Eloy Casagrande explains “complicated” decision to leave Sepultura for Slipknot

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Sepultura to fill the vacant drummer position in Slipknot.In February Casagrande left the Brazilian metal band, who will be splitting up after a farewell tour starting this year.

This led to heavy speculation that he would be joining Slipknot following the firing of Jay Weinberg late last year.Casagrande recently gave an interview to Brazil’s Veja Sao Paulo which was translated from his native Portuguese by fans on Reddit.He revealed that he asked about playing in both bands but had to leave Sepultura after being told he would have to be exclusive to Slipknot.“They asked me to record and send them some videos from right here in Brazil,” he said. “Initially there were three songs, then they asked me for three more, and asked if I had any plans to go to the United States, and I was scheduled to perform there in January with my instrumental music project, Casagrande & Hanysz.

So they moved my flight up a bit, and I spent five days in Palm Springs, rehearsing with the full band.“Then they asked me to extend my stay by another five days, so we could record some things,” he continued. “I think that was also part of the audition.