Last week DJERV announced their signing with Norwegian label Indie Recordings for the release of their debut album in Europe excl. Poland, Czech Republic (where Mystic Production will take care of distribution) and Russia. Djerv spent most part of the fall of 2010 working on their debut album which is set to be released in the summer of 2011. The album was engineered by Daniel Bergstrand (IN FLAMES, MESHUGGAH) in Oslo, before the band traveled to LA to team up with Grammy Award winning producer Matt Hyde (SLAYER, HATEBREED, MONSTER MAGNET) to work on the mix. The album is mastered by Tom Baker at Precision Mastering, and it's written and produced in its entirety by Djerv.

Matt Hyde comments: "Normally it takes me like 30 seconds to figure out how to mix an album, to decide what sound I'm going for, as the inspiration of the band is so obvious to spot out. But when listening to the Djerv album I had no obvious direction on the mix as their music is truly unique. It's absolutely awesome and it`s totally different from anything else I've heard in a long long time.”

Drummer Erlend Gjerde adds: “We tried to explore the borderlines between rock, metal and on some tracks there are more or less obvious black metal references. The overall sound is quite stripped down, groove-oriented and melodic, yet it has those cold black metal-influenced riffs accompanying the dark moods of the music . We are very happy with the way it turned out, now it's just the painful wait of hearing what everybody else thinks. Fingers crossed it go down well.”

Djerv consist of the three core members Agnete Kjølsrud, Stian Kårstad and Erlend Gjerde. The lineup is completed by guitarist Stamos Koliousis from MENCEA and bassist Victor Brandt from ENTOMBED who join them for their live performances.

“Working with a singer at Agnetes level is truly rewarding and something one very rarely get to do," Hyde says. "Her control, range and performance is stunning – not to mention the great lyrics! She is definitely one of THE best singer I've had the pleasure working with, and I really hope I get to do it again”

The album is due out in June, and the first single 'Madman' is released April 19th.

Djerv are playing the Inferno Festival on April 22nd. More tour dates here.