Sepultura’s Derrick Green Recalls ‘Surreal’ Moment He Found Out Eloy Casagrande Left to Join Slipknot
Sepultura vocalist Derrick Green recalled the “surreal” moment he found out Eloy Casagrande was leaving the band to join Slipknot. In December of 2023, the Brazilian metal outfit announced a fall 2024 farewell tour to coincide with their 40th anniversary, but they also had a series of shows booked for March and April in South America. In February — just prior to the start of their rehearsals for those performances — Casagrande suddenly quit the band. He’d been playing with them since 2011. In a statement announcing Casagrande’s departure, Sepultura named Greyson Nekrutman as his successor. Cas...