Paul Wandtke

Paul Wandtke (born December 20, 1985) is a Chicago based drummer who has been to over 48 countries as a professional drummer. He joined Trivium on Dec 5th, 2015 by playing a debut show in front of 40,000 people in Mexico at Slipknot's "Knotfest" Festival. He was referred to Trivium via Dream Theater's Mike Mangini when Trivium had asked John Petrucci if they knew any drummers they could check out for a new replacement. In early 2017, Wandtke left Trivium.

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Wandtke has previously drummed for the hit musical "Rock of Ages" and for Kill Hannah during the band's main-support run with the Smashing Pumpkins.

Paul Wandtke is endorsed by Tama drums, Meinl cymbals, Evans drum heads, Vic Firth drum sticks, Pure Fix cycles, Vratim shoes and Humes and Berg cases.

Paul Wandtke launched his very own band from Chicago, IL called Bedlem after his departure from Trivium. Bedlem released their debut single Triumph on Feb 6th, 2017.

Paul Wandtke also sings and plays guitar for a national touring Nirvana tribute band called Smells Like Nirvana, which is based in Chicago and have performed fly-in casino dates as well as many midwest dates with plans to do some tours in 2017. Paul Wandtke has said that Nirvana is the reason he got into music so that's why Smells Like Nirvana was created, also because it was an attempt to gain some experience as a frontman to later start his own original band.