Louie Clemente, is a former drummer for the Bay Area thrash metal

Thrash metal

Thrash metal is a subgenre of heavy metal that is characterized usually by its fast tempo and aggression. Songs of the genre typically use fast percussive and low-register guitar riffs, overlaid with shredding-style lead work...

 band Testament

Testament (band)

Testament is an American metal band from Berkeley, California, formed in 1983. They are often credited as one of the most popular bands of the 1980s thrash metal scene...

. He is known for being a part of Testament's original line-up.

Testament

Clemente joined Testament when they were still called Legacy. Clemente recorded the debut album The Legacy and served as Testament's drummer on The New Order

The New Order

The New Order is the second album by American heavy metal band Testament, released on May 10, 1988. It is the album that broke Testament into the thrash metal mainstream, with singles "Trial by Fire" and "The Preacher"...

, Practice what you Preach

Practice What You Preach

"Practice What You Preach" is the title of a number-one R&B single by singer Barry White from his 1994 album The Icon Is Love. The hit song spent three weeks at number-one on the US R&B chart and reached 18 on the pop chart. The 1994 single also won a Soul Train Music Award for Best R&B/Soul Song...

, Souls of Black

Souls of Black

Souls of Black is the fourth album by American Thrash metal band Testament, released in 1990. It preceded several changes in style to rather diverse styles of metal, including the traditional heavy metal sound heard in its succeeding album, The Ritual....

 and The Ritual. In 1992 he left the band at the same time as guitarist Alex Skolnick

Alex Skolnick

Alexander Nathan Skolnick is an American jazz and metal guitarist. He was a member of the San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal band Testament from 1983 until his departure in 1993...

 did. Clemente moved to a more stable career outside music, but agreed to share drum duties in 2005 during the classic reunion line-up in London. Unable to perform touring duties - after not having played a full sett for 13 years - he didn't rejoin Testament. But Clemente has called the London show one of the top points of his life.

Clemente is known as the thrash beat drummer, because he almost exclusively plays thrash beats with his snare, bass and high hat.

Personal life

Louie owns a modern art and furniture store in New York City

New York City

New York is the most populous city in the United States and the center of the New York Metropolitan Area, one of the most populous metropolitan areas in the world. New York exerts a significant impact upon global commerce, finance, media, art, fashion, research, technology, education, and...

. Louie has a daughter named Angelina Clemente (born January 28, 1985).