Chicago's Lord Mantis completed mastering of their debut self-titled EP, to be released in July by Witch Trial Records. The four song disc was recorded by Devin Charette at Mad Oak and mastered by Nick Zampiello at New Alliance East. They have shared the stage with Indian, Ganghis Tron, Yakuza, Trap Them, and Kylesa. An August tour to support the EP is in the works. If anyone can help with a show or get is in touch with someone who can shoot us a line. The schedule is as followed:

Chicago, IL 8/1
St. Louis, IL 8/2
Nashville, TN 8/3
Atlanta, GE 8/4
Charlotte/Raleigh/Durham, NC 8/5
Richmond, VA 8/6 w/ Lord by Fire @ TBA
Washington D.C. 8/7
Baltimore, MD 8/8
Philadelphia, PA 8/9
Providence, RI 8/10
Boston, MA 8/11 w/ Motherboar @ O'Brien's Pub
Portland, ME 8/12
New York City, NY 8/13
8/14 Home

If anyone can lend a hand with the tour shoot us a line at the Witch Trial MySpace page. While you are there, you can check out the first song on the new Lord Mantis EP, Period Face.

http://www.myspace.com/witchtrialrecords