Austrian death metal band Grimming will release its debut album, “Jagatod,” on March 26, 2027, via Napalm Records. Pre-order the album here, and watch the music video for the first single, “Pankh,” below.
Written entirely in the band’s native dialect, “Jagatod” is a concept album capturing the history and folklore of Styria—the Alpine home Grimming shares with its label.
The single ”Pankh” offers a glimpse into the first topic block of the album in which Grimming covers older Styrian history. Contrasting the idyllic image associated with the Alpine region with its grim tales, ”Pankh” deals with the witch trials that reached Austria between the 16th and 18th century. Fitting to its brutal death metal nature, the song focuses on the violent torture chair.
”’Pankh’ was one of the first songs we wrote for Grimming and therefore also for ‘Jagatod,'” the band said. “The song is dynamic and represents the album incredibly well as a first single. The story of the Styrian witch trials is cruel and yet gripping, especially when it comes to ‘typically Styrian’ torture methods. One of these was supposedly the ‘Pankh,’ a type of torture chair. It was the third and final degree of torture in Styria and was used until the 1720s.”
”’Jagatod’ is our first try at composing a coherent record,” the band said. “Initially, we wanted to venture more into traditional Florida death metal. Ultimately, that is barely audible on the album. We put in a lot of melodies and bet on groove and midtempo, additionally borrowing some elements from black metal. The lyrics are in our first language, Styrian dialect. Unlike we did it with our very first single ‘Lindwurm,’ we fully focused on Styrian and Alpine history with our lyrics. The goal was to shed some light on life and pain of the old mountain people. We managed to write a well-rounded album that we are proud to present to the world!”
“Jagatod” track listing:
”Alpensymphonie”
”Pankh”
”Zwoa Joah”
”Pesthigl”
”Stodlbrond”
”Hoizara”
”Lahn”
”Wüdschitz”
”Jagatod”
”Sennerwahn”
”Lindwurm”
“Jagatod” will be available in the following formats:
- 1 LP glow in the dark white/silver splatter, including LP-sized booklet – limited to 200 copies (Napalm Shop exclusive)
- 1 LP test pressing sleeve edition, hand-numbered, including covercard – limited to 30 copies (Napalm Shop exclusive)
- 1 LP solid verde, including flask – limited to 50 copies (Napalm Shop exclusive)
- 1 LP solid verde
- Digipak CD, including flask – limited to 50 copies (Napalm Shop exclusive)
- Digipak CD
- digital album
Tour dates:
11/21/26 — Mönichkirchen, AT — Rocky Mountain Festival
3/19/27–3/20/27 — Luzern, CH — Bullhead Festival
6/9/27–6/12/27 — Gardelegen, DE — Metal Frenzy Open Air
8/5/27–8/7/27 — Schlotheim, DE — Party.San Open Air
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