Djerv entered the international rock and metal-scene in 2011 with a debut record that still impress in 2020. Engineered by Daniel Bergstrand (Meshuggah, In Flames) and mixed by Matt Hyde (Deftones, No Doubt) the album received critical acclaim. Metal Hammer UK stated about it: “Agnete Kjølsrud’s the star of the show, her vocals could take paint off your dad’s car!”
After only two days in sale the debut album crashed into the official Norwegian sales charts at an impressive #8. They were also the highest newcomer and #3 on Norwegian Artist Charts. Spearheaded by their singles “Headstone” and “Madman” their success was immediate. During the next years the band toured heavily, amongst others with Ministry, and established themselves in the European rock and metal scene. Djerv also performed at festivals like Hellfest, Wacken, Eurosonic, Rock Hartz and Inferno to name a few. Despite the heavy touring the Djerv-universe spread outside the band itself as Agnete found time to contribute with clean-vocals on Dimmu Borgir`s most-streamed song on Spotify, "Gateways", and she did the track "Get Jinxed" for "League Of Legends", one of the biggest online games in the world.
After almost six years of hibernation the band returned to the stage in the summer of 2019, and released new music in 2020. Recently they also ventured off into the gaming world once again by contributing the main theme song Goddess of Victory: Nikke (2022) and a song for the Soundtrack of the No.1 Netflix show Arcane. And Djerv are far from done...
