MINDTECH, a brand new metal act from Norway. (formerly known as Beyond Flames) Founded 2007, a gathering of some of Norway's greatest musicians, for a brutal, heavy and a melodic metal package.!!! In some ways, the reason for these guys to team up for this band, is a progressive metal band called Tritonus. It was formed back in 1989, by guitar player Carl Tidemann (later known for his participation in groups such as ARCTURUS and WINDS). The first constellation didn't last that long, so after a couple of years, Carl started to look for other guys to play with. At the same time ('91), a thrash trio, consisting of Thor-Axel Eriksen (Guitars), Øystein Moe (Bass) and Øystein Borge Hansen (Drums) were looking for a guitar player. Carl got the gig, and ANCORA was born. But the "trash" direction faded for more progressive metal elements. The TRITONUS name was picked up again, and the "Shadowland" demo was released in 1994. It actually got great reviews in various magazines, and resulted in 2 new tracks on the "A Gathering of 8 Norwegian Progressive Metal Bands" sampler in 1995. Drummer Øystein had been replaced by Hellhammer (Mayhem/Winds/Dimmu) at first, but the drum stool was finally taken by Ole Devold. With Rolf Kristensen on vocals and Andre Saeter (later replaced by Lasse Finbråten, now in CIRCUS MAXIMUS) on keyboards, they wrote songs for an album, almost made a deal with a German label, but just didn't make things happen. After years of rehearsing and writing, Thor-Axel left the band in 2000 for various reasons. This would later be the seed for a new band; BEYOND FLAMES, now known as MINDTECH.