Swedish metal drummer Adrian Erlandsson has posted a photo on his Lockerz account of a bent bass drum beater along with the caption:
"Up yours, Mr. King, soft hitters don't bend bass drum beaters!"
Most probably Adrian was amused about the bent drum beater, wanted to tweet about it for a laugh and then remembered Slayer guitarist Kerry King's rude comment from years back.
In 2002 Kerry King nonchalantly insulted Adrian Erlandsson during an interview with Sweden's Close-Up Magazine. The guitarist was asked about Slayer's then-uncertain drummer situation and whether or not their search for a new drummer would span Sweden. Kerry responded by saying:
"I haven't seen a lot, but the only thing I've seen is a lot of soft hitters. Like the guy in Cradle of Filth [Adrian Erlandsson], who used to play in The Haunted. He hits like a fag! He hits everything, but he hits like a fag. This is Slayer; people expect more."
Watch drum-cam footage of Adrian Erlandsson's performance with At the Gate the Tuska open-air metal festival at Suvilahti in Helsinki, Finland earlier this year and see for yourself how Adrian hits the skins:
