Nick Augusto (born August 4, 1986) is an American drummer, best known as the former drummer of heavy metal band

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, in which he played from 2009 until 2014. He was the former touring drummer for Light the Torch from 2016 to 2017.

Career

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whom he had known since kindergarten. He was a part of Trivium technical crew being responsible for drums. After the first leg of "Into The Mouth Of Hell We Tour", which was the band's first domestic tour as a headliner, the drummer and founding member Travis Smith went on indefinite hiatus. Augusto was offered to fill-in for him, as the band praised his speedy approach to performing its songs. He played his first show with Trivium on October 29, 2009 at The Masquerade in

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. The band finished the second leg of the tour on December 12, 2009 playing a hometown show in

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, still with Augusto on drums. On February 4, 2010, shortly before the upcoming Asian tour, Augusto was introduced as the new official member of Trivium, as Travis Smith again refused to join the band for live performances. Around the same time two new songs, "Shattering the Skies Above" and

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cover "Slave New World", were released, both featuring Augusto. Since then he recorded two studio albums with the band and appeared in numerous music videos. On May 3, 2014 he played

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festival show which turned out to be his last with Trivium. Four days later it was announced that band had parted ways with Augusto whilst travelling on their tour bus in the midst of their current Vengeance Falls album tour due to "off-stage differences". In October 2014, Augusto announced his new project named Corrosion and revealed the plans of recording an EP with the producer

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and Daniel Bergstrand . In May 2016-January 2017 Augusto played drums on tour for the band Light the Torch.

Equipment

Nick uses

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and DW bass drum pedals. He also uses

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drumsticks (Millennium II American Hickory 5B with wood tip).

Discography

* Implosive Disgorgence – ''Chapters'' EP * Entropy - "Protean" * Infernaeon – ''A Symphony of Suffering'' (prosthetic records) * Entropy - "This Tide As Manifest Destiny" EP * Maruta- Demonstration * Maruta – ''In Narcosis'' (willowtip records) * Maruta - this comp kills fascists (relapse records) * Ends Of The Earth – ''Rebirth'' EP * Corrosion - EP (maskina records) With

: * '' Shattering the Skies Above'' (single) (2010) * ''Slave New World (Sepultura cover)'' (2010) * ''

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'' (2011) * '' Vengeance Falls'' (2013)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Augusto, Nick 1986 births American heavy metal drummers 21st-century American drummers American people of Italian descent Living people Trivium (band) members