{"id":46419,"date":"2023-06-13T05:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-13T12:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/?p=46419"},"modified":"2024-05-01T09:50:45","modified_gmt":"2024-05-01T16:50:45","slug":"sepultura-drummer-eloy-casagrande-brazilian-metal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/sepultura-drummer-eloy-casagrande-brazilian-metal\/","title":{"rendered":"Eloy Casagrande: Why Brazilian Metal Rules"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/frGudzQ8flg\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Eloy Casagrande joined Brazilian metal legends Sepultura in 2011 &#8211; when he was just 20 years old. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Now the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/slipknots-new-drummer-eloy-casagrande\/\">drummer for Slipknot<\/a>, he&#8217;s one of best players in the world (if you watch the video above, you&#8217;ll understand why).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The hour-long drum lesson covers everything from traditional rhythms to the &#8220;Brazilian blast beat&#8221;, and Eloy&#8217;s best advice for drummers. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>&#8220;Respect who you are on the kit. Don&#8217;t try to compare yourself to other drummers &#8211; just be yourself.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-rank-math-toc-block\" id=\"rank-math-toc\"><nav><ul><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#who-is-eloy-casagrande\">Who is Eloy Casagrande?<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#eloy-casagrandes-biggest-influences\">Eloy Casagrande&#8217;s biggest influences<\/a><\/li><li class=\"\"><a href=\"#whats-eloy-casagrandes-drum-setup\">What&#8217;s Eloy Casagrande&#8217;s drum setup?<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"who-is-eloy-casagrande\">Who is Eloy Casagrande?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Born in S\u00e3o Paulo, Brazil (Santo Andr\u00e9, specifically) Eloy Casagrande has been a sought-after drummer from a young age. At the age of 13, he won the Batuka International Drummer Fest<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A winner of Modern Drummer&#8217;s <em>Undiscovered Drummer<\/em> contest, he performed at the 2005 Modern Drummer festival at just 15 years old where his solo introduced the world to his skills. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Eloy Casagrande - Modern Drummer Festival 2005\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ZboeUzgD8NY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While he&#8217;s become an experienced clinician and session drummer since that time, Eloy is known largely in the heavy music community as the drummer of legendary Brazilian metal band Sepultura, which he joined in 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Though he was voted &#8220;Metal Drummer Of The Year&#8221; at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/awards\">2022 Drumeo Awards<\/a> and &#8220;Best Metal Drummer&#8221; in the 2021 Modern Drummer Readers Poll, Eloy is a gifted all-around player who has also been touring and releasing music with his progressive instrumental duo, Casagrande &amp; Hanysz (featuring guitarist Jo\u00e3o Hanysz).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Eloy has worked with the following artists and more:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Slipknot<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sepultura<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Casagrande &amp; Hanysz<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Iahweh<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Andre Matos<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Gloria<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Aclla<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Daniel Piqu\u00ea<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>2ois<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Andreas Kisser<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"eloy-casagrandes-biggest-influences\">Eloy Casagrande&#8217;s biggest influences<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>He&#8217;s not your typical metal drummer. Eloy&#8217;s background in Brazilian music reflects his cultural upbringing, and he naturally fuses it into even the heaviest of parts. He grew up loving both metal and traditional Brazilian rhythms (like maracatu, samba, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/the-bossa-nova\/\">bossa nova<\/a>, bai\u00e3o and maxixe), particularly those developed in Northeast Brazil.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"blue-text-block\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Learn how to play these Brazilian rhythms and almost 100 other styles in <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/drumshop\/the-drummers-toolbox\">The Drummer&#8217;s Toolbox<\/a>,<\/strong> one of the best drum books to help you become a well-rounded drummer.<\/div>\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Combine that with an early love of Black Sabbath and receiving his first drum kit at age 8, and you have a recipe for a uniquely creative drummer who now plays crossover concepts rarely (if ever) heard before.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As for drummers who have influenced Eloy Casagrande, he took some key advice from a recent Vinnie Colaiuta interview: that &#8220;thought is the enemy of flow.&#8221; This means that if you think too much while you&#8217;re drumming, you&#8217;ll lose the feeling of the music. He mentions this in the video lesson at the top of this page, along with other great advice for other drummers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"whats-eloy-casagrandes-drum-setup\">What&#8217;s Eloy Casagrande&#8217;s drum setup?