Heavy metal legend Tom Araya, frontman of the band Slayer, has been trolling his “snowflake” fans over President Trump taking office.
Araya posted a Photoshopped image of Trump posing with the band, then railed against oversensitive fans who criticized it.
He wrote: “I never would have guessed that there where [sic] so many snowflakes commenting their distaste for the new president. Like him or not he is the president.”
The singer seemingly first published the image on January 20th, the day before Trump’s inauguration, then found it had been taken down, so put it back.
He continued to needle his supporters who object to Trump, though he denied being a Trump supporter himself.
A later comment said: “Thanks for insight… this is how fake news gets started, not once did I say that I supported trump [sic].
“Assuming I speak for the band you are mistaking [sic] .. the picture did exactly what I thought it would do… piss some of you off.”
Araya – and other band members including famed lead guitarist Kerry King – have had no problem making controversial statements in the past.
The band has frequently criticised religion in their music, via albums like God Hates Us All (2001), Christ Illusion (2006) and songs like Jihad (2006).
Various groups have sued the band on grounds of obscenity, local authorities have banned advertisements for their music, and Christ Illusion was banned from sale in India.
