# Nick Johnston (guitarist)

Nick Johnston is a Canadian guitarist and songwriter who records as a solo artist. As of 2024, he has released six solo records. His albums have featured the work of notable artists such as Paul Gilbert, Marco Minnemann, Guthrie Govan, and Bryan Beller. He has also played on songs by other artists including Intervals, Scale the Summit, Periphery, Polyphia, David Maxim Micic, and Mike Dawes. He has toured extensively with artists including Plini and David Maxim Micic. In May 2019 he went on a North American tour with Between the Buried and Me and The Contortionist.
Johnston has cited musical influences such as Stevie Ray Vaughan, Eddie Van Halen, Yngwie Malmsteen, and Jeff Beck, saying "I sound nothing like those guys, but I’m massively influenced by them". Another influence was Joe Satriani. "Before listening to Joe, I don't think I understood how important a role the melodies played in building compositions", Nick stated in a Total Guitar interview. "I realised he was the guy who'd really figured it out—the balance of technique, tone, melody, and production. While players were learning blues from Hendrix and Clapton, I was learning them from Satriani".
The guitarist released his own signature guitar through Schecter in 2016. Schecter has since released additional variants of his signature guitar, splitting them into the USA Signature Series and Traditional Series, with these being premium and affordable versions respectively. He is also passionate about comics and has hired comics illustrators to create his album art.

## Discography
### Albums
#### Solo

| Title | Album details |
| Public Display of Infection | Released: November 15, 2011 Label: Self-released Format: CD, digital download |
| In a Locked Room on the Moon | Released: August 13, 2013 Label: Self-released Format: CD, digital download |
| Atomic Mind | Released: October 7, 2014 Label: Self-released Format: CD, digital download |
| Remarkably Human | Released: September 27, 2016 Label: Self-released Format: CD, digital download, streaming |
| Wide Eyes in the Dark | Released: April 19,. 2019 Label: Self-released Format: CD, digital download, streaming |
| Young Language | Released: November 26, 2021 Label: Remarkably Human Format: CD, digital download, streaming |
| Child of Bliss | Release: March 8, 2024 Label: Remarkably Human Format: CD, digital download, streaming |

#### with Archival

| Title | Album details |
| Fear and Fate | Released: April 23, 2021 Label: Remarkably Human Format: Digital download, streaming |
| Your Kingdom | Released: November 18, 2022 Label: Self-released Format: Digital download, streaming |

### Singles
#### As lead artist

| Title | Year | Album |
| "Silver Tongued Devil" (featuring Guthrie Govan) | 2014 | Atomic Mind |
| "Gemini" | 2019 | Wide Eyes in the Dark |
| "A Cure Promised" | 2019 |
| "Young Language" | 2021 | Your Language |
| "Silver Moon Rising" | 2021 | Your Language |
| "Child of Bliss" | 2024 | Child of Bliss |
| "Moonflower" | 2024 | Child of Bliss |

#### As featured artist

| Title | Year | Album |
| "Slow Dancing in a Burning Room" (Mike Dawes featuring Nick Johnston) | 2017 | Era |
| "This Is Living" (Afterwake featuring Nick Johnston) | 2017 | TIL |
| "Krytonite" (John Connearn featuring Nick Johnston) | 2024 | Non-album singles |
| "Diving into the Unmapped" (Juanpa featuring Nick Johnston) | 2024 | Non-album singles |

#### with Osmanthus

| Title | Year |
| "Becoming" | 2022 |
| "My Heart is Slowly Burning Down" | 2022 |
| "Diamond Tragedy" | 2023 |
| "All the Things" | 2023 |
| "Oceans Rise" | 2023 |

### Music videos

| Title | Year | Album |
| "Sandmonster" | 2013 | In a Locked Room on the Moon |
| "In a Locked Room on the Moon" | 2013 | In a Locked Room on the Moon |
| "Even If It Takes a Lifetime" | 2014 | In a Locked Room on the Moon |
| "Silver Tongued Devil" (featuring Guthrie Govan) | 2014 | Atomic Mind |
| "Ghosts of the Robot Graveyard" | 2014 | Atomic Mind |
| "Atomic Mind" | 2015 | Atomic Mind |
| "Ultra Force" | 2015 | Atomic Mind |
| "Remarkably Human" | 2016 | Remarkably Human |
| "Hypergiant" | 2016 | Remarkably Human |
| "Impossible Things" (featuring Gavin Harrison, Bryan Beller, and Luke Martin) | 2016 | Remarkably Human |
| "Fear Had Him by the Throat" | 2016 | Remarkably Human |
| "Weakened by Winter" | 2017 | Remarkably Human |
| "A Sick and Injured Brain" | 2017 | Remarkably Human |
| "Gemnini" | 2019 | Wide Eyes in the Dark |
| "A Cure Promised" | 2019 | Wide Eyes in the Dark |
| "Wide Eyes in the Dark" | 2020 | Wide Eyes in the Dark |
| "Silver Moon Rising" | 2021 | Your Language |
| "Strange Silent Places" | 2022 | Your Language |
| "Child of Bliss" | 2024 | Child of Bliss |
| "Moonflower" | 2024 | Child of Bliss |

### Other appearances

| Title | Year | Credited artist(s) | Album |
| "The Parade of Ashes" | 2014 | Periphery | Clear |
| "Champagne" | 2014 | Polyphia | Muse |
| "Disorder" | 2015 | David Maxim Micic | Ego |
| "Slight of Hand" | 2015 | Intervals | The Shape of Colour |
| "Goddess Gate" | 2017 | Scale the Summit | In a World of Fear |
| "Sleep Walker" | 2017 | Technopath (featuring Tristan Fitchat and Nick Johnston) | Ontology |
| "Ache" | 2017 | Organized Chaos | Divulgence |
| "Ghost Town" | 2019 | Zac Tiessen (featuring Nick Johnston) | Non-album single |
| "Pythoness" | 2019 | Keith Merrow | Reading the Bones |