Career
Mathew Madiro played his first show on May 5, 2014 in Buffalo, New York, as Nick Augusto departed from the band the day before, while the band still was on a co-headlining tour with Volbeat. He had been working for as a drum technician for 2 years and did not have any experience as a touring musician or recording artist, except for practicing in some amateur local bands. Reportedly, he had only 24 hours to learn all his parts for the upcoming show.
The first setlist he performed included nine songs: "Brave this Storm," "Like Light to the Flies," "Built to Fall," "Strife," "Black," "Dying in Your Arms," "Through Blood and Dirt and Bone," "Down from the Sky," and "In Waves".
On July 30, 2015 released a music video for the title track off the upcoming 7th album Silence in the Snow. The video became the second featuring Madiro, with Vengeance Falls" "Through Blood and Dirt and Bone" being the first.
In December 2015, shortly before Knotfest in Mexico, it was announced that the band had decided to part ways with Madiro on amicable terms. When asked, if he was going to switch back to his previous position in, he gave a negative reply.
In February 2016, he was invited to play with From Ashes To New because their drummer get married.
