Career
He is the former drummer for the Detroit-based melodic death metal band and metalcore band. Lucas began drumming at the age of 14, also covering Slayer songs on guitar, but later joined percussion classes in high school. At age 19, Lucas moved to Richmond, Virginia and joined Cory Smoot in the GWAR side project Mensrea while playing with the deathgrind band Wartorn.
While opening for GWAR with the band, Lucas met vocalist Philosophy Labonte and the two remained in close contact.
Lucas later moved to Massachusetts and joined, replacing drummer Michael Bartlett. Lucas appeared in the videos "The Air That I Breathe" and "Tattered on my Sleeve", and performed on tours such as Sounds of the Underground and Ozzfest 2006.
Lucas left the band soon after to move to Michigan and was replaced by Jason Costa. In March 2007, Shannon Lucas auditioned for the melodic death metal band on a floor display drum kit at the Guitar Center store in Canton, Michigan where he worked, and was given the job replacing Zach Gibson.
Since joining the band, Lucas played on their 2007 release Nocturnal, 2009"s Deflorate, 2011"s Ritual and appeared in the Digital Video Disc Majesty.
Recent news On January 30, 2012, Cannibal Corpse singer George "Corpsegrinder" Fisher confirmed to Metal Injection magazine that he, along with Lucas and Adam Dutkiewicz of the band Killswitch Engage, were forming a side project, likely to be released on Metal Blade Records. From December 2013 until mid-2014, Lucas was the touring drummer foreign Drums - Tama Starclassic series Bubinga/Birch - Pearl White with Crushed Diamond Finish 5.5"x14" Starclassic series Copper Snare 7"x8" Tom 8"x10" Tom 9"x12" Tom 14"x16" Floor Tom 18"x20" Bass Drum(x2) Hardware - Axis Alabama Pedals Miscellaneous Vic Firth X5AN Sticks Evans Drumheads Tama Ergo Rider Throne Electronics Roland Reality Therapy-10K Acoustic Drum Triggers Alesis DM5 Module (Foreign Triggers).
