Eloy Casagrande

Eloy Casagrande (born 29 January 1991) is a Brazilian musician, best known as the drummer of hard rock act Iahweh and former drummer of heavy metal band Sepultura.

In 2004, at age 13, he was the 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.

Casagrande, who replaced Jean Dolabella, joined Sepultura in November 2011, and recorded three albums with the band before his departure in February 2024; he is the second youngest member of Sepultura, with his replacement Greyson Nekrutman being 11 years his junior.

He is also known for his time with power metal singer Andre Matos and post-hardcore/metalcore 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.