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For Those About to Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Haunt and Rat King
January 3, 2020 Blake Harrison
The Hatebeak frontbird pecks in the new year with a pair of January releases.
For Those About to Squak: Waldo’s Pecks of the Year!
December 20, 2019 Blake Harrison
You didn’t really think we’d close out 2019 without the top pecks of the year from our resident birdbrain, did you?
For Those About to Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Blood Incantation and Cattle Decapitation
November 15, 2019 Blake Harrison
The Hatebeak frontbird pecks on two of the biggest death metal albums of the year.
For Those About to Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Abigail Williams, Lord Mantis and Nile
November 1, 2019 Blake Harrison
The Hatebeak frontbird reviews death, black and beyond this week.
For Those About to Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Cloak, Ogre and Savage Master
October 18, 2019 Blake Harrison
The Hatebeak frontbird gets the in spirit of the season this week with three “spooky” new titles.
For Those About to Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Blut aus Nord, Profanatica and 1349
October 4, 2019 Albert Mudrian
Our favorite review-writing bird, covers his beak in corpsepaint and gets his feathers ruffled by some true-ish black metal.
For Those About to Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Creeping Death, Exhumed and Toxic Holocaust
September 20, 2019 Blake Harrison
The voice of a generation – and Hatebeak – gets metal thrashing mad this week.
For Those About to Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Coffins, Ram and Visceral Disgorge
September 9, 2019 Blake Harrison
A mix of doom, death and trad this week for our friend who shits in a cage.
For Those About to Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Entombed A.D., In Cold Blood and Devourment
August 23, 2019 Blake Harrison
Our bird delivers the (unfettered, but definitely feathered) word on three new extreme metal metal releases.
For Those About to Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Knocked Loose, Cerebral Rot and Illdisposed
August 9, 2019 Blake Harrison
Two out of three records reviewed this week give our bird’s feathered ass a good tail-kicking.
For Those About to Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Destruction and Lord Gore
July 26, 2019 Blake Harrison
Our bird delivers the (unfettered, but definitely feathered) word on two new underground metal releases.
For Those About to Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Wormed, Cherubs and The Holy Circle
July 12, 2019 Blake Harrison
Everyone’s favorite bird-brain keeps things brutal, noisy and downright weird this week.
For Those About to Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Batushka and Abbath
June 28, 2019 Blake Harrison
Still not a Birdzum fan, but Waldo gives black metal some long-overdue love in his pecks of the week.
Animal-Fronted Bands Hatebeak and Boar Glue Release Split LP
February 28, 2019 Emily Bellino
Current/former members of Death, Pig Destroyer, Charred Walls of the Damned and Triac, plus a South African gray parrot and three guinea pigs, create animal-fronted mayhem.
For Those About to Squawk: Horrisonous, Ravenous Death, Vesication
January 18, 2019 Blake Harrison
Waldo thinks this new death metal is beaking fantastic!
For Those About to Squawk: Iron Monkey, Cursed Moon, Thy Serpent’s Cult
October 13, 2017 Blake Harrison
Our resident birdbrains pecks on new titles from Iron Monkey, Cursed Moon and Thy Serpent’s Cult.
For Those About To Squawk: Life Of Agony, Warcrab, Statiqbloom
April 28, 2017 Blake Harrison
Our resident birdbrains pecks on new releases from Life of Agony, Warcrab (again) and Statiqbloom.
For Those About to Squawk: Waldo’s Pecks of Grind, Death and Power
January 6, 2017 Albert Mudrian
In which our resident birdbrain pecks on new releases Avulsed, Grave Digger and the Drip.
For Those About to Squawk: Creep on Creepin’ On
September 30, 2016 Albert Mudrian
Our resident birdbrain has only heard the same two new Metallica songs as you, but he can tell you all about the new Agatus, Aghast! and Gatecreeper albums.
For Those About to Squawk: Waldo’s Pecks of Grace
September 16, 2016 Blake Harrison
Our resident birdbrain tackles the new Trap Them and Sword releases, while imagining what the new Neurosis LP might sound like.
For Those About to Squawk: Waldo Waxes Brazilian
August 19, 2016 Albert Mudrian
Waldo diversifies his beak, pecking on new releases from SubRosa, Helms Alee and classic Sarcófago reissue.
For Those About to Squawk: Waldo’s Pecks on Pirate ‘Metal’
August 5, 2016 Blake Harrison
Dread Crew of Oddwood, Necromancing the Stone and Warpvomit all come face to beak with Waldo this week.
For Those About to Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Ghoul, Ringworm & Black Crown Initiate
July 22, 2016 Blake Harrison
Two out of three this week ain’t bad for our resident bird brain.
For Those About to Squawk: Waldo Pecks on Methra, Mephistopheles and Inter Arma
June 27, 2016 Albert Mudrian
Our resident bird brain, Waldo of Hatebeak, pecks hard on three diverse new LPs.
For Those About to Squawk: R.I.P. Basil
January 14, 2011 Andrew Bonazelli
Every Friday, Waldo the African Grey Parrot, frontbird of thrash-grind immortals Hatebeak, will get you caught up on the week’s latest “extreme” releases. Hello, fellow avian supremacists. I’d like to pour one out for my dead homie this week. A friend of the Beak’s has passed away. Basil, one of the singers of the mighty…
For Those About to Squawk: Waldo’s Pecks of the Week II
December 3, 2010 Andrew Bonazelli
Every Friday, Waldo the African Grey Parrot, frontbird of thrash-grind immortals Hatebeak, will get you caught up on the week’s latest “extreme” releases. Waldo here. There’s not really much to “crow” about this week in the way of new releases. In fact, it seems like most labels aren’t really doing much this week, but first…