"The band was going to break up, and I didn't want to stop playing drums at the age of 33"The post Eloy Casagrande explains “complicated” decision to leave Sepultura for Slipknot appeared first on NME.

Last night, before headlining this weekend’s second edition of the Las Vegas festival Sick New World, Slipknot played a warmup gig at Pappy & Harriet’s in Pioneertown, CA. In doing so, they debuted their new full-time drummer. He was of course wearing a mask, but any Maggot will tell you it’s Eloy Casagrand...

Last fall, nu-metal veterans Slipknot fired Jay Weinberg, a move the drummer said left him “heartbroken and blindsided” when he received the call. He attended the Grammys last month, where “Hive Mind” from his final album with Slipknot was nominated for Best Metal Performance, and today he announced he’s joining...

The band have since announced a replacement drummer after Eloy Casagrande "abandoned everything related to Sepultura"The post Sepultura drummer quits band ahead of final tour appeared first on NME.

After leaving Sepultura following the death of his stepson, Max Cavalera was at his lowest ebb. Then he got an idea for something new