Eloy Casagrande


Eloy Casagrande is a Brazilian drummer, best known as the current drummer of Brazilian thrash metal act Sepultura and hard rock act Iahweh.

Biography

Casagrande replaced Jean Dolabella in Sepultura, who left the band in November 2011, and is their youngest member. Casagrande is also known for his time with power metal singer Andre Matos and post-hardcore/metalcore group Gloria.
Casagrande began playing at age seven, when he got a toy drum from his mother. After a year he got a real drum kit. In 2004, at age 13, he was the big winner of the Batuka International Drummer Fest, sponsored by Vera Figueiredo. Later Casagrande also won Modern Drummer's Undiscovered Drummer Contest 2006 in New Jersey, and the following year, toured the United States.

Discography