Hatebeak

{{Short description|American death metal band}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Hatebeak

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| origin = Baltimore, Maryland, United States

| genre = Death metal, grindcore

| years_active = 2003–2009, 2015–present

| label = Reptilian Records

| associated_acts = Pig Destroyer Longmont Potion Castle

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| current_members = Mark Sloan
Waldo the Parrot

| past_members = Blake Harrison

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Hatebeak is an American death metal band, formed by Blake Harrison and Mark Sloan, featuring Waldo (b. 1991), a grey parrot. Hatebeak is reported to be the first band to have an avian vocalist.{{cite web|url=http://www.boingboing.net/2004/06/24/death-metal-band-wit.html|title=Death metal band with parrot as lead singer -- Hatebeak|date=24 June 2004 }} They never tour so as to not distress Waldo.{{cite web|url=http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2014/03/13/full-metal-parrot.html|title=Full Metal Parrot|publisher=The Daily Beast|date=2014-03-13}} Hatebeak is signed to Reptilian Records. They released the album Number of the Beak on June 26, 2015, through Reptilian Records.{{cite web |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/parrot-fronted-death-metal-band-hatebeak-is-back-with-number-of-the-beak-album/ |title=Parrot-Fronted Death Metal Band HATEBEAK Is Back With 'Number Of The Beak' Album |publisher=blabbermouth.net |date=18 May 2015 |accessdate=26 May 2015}}

The band's sound has been described as "a jackhammer being ground in a compactor".{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/10/30/HOGSU9HDMO1.DTL|title="Birds of a feather sing death metal together" - San Francisco Chronicle|author= Carla Thornton|accessdate = 2007-04-11 | work=The San Francisco Chronicle|date=2004-10-30}} Aquarius Records magazine called Hatebeak "furious and blasting death metal".{{cite web|url=http://www.parrotchronicles.com/septoct2004/hatebeak.htm|title=Parrot Chronicles magazine|accessdate= 2007-04-11 |archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20070317063952/http://www.parrotchronicles.com/septoct2004/hatebeak.htm |archivedate = 2007-03-17}} Hatebeak made its second record with Caninus, a band whose lead singers were two dogs. Hatebeak's goal is to "raise the bar for extreme music".