Avenged Sevenfold have revealed former Bad Religion drummer Brooks Wackerman to be their latest member. The group confirmed his new role in the band via Chris Jericho‘s ‘Talk Is Jericho‘ podcast, which you can hear below. Frontman M. Shadows said of the choice:
“To be honest, Brooks‘ name has always been in the mix. It was one of the names we were throwing around when Jimmy passed away in terms of who was going to step up for Nightmare. We felt Mike [Portnoy] was the right choice and we still feel that way. Mike just destroyed on the record. He was perfect. But at the time, our tour manager brought up Brooks‘ name as well. But at the time he was also busy with Bad Religion and it was also… people were going to look at it differently because he was a punk drummer at this point.”
Writing has been going on for the band’s next album with Wackerman in place and Shadows suggests it will take an opposite approach to the stripped down sound of “Hail To The King“.
