After 13 years behind the kit for Sepultura, Casagrande left the group in February to join Slipknot, replacing drummer Jay Weinberg who was unceremoniously ousted from the band late last year.

Watch as Casagrande blazes his way through Slipknot 's 2001 track "Disasterpiece", leaving everyone watching the footage with one question – how isn't this dude breaking drum kits all the time?

Or as Root puts it, it was clearly a no-brained once Slipknot heard the dude behind a drum kit. "We didn't even try anybody else. Eloy 's name came up.

Replacing Jay Weinberg, Eloy Casagrande made his first onstage appearance with Slipknot on April 25 at an intimate show in California before the band's performance at the Sick New World Festival.

Watch these incredible old YouTube videos of Eloy Casagrande’s Slipknot drum covers If you weren’t there to catch Slipknot’s first two shows with Eloy Casagrande, then watch the drummer ...

At only 22 years old, Casagrande is relatively new to the mainstream metal scene. But he's coming out swinging, delivering the hard-hitting, pulsing beats that one would expect from Sepultura's rhythm ...