Warbeast Brings On Guitarist Drew Shoup And Bassist Lyric Ferchaud

Lineup changes are nothing new for Texas thrash outfit Warbeast: the band has proven its resiliency over the years by simply reloading and continuing on.

The Housecore Records Recording artist has once again added some new weaponry to its arsenal. This time Warbeast has chosen to bring in some young bloods. Drummer Joey Gonzalez elaborates:

"2 young guns with a fire-in-their-bellies and hungry for thrash. It’s humbling and refreshing for me to work with two dedicated individuals ready and eager to hit the road and continue the tradition of thrash."

Drew Shoup (20-years-old) is now the band’s 2nd guitarist, and he comments: “Warbeast is one of the tightest, most energetic bands I've ever heard. I am very excited to be a part of what they do.”

Lyric Ferchaud (17-years-old) will take over the bass duties and proclaims: “I've watched the band become who they are and to be a part of that is pure excellence. I feel that joining this band will keep 'The Beast' alive as it should always be, and lead to even more powerful thrash metal than before.”

Lyric is also the Stepson of Warbeast singer Bruce Corbitt. Bruce is very thrilled about the future of Warbeast with Lyric and Drew now in the band, commenting “The positive energy they both bring is so cool and it’s like breath-of-fresh-air. They’re both excited and this is a big step-up for both of them. They want to contribute to the creative side of the band too.”

Bruce continues, “Drew has worked really hard to make the transition to move back to D/FW, as well as to learn our material. I know we made the right choice by picking Drew to fill this spot… I really like the guy.”

As far as his stepson Lyric joining Warbeast, Bruce states, “Obviously I’m really proud of him and it’s nice to have a member of the family in the band too. We’ve all known how talented Lyric was for many years. But I believed it would have been a mistake to give him a chance like this too soon. It was kind of like the old show Kung Fu and he was Grasshopper”… ‘When you can take the pebble from my hand, it will be time for you to join Warbeast.’ Haha!”