June 29, 2004

HATEBEAK! The world's first death metal band with a parrot as lead singer. Here's an MP3 sample of God of Empty Nest. [Via Boing Boing.]
posted by homunculus 20 years ago
  • The only thing this band still needs is a bunch of monkeys on stage throwing feces at the audience. That would rock.
  • Parrot Metal, or Pirate Metal? I would have called it H
  • We rawwwwwk! Satan's good! Satan's good! Rawwwwwk!
  • This is way way over my head.
  • Yeah, just a little. Kinda cool for the novelty, but I can't imagine anyone at the party hollering, "Hey! Put on that awesome band with the parrot in it! Yeah, that rawwwks!!!"
  • As an avid death-metal fan, I don't know whether to laugh or cry. Although I'm leaning towards the former, since 'God of Empty Nest' is very clearly a take on Morbid Angel's 'God of Emptiness'. The similarity of the vocals sounding like they're 'singing' through a hankercheif on the mic doesn't help, either. The problem with metal-related satire is that it's hard to tell who's being serious and who's taking the piss.
  • I am housesitting for a friend with an African Grey, and I can tell you now that Thor does not approve. His main repertoire consists of "Kiss, kiss.", I love you.", and "Oooooh, babe, you're my kind of girl."
  • I am housesitting for a friend with an African Grey Cool! That's gotta be fun.