This really shouldn’t – and likely won’t – surprise you. Modern Drummer readers voted former Sepultura and current Slipknot drummer Eloy Casagrande as the #1 metal drummer on the planet!
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Yesterday (Dec 2), Eloy jumped on social media, “I’m glad that I was nominated as the best metal drummer of 2024 by Modern Drummer magazine. Thank everyone who voted for me. I’d like you to know that I’m not the best one. There is no good or bad in music or in arts, but I’m lucky enough to I have people that support me and who like what I do. Thank you, Modern Drummer, for the service you do for the drumming community. Thank you SLIPKNOT and the maggots for trusting me. See you all on the road.”
You’ll remember after parting ways with former drummer Jay Weinberg (Nov ’23), Slipknot teased their fans as to who could be the new drummer – posting a photo of a single broken drumstick online, with the caption “Rehearsal”. Eloy came outta the gate thanking the band for ‘trusting him’… and now, he’s absolutely crushing for them. Brilliant. Although, I felt Weinberg was great, too.
Slipknot explained the split with Weinberg, saying it was a creative decision. Jay followed up with a statement of his own, saying he was “heartbroken and blindsided” by his dismissal.
You don’t have to feel bad for Jay though. Weinberg has since joined Suicidal Tendencies and Infectious Grooves. Casagrande abruptly quit Sepultura to join Slipknot ten months ago. Sepultura released a band statement, “February 6th, a few days prior to the first rehearsal, drummer Eloy Casagrande informed the band that he was leaving Sepultura to pursue a career in another project.”
Slipknot recently completed the North American portion of the “Here Comes The Pain” tour.
Slipknot guitarist Jim Root did an interview with Tone-Talk and talked about how Casagrande came to join the band and what his impact has been, “We didn’t even try anybody else. Eloy’s name came up. He contacted us, actually, about wanting to be a part of it and started sending a bunch of videos in. I think him and our bass player (Alessandro ‘Vman’ Venturella) might’ve had a little bit of a relationship before. I think they knew each other. They had mutual friends. And Vman’s really in tune with a lot of really great, proggy, heavy musicians that are passionate about their instruments. And it just seemed like a no-brainer. And he’s really respectful of the legacy of (Slipknot’s original drummer, the late) Joey (Jordison), and Joey was a huge influence on him.”
Yeah, you kinda gotta go with Slipknot’s drummer for best metal drummer in the world, right? Are Modern Drummer readers overlooking someone else?
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