Eloy Casagrande recently reacted to his performance at the Undiscovered Drummer Contest for Drumeo. The Slipknot drummer commented on the solo he played as a 14-year-old by saying:
“I remember that I really wanted to play metal when I was 14 years old. So, I had to finish my drum solo with a metal groove, and there is something that I really like to say: I don’t regret anything that I played here in that solo. Because I really respect the moment that I was living.”
He recalled how winning the contest helped him kick off his career:
“I was only 14 years old. So, I had a different mind. I respect my past. I’m okay with my past. But, for sure, this solo changed my life. It was the beginning of my career on drums, and after that, one year later, I came to the US to do a clinic tour. I was only 15 years old. I started playing in Brazil, doing a lot of drum clinics, and two or three years later, I got into a band.”
Casagrande Is A Slipknot Member Now
Eloy Casagrande joined Sepultura in 2011 and recorded three albums with them before leaving in February 2024. A few months later, Slipknot confirmed him as their new drummer. Casagrande spoke of the backlash against his band change in a chat with Red Maggotz:
“Some people like Sepultura. Some people don’t like Slipknot. Some people like pizza. Some people like hamburgers. Some people like pepperoni pizza. Some people like cheese pizza. So, it’s kind of like that. People like to say out loud their preferences. It was a choice of mine. I did it for myself and yeah, a lot of people didn’t like my decision but people that matter to me got on my side.”
He shared about his new group:
“My wife, my mother, my close friends. It was a fully conscious decision. I knew all the consequences about that. But yeah, a bunch of other people didn’t like my decision at all but when I met the guys and we spent 10 days together, being there with them was always very professional, very objective, and focused. Slipknot is a big company.”
Slipknot teased their first song with Casagrande in May. The song called ‘Long May You Die’ doesn’t have a release date yet.