Ruby The Hatchet

Ruby The Hatchet
Ruby The Hatchet
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Background information
Origin	Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; New Jersey
Genres	Psychedelic Rock, Alternative Rock
Years active	2010 - Present
Labels	Kozmik Artifactz, Tee Pee Records, Magnetic Eye Records
Associated acts	Desoto Jones, Kiska
Website	Ruby The Hatchet Official

Ruby The Hatchet are a five-piece psychedelic rock band based out of Philadelphia.

Forming after a series of basement practices in New Jersey circa 2010 before relocating to Philadelphia, psychedelic quintet Ruby the Hatchet brought together doomy, evil hard rock with occult-flavored psychedelia for a witchy brew of dazzled and ominous wild rock sounds. The band featured guitarist Johnny Scarps, drummer Owen Stewart, bassist Mike Parise, and keyboard player Sean Hur, and was trademarked by the howling, dynamic vocals of Jillian Taylor. To date the band has released three studio albums among a handful of EPs and have toured throughout North America and Europe.

History[]

Ruby The Hatchet would form in 2010, initially in New Jersey. Forming after a series of basement practices in New Jersey circa 2011 before relocating to Philadelphia, Ruby The Hatchet would self-release their first EP the same year. The band would follow with a debut album in Ouroboros on 30 October 2012 to generally positive reviews, along with a music video for "Black Tongue".^[1]

Ruby The Hatchet would begin performing more frequently, sharing the stage with the likes of Floor, Kadavar and Witch among appearing at festivals such as SXSW.^[2] The band would release a single on 25 February 2014 entitled Eliminator. Several versions of the single saw release, including a limited-edition release packaged in a wooden box filled with random ephemera. Sometime that year the band would sign with American label Tee Pee Records.

Ruby The Hatchet's second album Valley of The Snake would see release on 24 February 2015 to generally positive reviews,^[3]^[4]^[5] including a perfect 10/10 score via Metal Temple.^[6] German label Kozmik Artifactz would also release a compilation entitled Aurum on 26 May 2015.

Gaining momentum, Ruby The Hatchet would begin touring following a release party on 13 February 2015 at Underground Arts in Philadelphia.^[7] Ruby The Hatchet would embark on a an extensive tour alongside Ecstatic Vision and Uncle Acid and the deadbeats, followed by the band's first trip to Europe for an appearance at Desertfest Belgium.^[8] Among sporadic live performances throughout 2016 Ruby The Hatchet would begin work on a follow-up.^[9]

Following a tour of Europe including appearances at Roadburn Festival and DesertFest Berlin,^[10] details on a third studio album would begin to surface.^[11] Planetary Space Child would see release on 25 August 2017 to critical acclaim from several publications.^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]^[16]

To support Planetary Space Child, Ruby The Hatchet would extensively tour throughout 2018. The band would trek through North America alongside Pallbearer, Windhand, Youngblood Supercult and Heavy Temple among an appearance at Levitation Festival.^[17] A trek to Europe would follow surrounding an appearance at Lake on Fire Festival and supporting Earthless and Pallbearer. The next year would see the band touring with Kadavar while announcing cassette reissues of all three albums along with a digital single of their cover of Uriah Heep's Easy Livin.^[18]

On 2 September 2021 it would be announced that Ruby The Hatchet would sign with Magnetic Eye Records for a forthcoming EP and studio album.^[19]

Discography[]

Studio Albums[]

Ouroboros (2012, Self-Released)
Valley of The Snake (2015, Tee Pee Records)
Planetary Space Child (2017, Tee Pee Records)

Other Releases[]

Ruby The Hatchet (EP) (2011, Self-Released)
Eliminator (7" Single) (2014, Self-Released)
Aurum (Compilation) (2015, Kozmik Artifactz)

Members[]

Jillian Taylor - Vocals
Johnny Scarps - Guitar
Lake Muir - Bass
Owen Stewart - Drums
Sean Hur - Organ

List of Known Tours[]

The Night Creeper North American Tour (With Uncle Acid and the deadbeats, Ecstatic Vision) (2015)^[20]
Valley of The Snake European Tour (2017)^[21]
Planetary Space Child North American Tour (2017)^[22]
Winter 2018 North American Tour (With Pallbearer, Spotlights) (2018)^[23]
Spring 2018 North American Tour (Select dates with Youngblood Supercult, Windhand, Heavy Temple) (2018)^[24]
Planetary Space Child European Tour (Select dates with Earthless, Pallbearer) (2018)^[25]
For The Dead Travel Fast North American Tour (With Kadavar) (2019)^[26]^[27]
Spring 2020 North American Tour (Canceled) (2020)^[28]

External Links[]

References[]

[1] Metal Kaoz

[2] Last.fm

[3] Metal Observer

[4] New Noise Magazine

[5] The Obelisk

[6] Metal Temple

[7] Last.fm

[8] Last.fm

[9] Last.fm

[10] Last.fm

[11] Decibel Magazine

[12] Distorted Sound Magazine

[13] Heavy Blog Is Heavy

[14] Metal Observer

[15] The Sludgelord

[16] The Obelisk

[17] The Obelisk

[18] The Obelisk

[19] NextMosh

[20] Last.fm

[21] Last.fm

[22] Riff Relevant

[23] Metal Injection

[24] The Obelisk

[25] Kerrang

[26] Brooklyn Vegan

[27] The Obelisk

[28] Ruby The Hatchet Official

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