Metalcore bandAs I Lay Dyingbriefly acknowledged the suddendeparture of three members, saying they were still sorting through details in a post shared onInstagramthis weekend.
Last week, guitarist Ken Susi, drummer Nick Pierce, and bassist Ryan Neff all of whom had joined the band recently announced they were leaving the group.
All three released individual statements, with some alluding to potentially troubling issues on top of the bands alreadyprominent notoriety: FrontmanTim Lambesisinfamously spentnearly three years in prisonafterpleading guiltyto soliciting an undercover copto murder his then-wife.
As I Lay Dying’s Tim Lambesis performing in Berlin in 2019.Frank Hoensch/Redferns
Susi, for instance, acknowledged that he joined this version of As I Lay Dying whichLambesis re-launched in 2018 with full knowledge of the heightened dramatic history.
But, he said, his personal morals have recently been tested to a breaking point, and its now the saddest ending to what could have been the greatest second chance for this band.
Pierce, meanwhile, said he felt the need to distance himself from the band to retain my personal health and integrity.
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(That note was tacked on to a different message about the availability of As I Lay Dyings 2019 comeback record,Shaped By Fire, which had briefly disappeared from streaming services.
The band said its absence was due to the end of a five-year distribution deal, but it would be back up soon now that the LP had reverted back to being owned by the band.)
Along with the mysterious shake-up of As I Lay Dyings lineup, the band has alsoreportedlybeen canceling tour dates after their tour manager resigned.
All of this is happening, too, as the group prepares to release their eighth studio album,Through Storms Ahead, next month.
