Shannon Lucas

Shannon Lucas
Shannon Lucas performing with All That Remains in 2006
Background information
Born	September 27, 1983 Staunton, Virginia, U.S.
Genres	Death metal,[1] metalcore, heavy metal
Occupation(s)	Musician
Instruments	Drums
Years active	1998–present
Labels	Metal Blade
Associated acts	The Black Dahlia Murder, All That Remains, Mensrea, Wartorn, Battlecross, Serpentine Dominion

Shannon Lucas (born September 27, 1983) is an American extreme metal drummer from Staunton, Virginia. He is the former drummer for the Detroit-based melodic death metal band The Black Dahlia Murder and metalcore band All That Remains.

Musical career

Lucas began drumming at the age of 14, also covering Slayer songs on guitar, and later joined percussion classes in high school.^[1] At age 19, he moved to Richmond, VA and joined Cory Smoot in the GWAR side project Mensrea while playing with the deathgrind band Wartorn.^[2] While opening for GWAR with the band, Lucas met All That Remains vocalist Phil Labonte and the two remained in close contact. Lucas later moved to Massachusetts and joined All That Remains, replacing drummer Michael Bartlett. Lucas appeared in the All That Remains 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 The Black Dahlia Murder 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.^[3] Since joining the band, Lucas played on their 2007 release Nocturnal, 2009's Deflorate, and 2011's Ritual, and appeared in the DVD 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.^[4] In 2016, the band announced its name as Serpentine Dominion and revelead the release date of their debut album.

From December 2013 until mid-2014, Lucas was the touring drummer for Battlecross.

Discography

• All That Remains
  • The Fall of Ideals (2006)

• The Black Dahlia Murder
  • Nocturnal (2007)
  • Deflorate (2009)
  • Ritual (2011)

• Battlecross
  • War of Will (2013)

• Serpentine Dominion
  • Serpentine Dominion (2016)

Timeline

Equipment

• 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)
• Cymbals - Sabian AAX series cymbals
• Hardware - Axis AL pedals
• Miscellaneous
  • Vic Firth X5AN sticks
  • Evans Drumheads
  • Tama Ergo Rider Throne
• Electronics
  • Roland RT-10K acoustic drum triggers
  • Alesis DM5 module (for triggers)^[5]

References

1. sickdrummer.com - Shannon Lucas
2. "Shannon Lucas". Sick Drummer Magazine. 18 November 2007. Retrieved 2011-10-21.
3. "Shannon Lucas: Premeditated Metal". Drum Magazine. 2008-01-18. Retrieved 2012-02-01.
4. "That Adam D., Corpsegrinder and Shannon Lucas Collaboration is Definitely Happening". Metal Injection Magazine. 2012-02-30. Retrieved 2011-02-31. Check date values in: |access-date=, |date= (help)
5. "Mechanical BDM-Shannon Lucas". 2001-11-01. Retrieved 2012-07-28.