Photo by: Armin Walcher
Official press release:
Monumental as the mountain they’re named after, Austria’s Grimming finally release their debut album, Jagatod (Engl. ”hunter’s death”), on March 26, 2027 via Napalm Records. Two released songs was all it took for the young death metal band in traditional garments to support Ukrainians 1914 on their international tour and play at renowned Ragnarök Festival, and the album now tops their success. Written entirely in their native dialect, Jagatod is a concept album capturing the history and folklore of Styria — the Alpine home Grimming share with their label.
Joining the announcement is the first single. “Pankh” offers a glimpse into the first topic block of the album in which Grimming cover older Styrian history. Contrasting the idyllic image that we associate with the Alpine region with its grim tales, “Pankh” deals with the witch trials that also reached Austria between the 16th and 18th century. Fitting to its brutal death metal nature, the song focuses on the violent torture chair.
Grimming about “Pankh”:
“‘Pankh’ was one of the first songs we wrote for Grimming and therefore also for Jagatod. 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.”
Watch the official music video for “Pankh” here!
Grimming’s debut comes in weighty. Tales of perdition paint a different image of the Alpine region than is known from picturesque postcards, with the young musicians’ trenchant death metal scourging the scene with the force of the relentless mountain weather. Jagatod is as mighty and striking as its setting and just as perennial.
Grimming about Jagatod:
”Jagatod is our first try at composing a coherent record. 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!”
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Jagatod track listing:
- ”Alpensymphonie”
- ”Pankh”
- ”Zwoa Joah”
- ”Pesthigl”
- ”Stodlbrond”
- ”Hoizara”
- ”Lahn”
- ”Wüdschitz”
- ”Jagatod”
- ”Sennerwahn”
- ”Lindwurm”
