Nick Augusto

Nick Augusto (born August 4, 1986) is an American musician, best known as the former drummer of heavy metal band Trivium, in which he played from 2009 until 2014.

Augusto was the drummer for the Floridian grindcore band Maruta, as well as Metal Militia, in which he played with Trivium bassist Paolo Gregoletto whom he had known since kindergarten.

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

[3] In October 2014, Augusto announced his new project named Corrosion and revealed the plans of recording an EP with the producer Jason Suecof and Daniel Bergstrand .