Grimming’s Debut Album Focuses On Their Native Dialect And Dark Tales Of Their Alpine Region

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November 14, 2026

Hannah Means-Shannon

Grimming’s Debut Album Focuses On Their Native Dialect And Dark Tales Of Their Alpine Region

[Cover photo credit to Armin Walcher]

Austria’s Grimming are finally going to be releasing their debut album, Jagatod (which in English means “hunter’s death”), on March 26, 2027 via Napalm Records. The young Death Metal band who wear traditional clothes previously supported Ukrainians 1914 on their international tour and played at Ragnarök festival.

The album was written entirely in their native dialect and is a concept album “capturing the history and folklore of Styria”, the Alpine home of Grimming and their label.

Joining the announcement is the first single from the album, “Pankh”. The single covers older Styrian history, and contrasts 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 16^th and 18^th century.

Grimming says 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.

Grimming’s new album presents tales of “perdition” that “paint a different image of the Alpine region than is known from picturesque postcards.”

The band says about the album:

Jagatod is our first try at composing a coherent record. Initially, we wanted to venture more into traditional 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!