SEPULTURA Confirms Drummer GREYSON NEKRUTMAN Will Return To Band In 2026 To Resume Farewell Tour

Brazilian/American metallers SEPULTURA have confirmed that drummer Greyson Nekrutman will return to the band when they resume their farewell tour in 2026.

SEPULTURA made the comment in response to questions about Greyson's position in the group following the announcement that he had joined TRIVIUM as that band's new drummer for the Aftershock festival appearance and upcoming North American tour.

Earlier today (Sunday, October 5),SEPULTURA released the following statement via Instagram Story: "As many of you may already know, our drummer Greyson Nekrutman has temporarily joined our friends from TRIVIUM as their drummer. In 2026, he'll be back with SEPULTURA, resuming his place in the band as we continue our farewell tour. Stay tuned for new tour dates coming soon!"

The 23-year-old Nekrutman stepped into TRIVIUM as the replacement for Alex Bent, who left the latter band earlier this month after a nine-year run.

Greyson made his live debut with TRIVIUM yesterday (Saturday, October 4) at the aforementioned Aftershock festival in Sacramento, California.

TRIVIUM's "The Ascend Above The Ashes" trek will kick off October 31 in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina and run through December 14, with a hometown show in Orlando, Florida. Special guests are JINJER and HERIOT.

Nekrutman officially replaced SEPULTURA's longtime drummer Eloy Casagrande in February 2024.

Greyson, who also previously played with SUICIDAL TENDENCIES, made his live debut with SEPULTURA on March 1, 2024 at Arena Hall in Belo Horizonte, Brazil.

During a recent appearance on "The David Ellefson Show" podcast, SEPULTURA bassist Paulo Xisto Pinto Jr. praised Nekrutman, saying: "Greyson, he is a great guy. He has a very jazzy, totally different approach. I'm still adapting, learning with him day by day. Eloy was in the band for 13 years. It took me a while to really lock up with him. The easiest one, of course, was Igor [Cavalera, original SEPULTURA drummer], 'cause we grew up together. And then the other ones, I had to readapt, and even the way of playing, just to make SEPULTURA sound right. Each one is very unique and has their own particularities. That's why it's so nice.

"We've done some new recording with Greyson, and it sounds amazing," Paulo revealed. "[It's a] totally different approach, and it was, like, 'Don't try to be that much metal. Just be yourself. Be a jazz player. Try to bring into the metal your own style and you're gonna fly high, dude.' 'Cause he's amazing."

Asked by podcast co-host Joshua Toomey what it's like to have such a young bandmate in SEPULTURA, Paulo said: "Well, it's great, 'cause, it gave us new energy. And it's a way to exchange experience. Even though he's so young, he has his own experience that he can share with us. And to have the chance to be every day on stage, you learn more and more every day. So it's a great exchange, actually. It's beautiful. [I] love it."

SEPULTURA announced Casagrande's departure on February 27, 2024, explaining in a statement that he was leaving to join "another project", with Eloy later confirming that he is the new drummer of SLIPKNOT.

The news of Eloy's exit from SEPULTURA came just two months after the band announced it would celebrate its 40th anniversary in 2024 by embarking on a "farewell tour" which will cover the entire globe.

In SEPULTURA's statement, the remaining bandmembers expressed their shock over Casagrande's departure, saying they were "taken by surprise" that their now-former drummer would "abandon everything related to SEPULTURA" less than a month prior to the start of the tour.

SEPULTURA is putting together a live album commemorating its last run of shows. The band is recording 40 songs in 40 different cities for what will be a "massive compilation of our best, most energetic moments on stage," according to a statement released by SEPULTURA in December 2023.

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