With "Fear Is a Cruel Master", RUBY THE HATCHET deliver exactly the brain-bending, catchy yet full of raw energy thriller album that the acclaimed predecessor "Planetary Space Child" (2017) promised to be. It's been five long years since the New Jersey psych rock band released their last album, but the wait is finally over.
RUBY THE HATCHET have reached a new peak in music writing as a collective, hard won through sacrifice and an iron will to get better and reach a new level every time. The album's title, 'Fear Is a Cruel Master', encapsulates the mood of the lockdown period in which it was written very well.
01 The Change
02 Deceiver
03 Primitive Man
04 1,000 Years
05 Soothsayer
06 Last Saga
07 Thruster
08 or Gravis
Ruby The Hatchet – Fear is a cruel monster 2022