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Thank you very much all you sailors from Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanan, Luxembourg, Mexico, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, The Netherlands, Trinidad, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States and Venezuela for making 70000TONS OF METAL 2012 such an incredible success and being part of Heavy Metal history once again.

For those of you who did not sail with us, check out how we got featured on CNN.

Thank all you sailors once again!

Your Skipper and the entire 70000TONS OF METAL crew.

70000TONS OF METAL, The World's Biggest Floating Heavy Metal Festival, is almost complete. Our American scouts are on their way to Florida. Our European scouts came on board in Hamburg, Germany, but we are still missing one!

Having in mind that we also lost one along the way, The Skipper gave orders to sail through the Kiel Canal, back to the Baltic Sea one more time and call in Stockholm, Sweden to celebrate a CANDLEMASS! Sailors from around the world, please welcome one of the Godfathers of Doom that will perform next to a current set, a very special performance of their legendary Epicus Doomicus Metallicus in it's entirety with their original singer Johan Längqvis.

40 out of 40 and counting... while we sail full steam ahead to Florida. As a little bonus, like last year, we want to give two more bands the chance to sail with us and bring the final count to 42 out of 40... therefore please also welcome MEGORA from Switzerland and DIAMOND PLATE from Chicago, IL on board a sold out 70000TONS OF METAL 2012, The World's Biggest Floating Heavy Metal Festival!

What are our scouting parties still doing out there? You guys in Germany pack up all that beer and get to the next port for embarkation! And what about the ones last heard from when they were in California? You better make your way to Florida because there will be a big MASSACRE on a cruise ship!

70000TONS OF METAL, The World's Biggest Floating Heavy Metal Festival, is now counting 39 out of 40... you will know the last one... ...soon!

70000TONS OF METAL, The World's Biggest Floating Heavy Metal Festival, is sold out! We only have a very few Single Tickets in shared cabins left. Don't wait! Grab them now here. If you still hope for a private cabin, please join the Waiting List.

While altering course North-East, heading for The Channel we heard more rumors about our American scouting party not going directly to Florida but rather going the other way first, all the way to California. Rumors, rumors, all these rumors... are they all VICIOUS RUMORS?

38 out of 40 means only 2 more? Any more rumors?

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Earlier today 70000TONS OF METAL, The World's Biggest Floating Heavy Metal Festival, passed westwards through the Strait Of Gibraltar. Hearing lots of rumors about the final three, we changed course North. What did our scouting parties around the world find? You will know soon!

For those lucky to sail with us, Access Codes for Online Check-in will be sent out this weekend!

While 70000TONS OF METAL, The World's Biggest Floating Heavy Metal Festival is steaming at full speed course West through the Mediterranean Sea, we received news from our European Scouting Party. After passing through Frankfurt am Main, where they made friends with some new hopefuls that go by the name of SAPIENCY, they continued further East to the city of Fulda to meet the EDGUY! Having a feeling that there is still more in store for them, they continue moving East...

On the last day of the year 2011, 70000TONS OF METAL, The World's Biggest Floating Heavy Metal Festival has arrived at an ORPHANED LAND. At the same time, we received news from our American scouts. As they made it to New Orleans, they found a big CROWBAR!

Happy New Year Sailors... just three more weeks and we will write Heavy Metal History once more!

We regrettably have to announce that due to a family matter PENTAGRAM will not be sailing with us in January. We are working hard to present a suitable replacement soon.

Just as we reached the Strait of Gibraltar this morning, we received word from our American scouting party. They continued their secret mission and are now moving South-West after they escaped a catastrophic KATAKLYSM in Montréal.

70000TONS OF METAL, The World's Biggest Floating Heavy Metal Festival wishes everyone Happy Holidays!

If you are still hoping for a Suite, please book a Superior Ocean View cabin category SO and note under "Special Requests" that you would like to be placed on the Suite Waiting List. Getting placed on the Suite Waiting List is free and without obligation, but you need a valid and paid reservation in a category SO cabin to be eligible for the Suite Waiting List.

