There’s nothing worse than a preening musician—although in the case of black metal band Hatebeak’s lead vocalist, we might give him some leeway. He is, after all, a parrot. It used to be an insult to ...

One of the strangest, though, is avian death metal band Hatebeak. Yes, a bird—in this case Waldo, a 21-year-old African Gray Parrot—growling death metal and calling for the feathered enslavement of ...

This story is going to start with a task. Are you paying attention? First, write the name of your favorite band on a slip of paper. Okay, did you do it? Great. Next, crumple that paper up and throw it ...

Ravens beat eagles as the most “heavy metal” bird. They easily outnumbered chickens and turkeys in an analysis of 145,000 heavy metal songs published this month in the Journal of Geek Studies. And who ...

You know what’s shocking about a parrot fronting a death metal band? You can’t tell it’s a parrot–not sure if that raises concern about the state of death metal, or if this is an exceptionally gifted ...

The shrike may look like a songbird but the only tunes it knows are METAL! The cute little bird kills its prey then impales them on spikes. [Voice-over] The shrike is, by far, the most metal of birds.

There’s nothing worse than a preening musician—although in the case of black metal band Hatebeak’s lead vocalist, we might give him some leeway. He is, after all, a parrot. Hatebeak’s discography ...