Eloy Casagrande (born 29 January 1991) is a Brazilian musician, best known as the drummer of

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band

Sepultura Sepultura (, "grave")Barcinski & Gomes 1999, page 17. is a Brazilian heavy metal band from Belo Horizonte. Formed in 1984 by brothers Max and Igor Cavalera,Barcinski & Gomes 1999, page 16. the band was a major force in the groove metal, thra ...

and hard rock act Iahweh.

Biography

Casagrande replaced

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in Sepultura, who left the band in November 2011, and is their youngest member. He is also known for his time with power metal singer

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and

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band 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 winner of the Batuka International Drummer Fest, sponsored by Vera Figueiredo. Later, Casagrande also won ''

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'''s Undiscovered Drummer Contest 2006 in New Jersey, and the following year, toured the United States.

Discography

*2009: '' Mentalize'' with

*2009: ''Neblim'' with Iahweh *2010: ''Landscape Revolution'' with Aclla *2012: ''(Re)Nascido'' with Gloria *2013: '' The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the Heart'' with

*2014: "Over Dee Moon" / "5 Years Thinking Outside Your Box" with Daniel Piquê *2017: ''

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'' with

*2020: '' Quadra'' with

References

1991 births Living people Sepultura members Brazilian heavy metal drummers People from Santo André, São Paulo 21st-century drummers {{Drummer-stub