(RockAndMetal.com) (12/10/03)

By Michael Bennett

HAWTHORNE, CA, USA - Based on the success of "Zos Kia Cultus" (Here And Beyond), the Polish purveyors of the extreme known as BEHEMOTH have extended their contract with Olympic Recordings.

The group have already commenced the songwriting process for their new album, and will enter the studio in early spring with hopes for a late 2004 release.

This has been a breakthrough year for BEHEMOTH, who made their U.S. live debut at the New Jersey March Metal Meltdown festival, which served as the kickoff date for an extensive nationwide tour alongside Deicide and Amon Amarth.

From there, they appeared on the first three dates of the "Metal Gods" tour, headlined by Halford and Testament, as well as the inaugural "Blackest Of The Black" festival with Danzig, Superjoint Ritual, Opeth, Nile and Lacuna Coil.

BEHEMOTH capped off the year supporting Six Feet Under on the "Un-Natural Born Killers" tour, and with the release of the limited-edition "Conjuration" EP, featuring one new song, two covers and several live tracks.

Nergal (vocals/guitars) recently checked in with the following update:

"At the moment we are taking a short break before we strike again in a few days. After doing 31 dates with Six Feet Under, Skinless and As I Lay Dying we decided to stay a few weeks in L.A. to take care of some important stuff.

We are proud to announce that we finally signed a new two album deal with Olympic Recordings for North and South America.

It gives us a lot of opportunities for the future and from what we've experienced so far, the label does its best to push the band really hard.

Now we are focusing on rehearsing the new set for the three last shows this year with Exhumed and Rise and this time we're gonna play a longer set.

There will be two shows in California and one in Mexico, and I'm sure it will be killer!

See ya all there!!!"

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