written as Ganglion songs.<ref name="Labeled">{{cite web|url=https://labeledpodcast.com/blog/scan|title=Cross Pollination With The Scandinavian Metal Scene|website=Labeled Podcast|first=Tor Magne|last=Glidje|date=13 July 2020|access-date=22 December 2020}}</ref>

On 9 August 2007 the band announced through their MySpace page that they were taking a hiatus.{{citation needed|date=December 2020}} Glidje, Mjåland and Sveen went on to form [[Mantric]], signed to [[Prosthetic Records]]. Husvik joined [[Doctor Midnight & The Mercy Cult|Dr. Midnight and the Mercy Cult]], which includes members from [[Turbonegro]], [[Apoptygma Berzerk]] and [[Satyricon (band)|Satyricon]].