Trivium lose drummer

Trivium drummer Travis Smith will not be touring with the Florida metal titans when their US tour with Chimaira kicks off tomorrow in Atlanta.

The sticksman is apparently “taking care of some personal business” according to an official statement from the band.

"Travis Smith will not be joining us on this leg and is home taking care of some personal business,” reads the statement. “Filling in on drums for the tour will be south Florida's Nick Augusto.

"Nick is a former Trivium drum tech and is a member of the band Maruta," they add.

Smith will reportedly be back behind the kit when the band hit the UK in March.

A full-list of shows is as follows:

March 2010
05 Cardiff Uni
06 Nottingham Rock City
07 Stoke Victoria Hall
08 Leeds Met Uni
10 Newcastle Academy
11 Inverness Ironworks
12 Glasgow Barrowlands
13 Manchester Academy
14 Norwich UEA
16 Portsmouth Pyramid Centre
17 London Koko
18 London Koko
20 Oxford Academy
22 Folkestone Leas Cliff Hall
23 Wolverhampton Wulfrun Hall
24 Bristol Academy

Tickets are on sale now from www.aloud.com.