Edsel Dope vs. Tripp Eisen, ICP vs. Dahvie Vanity, and More Feuds You May Have Missed This Week

The MetalSucks Playlist — Week of July 11 – July 17, 2020

Did you miss some of this week’s top stories in the world of metal? Catch up below:

• Edsel Dope and Tripp Eisen are feuding over the latter’s involvement, or lack thereof (depending on who you believe), with the new Static-X album.
• Insane Clown Posse instructed Juggalos to give alleged sex offender Dahvie Vanity (Blood on the Dance Floor) “a beat down.”
• Jay Weinberg recalled what it was like to replace Joey Jordison in Slipknot.
• Kirk Hammett recalled what it was like to tell Exodus he was quitting the band to join Metallica.
• Mastodon’s new album will shift the band’s sound again, according to guitarist Bill Kelliher.
• Trapt’s new album reportedly sold a mere 600 copies in its first week of release, but the band disputes that figure.
• This may or may not be the cover art for the new Cradle of Filth album.
• Great White caught flack for playing a show with no masks or social distancing.
• A new website randomly generates a ’90s festival line-up for you, complete with live footage from the appropriate era.
• Deadsy are plotting a comeback.

That’s all for now. We’ll check in periodically over the weekend as usual and be right back at it full-bore next week.