It had to happen. And of course, the minute we heard that it actually had happened, we knew we had to have it. A death metal band... with a PARROT on
lead vocals!!! How completely and stupidly brilliant! We love it! And so will you. The music is furious and blasting death metal, grinding riffs,
pounding drums and crushing bass. Only, the usual cookie monster grunts are replaced by the evil squawks of Waldo the parrot. And Waldo does a pretty
decent job, offering lots of unintelligable grunts and growls and other birdlike vocalisations. Our pal Brian at WFMU tried to get Hatebeak to perform
on his show, but apparently Waldo can't really handle loud sounds (death metal included) and records his 'vocals' separately, so
Hatebeak will sadly remain a studio only project. The artwork is pretty inspired as well. They appropriate Judas Priest's Screaming For Vengeance
metallic bird cover, change Hatebreed's logo just a litle bit (and include a little bird-hatching-from-an-egg graphic) and title their side of
the split Beak Of Putrefaction (a play on Carcass' Reek Of Putrefaction). Awesome! And there's a rumoured upcoming split with a band called
Caninus fronted by a dog! We kid you not.
The other side of the split comes courtesy of AQ fave crank calling phenom Longmont Potion Castle, who instead of his usual phone prank schtick,
offers up two "metal interludes", all instrumental blasts of blazing noodly metal! The perfect compliment to Hatebeak. And he's also
sampled at the beginning of the Hatebeak side. Maybe the best split 7" of all time (at least until that Hatebeak / Caninus split)!
--from Aquarius Records • San Franciscopoobs - 6-20-2004 at 10:11 PM
:wow:nurzetrev - 6-21-2004 at 12:07 PM
lemme beak this down for you real easy...It's A PARROT...on LEAD Vocals...over what is surely the most outrageous heavy metal...
the folks at Longmont Potion Castle in themselves are some of the most
genius and funny pranksters I heard a few years ago with collections of the most rediculous crank calling, with 'metal interludes' in
between that sound like Ween doing Slayer...
A Parrot...it's a fucking parrot! that's entertainment!... :duh:MichelleRene - 6-21-2004 at 12:27 PM
:o
Here's a song title for Polly Pecker:
"Polly want a PENIS?"
Neuwave - 6-21-2004 at 03:01 PM
Oh I've got to hear this when I get a chance. I've been dying to use some kind of weird sound bite, but haven't found it yet.
I've already heard dogs, babies, and numerous other obscure stuff, and with digital editing it's quite easy. Can't wait to get
something good.nurzetrev - 6-21-2004 at 09:15 PM
Quote:
Originally posted by MichelleRene :o
Here's a song title for Polly Pecker:
