Lair of the Minotaur new album & tour impending!

Mark your calendars for March 25th, 2008 'cause that's the day that the new Lair of the Minotaur album, titled War Metal Battle Master, hits the streets courtesy of Southern Lord Records. The band's third album, they say, is "a concept album about solving conflicts with a big fucking axe."

Recorded at Volume Studios in Chicago by Sanford Parker and mastered by Scott Hull, War Metal Battle Master features features art by Jeremy Mohler and layout by Seldon Hunt (Neurosis, Jesu, Isis). The CD version contains a 20-page booklet with graphic illustrations for each song. A limited edition version will contain dropcard with a password activated web link to download exclusive live tracks recorded at a show in Chicago in October 2007.

The LP version will be released on Southern Lord sometime this summer with bonus tracks. An upcoming raw-and-uncensored video for the title track "War Metal Battle Master" was directed by Gary Smithson (High on Fire, Exodus, Goatwhore). Catch Lair of the Minotaur at the free WMBM listening party on March 18th at Chicago's Kuma's Corner; the heavy metal burger joint where LOTM just had a burger named after them.

Lair of the Minotaur will be touring this spring with Today Is The Day, Mouth Of The Architect and Complete Failure. Here are the current tour dates, later dates will be announced soon:

03/29/2008 - Ravari Room, Columbus OH
03/30/2008 - Peabody's Pirate's Cove, Cleveland OH
03/21/2008 - Melody Inn, Indianapolis IN
04/01/2008 - The Note, Chicago IL

04/03/2008 - Mojo's, Columbia MO
04/04/2008 - Cactus Club, Milwaukee WI
04/05/2008 - Triple Rock Social Club, Minneapolis MN
04/06/2008 - Vaudeville Mews, Des Moines IA

(Click on the CD cover to buy War Metal Battle Master from Amazon.com)