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Here&#8217;s Eloy Casagrande&#8217;s current drum setup:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tama.com\/usa\/artists\/detail\/913.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">TAMA Drums:<\/a><\/strong><br>Starclassic Bubinga<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>22&#8243;x16&#8243; Bass Drum<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>22&#8243;x16&#8243; Bass Drum<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>14&#8243;x5.5&#8243; Snare Drum<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>10&#8243;x8&#8243; Tom Tom<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>12&#8243;x9&#8243; Tom Tom<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>16&#8243;x14&#8243; Floor Tom<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>18&#8243;x16&#8243; Floor Tom<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/12220844\/eloy-casagrande-drum-kit-1024x682.jpg\" alt=\"Eloy Casagrande on his TAMA Starclassic Bubinga drum kit during his Drumeo visit\" class=\"wp-image-46486\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/12220844\/eloy-casagrande-drum-kit-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/12220844\/eloy-casagrande-drum-kit-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/12220844\/eloy-casagrande-drum-kit-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/drumeoblog.s3.amazonaws.com\/beat\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/06\/12220844\/eloy-casagrande-drum-kit.jpg 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p>Eloy likes to tune his toms high, which is less common in metal music but common in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/5-latin-grooves-every-drummer-should-know\/\">Latin drumming<\/a>. He keeps his highest tom tuned <em>extra <\/em>high for percussive &#8220;effect&#8221;. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.paiste.com\/en\/musicians\/eloy-casagrande\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Paiste Cymbals:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>20&#8243; 2002 Wild Crash<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>15&#8243; Formula 602 Modern Essentials Hi-Hat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>12&#8243; RUDE Shred Bell (as stack top)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>14&#8243; RUDE Blast China (as stack bottom)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>19&#8243; Formula 602 Modern Essentials Crash<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>14&#8243; PST X Swiss Flanger Stack<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>14&#8243; Formula 602 Modern Essentials Hi-Hat<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>20&#8243; Formula 602 Modern Essentials Crash<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>20&#8243;Formula 602 Modern Essentials Ride<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>18&#8243; 2002 Novo China<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.daddario.com\/artists\/evans-drumheads\/eloy_casagrande\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Evans Drumheads:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>14&#8243; Evans Genera HD Dry Drum Head<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>14&#8243; Evans Clear 300 Snare Side Drum Head<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>12&#8243; Evans G2 Clear Drum Head<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>22&#8243; Evans EMAD2 Clear Bass Drum Head<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.daddario.com\/products\/percussion\/promark\/promark-drum-set\/promark-classic\/classic-forward-5b-hickory-drumstick-oval-wood-tip\/item\/promark-classic-forward-5b-hickory-oval-wood-tip-drumstick-4242\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Promark Drumsticks:<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Classic Forward 5B Hickory Drumstick, Oval Wood Tip<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Follow Eloy:<\/strong><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/eloycasagrande\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Instagram<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@eloycasagrandee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">YouTube<\/a><br><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/EloySepultura\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Facebook<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<p><iframe class=\"email-form-include-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/weeklyemail\" frameborder=\"none\"><\/iframe><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In his former band Sepultura, Eloy Casagrande (Slipknot) fuses traditional Brazilian rhythms with metal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":221,"featured_media":46437,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4019,4038],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-46419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-drummers","category-full-lessons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46419","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/221"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=46419"}],"version-history":[{"count":59,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46419\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":51531,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/46419\/revisions\/51531"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/46437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=46419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=46419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.drumeo.com\/beat\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=46419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}