Brooks Wackerman joined Avenged Sevenfold before 2015 and participated in The Stage .
The Stage is the first Avenged Sevenfold album to feature Brooks Wackerman on drums , who joined the band in late 2014 but was n't revealed as Arin Ilejay 's official replacement until Ilejay 's departure in 2015 , because the band wanted to find a drummer that would `` fit in '' .
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