Scratch One Grub have emerged from Aberdare with something immediate and fully realized. The Welsh six-piece’s debut album ‘One’ is out now, and lead single “#1” announces their arrival with biting rhythms, big hooks, and the kind of intricate musicianship that signals a band who have been preparing for this moment for a long time. Progressive ambition, alt-metal grit, and raw emotion, all of it locked into eight tracks that move with real purpose.
The lineup is deep and deliberately assembled. Aled Trigg on vocals, Lewis Griffiths on drums and vocals, Sean “The Grub Man” Barry on samples and vocals, Evan Cook on lead guitar, Alex Lewis on rhythm guitar, and Zac Cross on bass form a unit that plays with the expansive scope of modern progressive metal while keeping the urgency and heart of the alt scene front and center. ‘One’ is sprawling yet direct, experimental yet groove-rooted, the kind of debut that takes the genre seriously without taking itself too seriously.
Scratch One Grub have already shared stages with Dead Flesh, Continents, Confessions of a Traitor, Manumit, Calvaria, House of Hosts, and Confessions of a Serial Killer, building visceral live energy into the foundation of everything they do. That experience translates directly onto record. This is a band that knows how a room feels when the music hits hard, and they’ve captured that feeling on ‘One.’
Welsh heavy music has produced some of the UK’s most vital acts, and Scratch One Grub are carrying that tradition forward with genuine force.
‘One’ Track Listing:
- Swamp Scum
- Vagabond
- GTFP
- Absolution
- Bad Habit
- #1
- Ysbryd
- Planet Killer