I don't think the lead singer of As I Lay Dying said the band were atheists but that he was. After all AILD has made a new band called WovenWar with the lead singer from Oh, Sleeper and their music is evidently Christian
Their music was evidently Christian when the lead singer singing it was atheist. And the rest of the band became so too.
How do they change their minds now that their lead singer is in prison having tried to have his ex-wife, an ex wife, not his present wife, murdered?
They want to keep that money coming in. Because they have never renounced what he said in an interview with them present as he related they were atheists aloud.
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Convicted Heavy Metal ‘Christian’ Singer Admits Being Atheist, Duped Fans to Sell Music[/h]
A so-called Christian heavy metal band whose frontman was convicted of attempting to hire a hitman to murder his estranged wife has admitted that it duped fans into believing that they were Christian in order to sell their music.
(Sic)"...“I remember one Christian festival where an interviewer wanted one of the guys [in the band] to share his testimony, and he just froze up and let one of the guys who was still a Christian at the time answer the question,” Lambesis recalled. “We laughed about it afterward, but we were only laughing because it was so awkward.” "
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But Lambesis just recently came forward with the truth about his atheism and the front that the band put on to sell records.
“A lot of Christian parents said, ‘Yes, you can buy this As I Lay Dying CD, because they’re a Christian band.’
They don’t even think to actually check the lyrics,” Lambesis stated. “So when you change your views, you kind of owe it to the fans to be honest.” "