Joey Jordison
Pull a thread
Eloy Casagrande: the Brazilian drummer who left Sepultura's farewell tour and now drives Slipknot's "Arsenal"
Slipknot released “Arsenal” on 9 September 2026, its first new song in more than three years. The man behind the kit spent thirteen years in the seat Igor Cavalera made famous, and he left it days before Sepultura’s last rehearsal.
This is about the chair
Most of what got written about Eloy Casagrande in 2024 was about the exit. Fair enough. Walking out on a farewell tour is a story. But the exit is the least interesting thing about him, and it is over. What is still running is a line that starts in Belo Horizonte in the mid eighties, passes through São Paulo, and now sits in Iowa’s most famous band at the exact moment that band is rebuilding itself.