In February, Polish black metallers BEHEMOTH entered Radio Gdansk studio in Poland to begin work on the follow-up to their 2007 release The Apostasy.

The band are close to finish tracking down guitars for the upcoming, yet-untitled album. This time Woytek and Slawek Wieslawscy from Studio Hertz are co-producing guitars.

“Works are in progress, everything is goin’ just smooth. We get along real fine and I believe we found a killer tone for each guitar!” comments Woytek Wieslawski.

“It’s been five days of recordings and we nailed 3 songs already. We lay down 3 rhythm guitars on each side, sometimes even more.” Adds Woytek’s brother, Slawek.

“We use Mesa Boogie Road King, Sammatone and Diezel Herbert. First two amps are used by Behemoth live so we are bringing some of this live vibe to the record too. Diezel is there just to spice up the overall sound…”

“This is the most relaxing and at the same time most creative studio session I’ve ever been a part of. These guys are very effective and they work incredibly fast! Both are very anal bout details so now my guitars for the first time ever don’t sound sloppy haha. We found some fresh sounding guitar tones and mixed it up together… I’m using this new custom amp Sammatone that was built for me in US and it sounds just amazing! I’m a long time Mesa Boogie fan so I’m using Road King as a main sound. We mix it with Diezel Herbert. I’m sure there’s some new quality made here!” comments Nergal.

As previously reported, Behemoth are officially confirmed for the USA Rockstar Energy Drink Mayhem Festival tour, which is scheduled to kick off July 10th in Sacramento, CA. Acts on the bill include: Hot Topic Stage - WHITECHAPEL, THE BLACK DAHLIA MURDER, JOB FOR A COWBOY, BEHEMOTH and CANNIBAL CORPSE; Jägermeister Stage - GOD FORBID, ALL THAT REMAINS and TRIVIUM; Main Stage - BULLET FOR MY VALENTINE, SLAYER and MARILYN MANSON.

Behemoth will also play with Slayer on their 3-week pre-Mayhem Festival tour. That tour will include a dates in "B-markets" - smaller cities which the Mayhem Festival will not reach. We will update you with the dates and more information real soon.

The band's new album is tentatively expected sometime in the fall via Metal Blade (US), Nuclear Blast (Europe).

The band recently posted the first of a series of episodes documenting the new album. Check it out below: