New Slipknot drummer Eloy Casagrande has taken on a masked look similar to his fellow band members and through a current chat with Fashionable Drummer he revealed the meanings behind a few of his masks’s extra distinguished options.
For many who haven’t noticed Casagrande’s look throughout the band as of but, the drummer is sporting a white masks with a bullet gap by the middle of the brow, furrowed forehead masks wrinkles and black traces emanating from the masks eyes and nostril areas offering a distinction in opposition to the masks’s white backdrop.
How Did Eloy’s Masks Come About?
Whereas the drummer did have some enter into the design of the masks, he revealed to Fashionable Drummer that founding percussionist Shawn “Clown” Crahan had one request that began the method.
“The masks was one thing I did with Clown,” the drummer revealed. “The very first thing he requested me at first is like, ‘Can now we have a white masks for you?’ The very first thing to deliver again Joey [Jordison]’s reminiscence. Respect his legacy.”
Jordison’s masks, like a lot of the members within the band, developed all through the years, however one fixed was the masks being white with various black markings.
What Different Options Did Casagrande Add?
Whereas the masks is a nod to Slipknot’s previous with Jordison, the opposite options on the masks got here from Eloy’s personal enter.
“I made the suggestion to have, like, these black traces to recollect the Brazilian indigenous individuals. You already know, so it brings with me the Brazilian individuals, the Brazilian tradition.”
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Clown got here forth with one other suggestion. “My expression, my face expression, this was designed by Clown,” the drummer defined. “He was watching me enjoying with out the masks and he stated, like, ‘That’s the best way you look while you’re enjoying Slipknot music. So we’re going to place that in your masks.'”
One of many extra putting options upon seeing the masks is the bullet gap within the brow space. It is not only for shock worth, says the drummer, who recalled a really particular incident in his life.
“I got here with the thought of the bullet gap. Two years in the past, I used to be robbed in São Paulo,” confirmed the drummer. “I used to be strolling in my neighborhood, it was 9AM, I used to be going to the fitness center, and two guys on bikes stopped me and so they put a gun to my head and so they requested me to provide them my cellphone and my backpack. That was one thing that in some way modified lots inside me. And he determined to not shoot. So I used to be fortunate.”
Casagrande provides, “It’s additionally from the philosophy that… provides like the sensation of, you’re going to love me, you’re going to like what I do, you’re going to hate what I do, however I’ve nothing to lose. I’m already useless. That’s a manner of feeling that provides me some type of freedom once I go on stage. It’s very inspirational as properly.”
Casagrande’s full interview may be discovered within the January 2025 version of Fashionable Drummer journal, at the moment out there for buy. The Slipknot drummer additionally graces the quilt.
You possibly can see Casagrande, masks and all, pounding away behind the equipment for Slipknot with their 2025 touring beginning on Feb. 28 in Melbourne, Australia for the primary of a number of Knotfest Australia exhibits. In June, the band kicks off a European trek, whereas the band’s solely present U.S. efficiency for 2025 comes July 19 on the Inkcarceration Competition in Mansfield, Ohio. All tour dates and ticketing information may be discovered by the group’s web site.
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