Parademons

Parademons are the genetically engineered shock troops of Darkseid, the 'God' of Apokolips. Not actually sentient beings, they are created with a mindless desire to obey the will of Darkseid until death. Unable to communicate by more than screeches, it is almost unheard of for a Parademon to gain any level of sentience or individuality, though it has happened once or twice. For the most part, they are a 'race' (in the most general sense) of mindless drones, little more than organic automaton machines with the desire to kill, conquer, and protect their all-powerful ruler and his more sentient minions. They usually attack using their boundless numbers to overwhelm opponents or worlds to which they are sent with little to no sense of self-preservation. They are continually birthed in the laboratories of Granny Goodness by the thousands due to their high mortality rate.