Today,Svart Recordsannounces the signing of Norway'sHymn. The first fruit of this union shall be the band's debut album,Perish, which will be released later this summer.

Hailing from the Oslo underground,Hymn have paved their way forward with their multiple full stacks, hard-hitting drumming, and an uncompromising approach to volume and tonality. Starting out early in 2013, the two-piece have kept a heavy foot on the throttle, pushing their raw and brutal doom over the Norwegian rock/metal scene as much as possible. By sharing the stage with bands like Windhand, Eagle twin, Uzala, Enslaved, and Belzebong, and by playing some of the biggest festivals in Norway (Høstsabbat, The Øya Festival),Hymnhave grown to become one of Norway's loudest and most hard-hitting live bands to date. Begun earlier this year, the band hit the studio to record their debut full-length,Perish, and the two-man juggernaut are now looking towards the border, eager to hit the European road with their cold, aggressive doom, made with merely four hands.

A statement from the band reads: "A long, loud, thorough, emotional, and really fun process is finally documented into approximately 50 minutes of music, titledPerish. The last year has surely been a defining one for us, and we are really proud of the result. The album is definitely a more brutal, more refined, and a much colder experience than our self-titled EP from 2013, and we do feel that this album really represents where we want to be musically right now. It's recorded, mixed, and mastered by Kim Lillestøl at Amper Tone studio in Oslo, and we pretty much recorded the whole thing in 48 intense hours. We are really looking forward to take the album on the road, and are are super-stoked thatSvart Recordswants to release it."Play fearlessly."