later in the year of 2002, andreas edin (bass) and dennis bobzien (keyboards) joined the band, shortly after the departure of engström. as a replacement for lars the band found henrik johansson. the now six-piece band continued evolving their music style to another level bringing keyboards into the picture. in november 2002 the band recorded another demo with three songs, "infernal majesty", "beneath the lies of prophecy" and "the beauty of death", which would later appear on the first full-length album by the band. in the late winter/early spring of 2003 the band received an offer for a record deal from black mark records. shortly before recording their first album, andreas edin left the band and was replaced by leif högberg. the band's debut "cell 666" was recorded summer 2003. it was also during this recording that the name of the band was changed to apostasy.