Career
He was previously the touring guitar tech for Mastodon‘s Brent Hinds, Coheed & Cambria, Architects, and Fightstar. He has since switched from being a lead guitarist to a bass player for the first time in a band when he joined after being their guitar technical On October 7, 2014, frontman Corey Taylor of was surprised by the fact that Venturella had been identified playing bass in a video for the song "The Devil in I".
Venturella"s unique left-hand tattoo had been reported by Metal Chapel News, despite all the musicians wearing masks in the video.
Taylor said of Venturella and the video"s drummer, "They’re not official band members yet, but they are people who play with the band. Time will tell whether or not they’re, like, full members." On October, 25th and 26th, Venturella performed with the band live for the first time at Knotfest 2014.
On December 3, 2014, "s former drum tech posted a photograph of a personnel list of the band on tour, showing that bassist Venturella and drummer Jay Weinberg were touring with the band. Venturella was eventually officially revealed to be the bassist by Jim Root in an interview with Ultimate-Guitar on May 13, 2015.
On August 2, 2015, Venturella had an unknown medical emergency for which he was rushed to the hospital during a show in Hartford, Connecticut.
The following day, it was revealed that Venturella had suffered from dehydration during the show the previous night, and will be returning to the stage on August 4, 2015, in Mansfield, Massachusetts, where he performed back stage. He was honored by the other 3 bands,(Lamb of God, Bullet for My Valentine and Motionless in White) that night.