Nick Augusto is an Italian-American drummer of the heavy metal

Heavy metal music

Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...

 band Trivium

Trivium (band)

Trivium is an American heavy metal band from Orlando, Florida, formed in 1999. Signed to Roadrunner Records, the band has released five studio albums, eleven singles, and twelve music videos...

 . He replaced Travis Smith

Travis Smith (musician)

Travis Smith is the former drummer in the metal band Trivium. He was with Trivium since forming the band in 1999. Travis is best known for his very fast footwork, and intricate rhythms on the toms, a skill that has been noted several times by music magazines such as Revolver and Modern Drummer as...

 on 4 February 2010. Since joining Trivium, Augusto has recorded eighteen tracks: "Shattering the Skies Above"—which featured on the God of War: Blood & Metal EP— a cover of Sepultura

Sepultura

Sepultura is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte, formed in 1984. The band was a major force in the death metal, thrash metal and ultimately groove metal realms during the late 1980s and early 1990s, with their later experiments melding nu metal, hardcore punk and industrial.Sepultura...

's "Slave New World

Slave New World

"Slave New World" is Sepultura's fifth official single, and the second of three to be taken from the album Chaos A.D., released in 1993. The lyrics were co-written by Evan Seinfeld from Sepultura's Roadrunner label-mates Biohazard...

", and the band's newest album, In Waves

In Waves

In Waves is the fifth studio album by American heavy metal band Trivium, released worldwide on various dates August 2, 2011 and August 9, 2011 through Roadrunner Records.-Background:...

. Before joining Trivium, Augusto was the drummer for the Floridian grindcore

Grindcore

Grindcore is an extreme genre of music that started in the early- to mid-1980s. It draws inspiration from some of the most abrasive music genres – including death metal, industrial music, noise and the more extreme varieties of hardcore punk....

 band Maruta, as well as Metal Militia, in which he played with Trivium bassist Paolo Gregoletto

Paolo Gregoletto

Paolo Gregoletto is an Italian-American bass player for the band Trivium. Gregoletto resides in Pompano Beach, Florida. He is Italian on his fathers side and American on his mothers side...

. According to Gregoletto, Nick had been friends with the band for some time: "The first time I ever rehearsed was at Nick's house."

According to Metal Hammer Magazine and Paulo Gregoletto of Trivium, he goes by the stage alias "Daddy Magnum".

Nick uses Sabian cymbals. He uses Pearl

Pearl Drums

Founded in 1952, the is a multinational corporation based in Japan with a wide range of products, predominately percussion instruments.-History:Pearl was founded by Katsumi Yanagisawa, who began manufacturing music stands in Sumida, Tokyo on April 2, 1946...

 and DW

Drum Workshop

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 drums. He also uses Pro-Mark

Pro-Mark

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

Discography

• Implosive Disgorgence – Chapters EP
• Infernaeon – A Symphony of Suffering
• Maruta – In Narcosis
• Ends Of The Earth – Rebirth EP

With Trivium

Trivium (band)

Trivium is an American heavy metal band from Orlando, Florida, formed in 1999. Signed to Roadrunner Records, the band has released five studio albums, eleven singles, and twelve music videos...

:

• "Shattering the Skies Above" (2010)
• "Slave New World (Sepultura Cover)" (2010)
• "In Waves (2011)