Brazilian Eloy Casagrande is Slipknot’s new drummer, people close to the musician confirm | Culture

If there was any doubt, it no longer exists. Brazilian drummer Eloy Casagrande is the newest masked member of Slipknot. The information had already been circulated on social media this Friday (26th), after the group’s presentation in the United States, and was confirmed to CBN by people close to Eloy.

The Brazilian replaces Jay Weinberg, who was fired from the American metal group at the end of 2023.

Eloy was a member of Sepultura until March 2024. At the beginning of the year, he was already mentioned as a possible new member of Slipknot, but he denied it and joked about the situation. Despite this, shortly before the first show of Sepultura’s closing tour, in March, he left suddenly, citing personal and professional issues.

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In recent days, the situation seemed even clearer, when a video on Slipknot’s official website showed tags of the members’ names, one of which was “eloy”.

CBN contacted the musician to confirm the information. But his response was that he had “nothing to add.”

It is difficult to know whether there will be any official confirmation from Slipknot, who often play with the identities of their members. Furthermore, the masks used in all presentations also leave even more doubts.

Slipknot performs in Brazil later this year at Knotfest, a festival organized by the group. They will be the main attraction of the two-day event, on October 19th and 20th, at Allianz Parque.

Who is Eloy Casagrande?

Eloy Casagrande began to stand out early in his career, participating in several drum competitions in the United States. He also appeared on the show “Se Vira nos 30” playing the instrument on Domingão do Faustão.

After that, he participated in smaller bands, such as AcllA, Iahweh, 2ois, until, at the end of the 2000s, he joined the support band of the former Angra singer, André Matos.

Soon after, he joined Gloria and participated in the group’s landmark moments, such as the performance at Rock in Rio in 2011. At the end of that same year, he was called to join Sepultura, which remained until 2024. In the meantime, he also participated in Brazilian Christian metal band Iahweh.