The Iconic Drumming Behind 'Roots Bloody Roots' | Sepultura Song Breakdown

Roots Bloody Roots" is one of Sepultura's most iconic songs. Tune in as the one and only Eloy Casagrande breaks down how he plays this incredible song. This track is deeply rooted in Brazilian music due to the band's contact with the Xavante tribe. Eloy talks about the key drumming aspects, including the iconic bass drum groove, a distinctive verse groove using the rack tom, and intriguing accent placements. He also adds his unique touch to the guitar solo towards the end, infusing a Brazilian groove while maintaining the original's essence from drummer Igor Cavalera.

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Chapters

0:00 - Intro
0:47 - The Chorus
1:09 - The Verse
1:58 - The Solo
2:56 - Full Song
6:19 - Final Thoughts
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[soadfe]

Man, this guy really hits those drums like he means it.

[rafarocktc]

Eloy Casagrande é um patrimônio da música brasileira, entrou para uma banda de reconhecimento mundial e segurou o rojão com tudo. E ainda é zero estrelismo, gente boa demais!

[Pure_KodiakWILD_Power]

Shout out to the mighty Igor Cavalera 💪🏽 Eloy is the perfect successor, and I'm glad he put some of his own flair while still retaining the integrity of Sep classics.

[Toppu]

Man, those timbalitos are so simple yet brilliant in the original groove. So good.

[ProgrammedForDamage]

Man he is beating the kit like it owes him money. Sounds absolutely mint!

[RodeSouza]

The timbalitos reflects our history as brazilians. Sepultura is from Brazil and bring our music and culture around the world. Timbal is a afro-brazilian instrument, a very important one. I am from Salvador, Bahia, the blackest place out Africa in the world and the timbal is a important instrument to us (there is a band called "Timbalada"), so i feel represented by this song and band. Our roots is there! Thanks, Sepultura and thanks Igor and Eloy! Axé!

[danielfiori]

Igor Cavalera was a very creative and original drummer. Eloy is great too, very sharp, technical and groovy

[pauletasse]

Not only is his playing unreal, but the sound of his drums are just perfect. Wide open toms cut through so much better than lots of damping 👌🏼

[mastodn]

I want to give credit to and thank everybody behind the scenes at Drumeo. I remember when the channel was mostly Jared doing lessons and now it's one of the best educational and entertaining music resources and so much of it is available for free. You guys and gals have been absolutely killing it recently!

[darkswan]

Please take a moment to notice that 1996 was a glorious year for Brazilian metal with Roots (Sepultura) and Holy Land (Angra). Great albums, great bands!!! 🇧🇷❤

[zimiani]

I think that, for us drummers, it's also important to DANCE the song you're playing, just like Eloy does. When you dance while playing you deliver the song in the time and with your feeling.

[benediktmerl]

what amazes me about Eloy is that, for such a hard hitting drummer, he has a very delicate touch when it's needed. He's not a berserker but merely possesses a very wide dynamic range

[andivax]

❤❤❤
I am still impressed by Sepultura material in 2023. Old albums and new albums are GREAT. Eloy is phenomenal ❤

[HenriRandriantsoa]

Hello Eloy, I am from Madagascar and I am a Portuguese speaker too ... Well da parte de todos os amigos que amam o Slipknot te amamos muito que seja sempre melhor em bateria ... Você é o melhor baterista pro Slipknot❤

[ManCannotRide]

This is the most mellow I've seen him play the drums. I think that drum kit does not owe him money. He was very nice to it.

[IanSinclair]

I can only imagine how awesome it would be to be watching/hearing this for the first time. 25 years on and i still have it playing every gym session. Fricking great song and band

[jasonbonifacio]

Amazing. I bought this CD in the 90s and must have had it on repeat for weeks. The whole record is phenomenal.

[Zeb]

I remember this album coming out and listening to it constantly for months. 
Bloody roots… seriously one of the best albums of my childhood.
Thank you Eloy and Igor.

[vovahimself]

To me, this is *the* most iconic drum part ever. So many things come into one here, it’s really hard to top that. Like, before that the mid-teen me thought of drums as something that just provided the rhythmic layer for the music. THIS hit different.

I still prefer the original arrangement, but that must be just my imprinted memory speaking. Eloy is amazing without doubt.

[VivoBateria]

Sepultura is a band that manages to bring the essence of Brazil to heavy music. Eloy Casagrande, with his eclectic style, manages to express this very well in the band. Eloy is undoubtedly a great reference.