http://www.70000tons.com/home.htm

5 Day Metal Cruise featuring:

Agent Steel
Amon Amarth
Death Angel
Epica
Exodus
Fear Factory
Finntroll
Forbidden
Iced Earth
Moonspell
Obituary
Raven
Saxon
Sodom
Sonata Arctica
Swashbuckle
Testament
Trouble
Uli Jon Roth
Witchburner

Plus 20 more TBA

Departing from Miami and stopping in Cozumel

Anybody have the funds for this? I'm booking my cabin this week

Fear Factory alone is 70000 tons

Joe Christianni was going to go to this for Fear Factory but bringing his girlfriend would've exceeded the 70000 ton weight limit alone.

I know it's just a running rttp joke but you must be confusing his girl with someone else haha.

SHE IS REAL

Joe Christianni's girlfriend once put out a grease fire with her camel toe

I hope the 20 TBA bands are better than most on that list

When this website first popped up I was thinking maybe, even registered for pre-sale cabins.. that was months ago, line up has expanded since then but I'm not really into the majority of them to merit spending a grand to see them.. Unless the next 20 tba are monumental bands I will just stay here and wait for most these bands to play the Palladium, because they have and will again.

From what i've read, they might save the 'bigger' band announcements for the end to get the more expensive cabins filled in later. Small chance, but I'd like to see

King Diamond
Iron Maiden
Rhapsody of Fire
Dragonland
Blind Guardian
Hammerfall
Symphony X

Wait, that's a concert, not a playlist?

Next weeeeeeeek, drinkin $8 specials the entire time

boats n ho's boats n ho's

Still don't believe this is real

FUCK!!!! If I knew about this 2 months earlier, I'd do it for sure. Even if most of the bands are lame, the concept is fucking awesome.

itt lots of sweaty hairy dudes and their girlfriends

I like a lot of the bands listed, but I think I'm not alone in thinking that doing it this way is an interest-blunter. It's just biting off too much at once. Especially for the first year this is happening. As Nekronaut pointed out above, all or most of these bands will be touring and it makes more sense to me to see them on their separate tours.

Anata was supposed to play this too. If I had 2 grand to throw around, that would have convinced me to buy a ticket. But they're not playing anymore. And I'm not that wealthy... nor wealthy at all. So fuck it. Cruise sounds nice, but next time I see the rest of these bands at the Palladium, I'll just let my imagination conjure up a boat. I like snow better than tropical weather anyway.

I was sold on the concept alone, nevermind the solid lineup. Not the best, but I assume after a good 1st year the promoter could always make this annual... assuming they aren't already broke from this. Blind Guardian, Testament, Iced Earth, drinking, Cozumel, and more drinking is definitely worth the hefty price tag... fuck it

3 days away and still no announced lineup?

Ugliest cruise ever.

No, that's who he would LIKE to see.

http://www.70000tons.com/order.htm

Thanks dude, everyone on the forums has been waiting for the order for WEEKS

FINNROLL?

ORLY?

its actually a pretty rad lineup...enough bands that I'd want to see to justify going if I wasnt broke back mountain

I'll definitely be broke AFTER this shit. 24/7 bars on this could be the death of my bank account/liver

That's why your plan of action should be to fill water bottles with clear rum and bring them in your carry-on luggage.

that lineup is awesome. though the idea of being stuck on a boat with metalheads is stomach-turning.

This was the best festival i'll ever attend, just for the experience alone. So much drinking with bands, buffets, gambling, and just being an asshole all week. If the lineup looks really solid next year, all should consider doing this.

sounds rad but 2 grand is a lot of camping trips. with 2 grand i think there's much better places in the world to go.

i came, i saw, i lol'd

meet and greet Marduk on a cruise ship...

well, time for a new genre, who's with me?

exactly. i can buy 2 grand worth of beer and listen to cd's and not be trapped on a boat with metal people.

Oh I definitely understand the cost issue, but if you can manage to pay off the tab fuck it.. shit ruled

was it packed? most of the rooms full?

pics?

Check hellhound.ca, they have a pretty extensive review with photos. I can't link because of some weirdness with my browser.

agreed

Big gay boat.

did you hang out with Roth the whole time? thats what I would have done

If I had a ton of money I would have loved to go to this. I looked at the running order and I thought it was really cool to have the bands playing more than once on different stages. That way you didn't have to miss a band or you could see ones you liked more than once.

Some pics

http://hollisbennett.com/index.php?/abroad/70000-tons-of-metal/

I'm still amazed at all the big name bands they got for this

Did anyone see the beer selection on this cruise? God awful.

I was initially interested in this thing when it was first announced, but for the price, one could fly to Europe for a festival to see worthwhile bands, rather than garbage that comes through town twice per year.

Strawberry margaritas all week or GTFO. This was an expensive concert with a great lineup. Could've flown to Europe but who gives a shit, this ruled

I give a shit about not imbibing in concoctions generally reserved for the womanfolk and giving my money to bands who have all been cover features in Decibel Magazine.

gayest

But on that note, SODOM is the greatest band of all times.

sweet titties... I mean on the dudes.

Please tell me that's a shot from the cruise.

yes.

Those hot tubs were cesspools of gay

Going again in January, DCU must love my visa balance

http://www.70000tons.com/artists.htm

make sure to flag your account!

Fixd

lol

rewind 15 years and that lineup would be pretty awesome.

Whiplash!?!?!

They were fucking awesome on the cruise. Great set list full of oldies. Caught a drum stick and lost it a few days later. Finished with Ausgebombt.

xcxcxc

fool

if being a fool keeps me away from this shitshow, then i wear that with honor.

Decent bands and not so decent bands on the list. Would have been better 15 yrs ago, indeed.

All that said, overdone and overpriced show. Kefka would agree.

Was going to go to this with some girl friends...

This picture alone makes me glad our plans fell through.

7000 gallons of guido ballsweat

Ugh, line up this year sucks.

Last year Testament played both The Legacy and The New Order in their entirety.

Who's the faggot drinking out of the horn? If I wasn't a broke, jobless stoner and had money to burn on shit like this I would rather go to Jam Cruise because there are waaaaaaay more waaaaaaay better drugs to do.