[2] After the addition of guitarist Jeff Potts, the band moved to Hollywood, California in 2007 and quickly signed with metal label Nuclear Blast.
The band then recorded their debut album, Executioner, with famed metal producer Andy Classen (Dew-Scented, Rotting Christ) at Stage-one Studios in Borgentreich, Germany.
On September 15, 2009, six months after the US release of Executioner, Mantic Ritual announced through their MySpace that guitarist/vocalist Dan Wetmore was leaving the band to pursue photography.
In the same announcement, Mantic Ritual also stated that Grave Desire frontman Dave Watson, a good friend of the band, was to fill in for Dan as a temporary replacement for the September/October 2009 shows.
In 2013, the band reformed for a one-off show at Thrash de Mayo, with original singer/guitarist Dan Wetmore along with Warbringer's Carlos Cruz filling in on drums.