Cyborg Beast

The Cyborg Beasts are a subgroup of Predacons from the Beast Wars II portion of the Generation 1 continuity family.

This is what happens if you overdose on something, kiddo.

The Cyborg Beasts (サイボーグビースト Saibōgu Bīsuto) are, as their name implies, freakish fusions of animal and machine. They are the result of exposure of several Predacons to Angolmois energy.

The Cyborg Beasts include:

• Dirgegun
• Gigastorm (leader)
• Hellscream
• Max-B
• Thrustor

Fiction

Beast Wars II manga

The Combatrons were kicked into a hot spring after they served the wrong drink to Gigastorm, who became furious. After enjoying the hot spring for a while, they found that they became extremely ugly were upgraded into the Cyborg Beasts and found a warning sign, noting it was an Angolmois processing facility by the Autorollers instead of a hot spring. Recover the Bonds Lost!

IDW Beast Wars comics

When coming into contact with Angolmois, Megastorm was transformed into the more powerful Gigastorm. He set out, creating a new subfaction within the Destrons. To fill up this subfaction, Gigastorm exposed BB, Dirge, Starscream, and Thrust to Angolmois, transforming them into Max-B, Dirgegun, Hellscream, and Thrustor. Beast Wars Sourcebook

As Magmatron surveyed the apocalyptic future Shokaract was destined to usher in, he saw Dirgegun engaged in furious combat with several other Predacons. The Ascending #1

Maximals and Predacons alike rose up to confront Shokaract, but he unleashed his own warriors: Hellscream, Max B and Thrustor, along with Antagony and Hardhead. The Ascending #3 These heralds battled the Cybertronians being led by Lio Convoy and Big Convoy, but it was ultimately a treacherous underhanded sneak attack by Ravage (combined with a grenade or two) which ended the threat of the Cyborg Beasts and their allies. The Ascending #4