Swedish black metal outfit Pest has inked a record deal with Agonia Records. The band's fourth full-length album, entitled "The Crowning Horror", is tentatively due in June. An Ep featuring two new tracks ("Black Oath" c/w "Morbid Revelations") will precede the album in April. It will be available on seven-inch vinyl.

Pest commented: "After years of silence a new wave of black death will finally strike the world. The plague is upon us. Bring the darkness!"

Pest's latest album, "Rest in Morbid Darkness", was released in January 2008 via Season Of Mist.