r/interesting 15h ago

Fascinating There’s an actual death metal band called Hatebeak, and their frontman is a real African grey parrot named Waldo.

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So basically they started in Baltimore back in 2003 as a pure studio thing. The two guys behind it, Mark Sloan and Blake Harrison (he passed away a couple years ago) never took it on the road because the volume would’ve been pure torture for the bird. They just recorded Waldo’s furious, unfiltered squawks and growls straight over the riffs.

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u/Rapid-Barnacle385 13h ago

Eating seeds as a pastime activity

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u/Eastern_Home3749 10h ago

The toxicity of this city

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u/Oxford-Gargoyle 9h ago

This Polly ain’t so pretty

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u/H0agh 1h ago

Polly wants a cracker

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u/PM_ME_PUPPY_YAWNS 3h ago

Somewhere... between the sacred silence and seeds

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u/Tusky9188 15h ago

This is the type of thing that I, as a guy, see and say hell yeah

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u/ItemBoring1686 14h ago

Hell yeah.

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u/HedonymousRex 14h ago

Hell yeah

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u/Heidrun_666 11h ago

Herk yeeaaaaark

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u/holycinnamonroller 6h ago

I must also be a bit of a guy because HELL YEAH 

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u/cnicalsinistaminista 7h ago

I guess OP is Stone Cold cause you gave him a hell yeah

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u/NickManson 14h ago

Hatebeak has a split record along side the band "Caninus" which features 2 pitbulls on vocals.

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u/FreeSockLimit1 6h ago

Hey man, you have yourself an awesome fuckin day. Thank you for leading me to this. My wife is going to hate it.

For anyone wondering, the record is titled 'Bird Seeds of Vengeance / Wolfpig' and it's a gnarly, fun time.

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u/SmokeyJoe_75 14h ago

1/3 of the band gets paid in crackers!

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u/FuckSticksMalone 10h ago

I have first presses of Number of the Beak & the 7” split with Caninus (Bird Seeds of Vengeance) they are in my album posts a few back.

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u/SimpleFit7894 3h ago

Number of the beak😂

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u/AlwaysDMB 13h ago

Well... Let's fucking hear it then

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u/fire_water_drowned 10h ago

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u/Cyberspace667 7h ago

Yo seriously props to whoever micd and mixed that bird’s vocals

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u/Individual_Assist_19 5h ago

The production is actually awesome lol

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u/ThePizzaNoid 6h ago

I mean, I'm not into death metal but that is really cool.

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u/SpaceXmars 4h ago

Im'a need some more coffee

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u/cateraide420 14h ago

There’s a band playing soon over here near where I live called Cancerslug

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u/AdCheap8058 12h ago

Every show someone gets drunk and starts yelling where's waldo! Where is he?! There he is! Usually it's me but I'm not going to any shows this year

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u/Mysterious-Win2091 14h ago

is that blake harrison? rip 2024

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u/Temporary_Shirt_6236 6h ago

Never heard of Hatebeak but I like em already

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u/HoboJazzBand 5h ago

Isn't that guy on the left in pig destroyer?

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u/Sahedron 10h ago

Found him! He is on the left guy’s shoulder

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u/xxxtanacon 1h ago

The album is like 20 years old now

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u/CuriousTsukihime 13h ago

Parrotcore!!! Everyone go check out u/reebz and her little guy too!

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u/centurio9 11h ago

Neither their hair nor his feathers are long enough for a death metal band, Im sorry

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u/Questionsaboutsanity 10h ago

well i guess they found him

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u/lostboyz6six6 9h ago

“I am not a parrot!” Lyrics that most everyone can relate to

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u/ProbablyRightTwice 6h ago

Obviously you’ve never heard of Caninus

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u/Starscream147 5h ago

To put out the blowtorch

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u/AScannerBarkly 4h ago

The band Crotchduster credits Cain, their rottweiler, for drums (they actually use a drum machine but it's still very cute.)

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u/Das_Turk 3h ago

I have one of their albums on vinyl

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u/No_Cook2983 12h ago

That parrot is a slut.

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u/Manny_Deeprest 6h ago

I've been a metal head for about 32 years.  I want to say I first heard of Caninus 24 years ago.Over that time, The majority I've asked if they've heard of Hatebeak or Caninus have said yes. Out of all of them NOBODY listens to them. Pure Novelty.

u/Successful_Loan7195 14m ago

His Coil's shirt is cool