Eloy Casagrande left Sepultura in February 2024 to hitch Slipknot and was changed by drummer Greyson Nekrutman (who left Suicidal Tendencies and was changed by ex-Slipknot drummer Jay Weinberg. Full circle!). Now within the January 2025 situation of Modern Drummer journal, Casagrade had some fairly excessive reward for Nekrutman and mentioned he hopes to perhaps get all of the Sepultura drummers in some unspecified time in the future.
“Sure, and once I see him taking part in, I can keep in mind myself in the identical spot. Once I joined Sepultura, I used to be his age. That is fairly attention-grabbing. He is an excellent drummer. I used to look at him taking part in movies he posted on social media when he was taking part in extra jazz and drum solos. He is a superb participant and I want him and the remainder of the band all one of the best. I’ve quite a lot of respect for him. I want I may discuss to him extra at some point. Perhaps we may carry all of the Sepultura drummers collectively.
“Greyson got here to my studio in São Paulo when he joined the band to do some rehearsals, and we had an excellent discuss. He had simply two or three weeks to be taught all of the songs, so I gave him some recommendation like, ‘We used to play that track sooner. Watch out with this track as a result of we used to play it slower.’ I wasn’t instructing him tips on how to play the songs as a result of he can play something he needs to play. He is an unimaginable drummer.”
Casagrande additionally talked about how he obtained recruited to hitch Slipknot, saying it was a pure choice contemplating Sepultura was about to embark on their farewell tour. Although it actually looks as if it was a shock to Sepultura, given vocalist Derrick Green‘s comments and Casagrande saying that the auditions had been prime secret.
“All the things occurred on the finish of 2023 once I obtained a name from Slipknot‘s supervisor asking me if I used to be thinking about doing an audition for Slipknot. That yr, Sepultura determined to cease taking part in, so it was a really pure choice for me to maintain taking part in with another person as a substitute of simply retiring. On the finish of [2023] and the start of [2024], I wasn’t supposed to speak to anybody about that. The audition was a giant secret. No one may learn about it. Sepultura did not even know, it was simply one thing between me and the fellows from Slipknot. It was my choice to do the audition. I mentioned, ‘Okay, I am thinking about doing an audition as a result of Sepultura goes to cease. I’ve one and a half years left of working with them and I will be finished.’
“By means of the years, I’ve performed many instances with Slipknot. We shared levels once I was taking part in Sepultura, and that was the place that I at all times wished to be. I grew up listening to their music, so I wished to have the expertise taking part in stay with Slipknot with a masks on my face. In my first present with the band I used to be pondering, ‘Oh, that is actually occurring. Oh my god. I am unable to consider it.’
“Going again a bit of bit, earlier than I used to be invited to do the audition, I took my drums to a studio in São Paulo and did a correct sound and video recording. I performed six songs, and I despatched it to the fellows. I selected three songs after which they requested me to play three particular songs. They had been ‘Eyeless’, ‘Purity’ and ‘Gematria’. My flight was booked to go to the audition, so on the finish of January [of 2024], I flew to Palm Springs, California, and spent ten days with them there. The primary 5 days, the entire band was rehearsing prefer it was a stay present. Day-after-day, the fellows got here with a distinct setlist, and we simply performed these songs.”
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