Hatebeak is the world’s preeminent black metal band fronted by a parrot

The Daily Beast brings word of a Baltimore-based band, Hatebeak, that broke new ground in music as the first known band to have an African Grey parrot for a lead singer. Parrots have long been relegated to menial communication: echoing sentiments about popcorn and crackers or, at best, doing adorable covers of other people’s terrible music. But now it is the parrot’s time to shine, as Hatebeak’s work has seen a recent resurgence online. A 25-year-old bird-punk named Waldo has given voice to the deep blackness inside of parrot souls with such songs as “Beak of Putrefaction” and “The Thing That Should Not Beak”