Slipknot’s Jim Root says the band “didn’t even try” auditioning anyone besides Eloy Casagrande

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Slipknot guitarist Jim Root has revealed how Eloy Casagrande came to be the band’s new drummer.In late April, Eloy Casagrande was confirmed as Slipknot’s new drummer, taking over Jay Weinberg, who was let go late last year.

Since then, Casagrande has opened up about the “complicated” choice he had to make in leaving Brazilian metal legends Sepultura to join Slipknot.Now, Jim Root has revealed the band’s auditioning process with Casagrande and how he was confirmed into the band.

In a new interview with Tone-Talk, Root shared how the band first connected with Casagrande, and new material with their newest member.Root started by saying that the band had recently played two shows to “introduce our new drummer to the world”, before going on to briefly mention their secret show in Pioneertown and their headlining slot at Sick New World. “Now it’s time to move forward, onward and upward and do a lot more jamming and rehearsing.

I need to get myself into writing mode so we can write music worthy of Eloy’s drumming because that dude is a world-class drummer.”When answering fan questions about how the band got connected with Casagrande, Root revealed: “We didn’t even try anybody else.