Angry Metal Guy

Djerv // Headstone EP
Rating: 3.5/5.0 — Highly entertaining and pretty unique
Label: Katapult Music (Indie Distro)
Websites: myspace.com/djervmusic
Release Dates: August 3rd, 2010

I don’t make a real habit of reviewing an EP because EPs aren’t really considered to be a “happening” in the musical sense of the word. They aren’t an event in the traditional sense that an LP is—rarely longer than about 15 or 20 minutes it’s hardly not anything to get too excited about. But Norway’s Djerv, a combination of vocalist Agnete Kjølsrud (Animal Alpha), Erlend Gjerde (Wardruna) and Stian Kårstad of the mighty Trelldom, have created a fascinating fusion of sounds that was something that I didn’t want to pass up. Continue reading