Eloy Casagrande

Casagrande began playing at age seven, when he got a toy drum from his mother; after a year, he got a real drum kit. He was notably taught by fellow Brazilian drummer Aquiles Priester. In 2004, at age 13, he was the winner of the Batuka International Drummer Fest, sponsored by Vera Figueiredo. Later, Casagrande also won Modern Drummer's Undiscovered Drummer Contest 2005 in New Jersey, and the following year, toured the United States. Casagrande joined Sepultura in November 2011, replacing Jean Dolabella. He recorded three albums with the band before his departure in February 2024 and is the second youngest member of Sepultura, with his replacement Greyson Nekrutman being 11 years his junior. Casagrande is also known for his time with power metal vocalist Andre Matos, Brazilian christian metal band Iahweh and post-hardcore/metalcore band Gloria, and has a project called Casagrande & Hanysz with guitarist João Hanysz. In April 2024, Slipknot officially confirmed that Casagrande would be replacing Jay Weinberg as the band's drummer. His first show with the band was on April 25, 2024, at Pappy & Harriet's Palace in California, USA. In the same year he joined the band, Eloy Casagrande was voted Best Metal Drummer in Modern Drummer magazine's 2024 Readers' Poll.