Should a Suite become available we will contact you, and you may then purchase an Upgrade if you decide to do so.

Did we forget about the scouting party that was in The Netherlands some time ago? What happened to them? They went South to Belgium and straight to the capital city of Brussels. Sailors, please welcome Belgium's premier Heavy Metal Band: CHANNEL ZERO on board 70000TONS OF METAL, The World's Biggest Floating Heavy Metal Festival!

While on our way back across the Atlantic we received word from our scouting party in Canada: Before they had a chance to leave the capital city, they were attacked by an ANNIHILATOR! Sailors, please welcome another Canadian Metal Legend on board 70000TONS OF METAL, The World's Biggest Floating Heavy Metal Festival!

But that's not all... as a special treat, Jeff Waters will be holding an exclusive Guitar Clinic on board!

Still looking for a last minute Holiday gift? Limited quantities of this year's official merchandise are now available here.

70000TONS OF METAL, The World's Biggest Floating Heavy Metal Festival has reached the Canadian East Coast. Before turning the ship around, we dropped off a scouting party to explore this vast country. Given secret orders, they headed West to the nation's capital of Ottawa where they received a raving welcome. Are we all getting a little EXCITER yet?

To travel from the North Sea into the Atlantic Ocean, you must sail around the British Isles. Before doing so we decided to visit a town in North East England that we are familiar with from last year: Newcastle, and what a welcome we got! On arrival we all got injected by a deadly toxin! Sailors: We now all have VENOM on board!

70000TONS OF METAL, The World's Biggest Floating Heavy Metal Festival now sails through the Channel into the Atlantic. Our course: Straight West.

It's getting to be winter up here in the Baltics. The days are getting shorter and you have to wait long periods to see the sun. Tired of waiting in Finland, we sailed over to Denmark. After we passed through the Great Belt we made a short stop in the city of Horsens. We should have gone there earlier, because you know what we found? Some really PRETTY MAIDS! Full steam ahead through the Skagerrak!

We found the survivors, the ones that survived the Lake of Bodom! CHILDREN OF BODOM! 28 out of 40 and counting as Finland welcomes back 70000TONS OF METAL, The World's Biggest Floating Heavy Metal Festival!

While cruising in the Gulf of Mexico last week, we were hijacked by pirates. Didn't that happen to us the previous year too? These guys are different however. They go by the name of ALESTORM and forced us to sail back to Europe, but instead of sailing to their home country, they demanded that we sail back to the Baltic Sea insisting that we would find more survivors there. 27 out of 40 on board 70000TONS OF METAL, The World's Biggest Floating Heavy Metal Festival! Who are the survivors those pirates are talking about?

Tonight we anchored in the Tampa Bay where it came to us like a knight in a dark night: Please welcome KAMELOT on board 70000TONS OF METAL, The World's Biggest Floating Heavy Metal Festival. Are we staying in the Sunshine State for longer or will we sail onwards? You shall know soon...

70000TONS TONS OF METAL, The World's Biggest Floating Heavy Metal Festival passed the Florida Straight and then turned North. We decided to make a short stop in Sarasota to look for more signs, but the people here don't believe in signs, in fact they don't believe in anything, they are ATHEIST! 25 out of 40 as we continue to sail along the US Gulf Coast...

Sailing South along the North American East coast we saw many signs. Passing by Virginia we even discovered the legendary PENTAGRAM. Once again please welcome a Doom legend on board 70000TONS OF METAL, The World's Biggest Floating Heavy Metal Festival. 24 of 40 and counting while we continue further South...

We have been anchored outside New York City for quite a while now. Not saying that we will not possibly come back for more one day, it's time for us to leave. Now that we will be setting sail again, how long will it take until we will have another RIOT on board?

70000TONS OF METAL, The World's Biggest Floating Heavy Metal Festival now has 23 out of 40 on board and counting...

70000TONS OF METAL, The World's Biggest Floating Heavy Metal Festival is still anchored in the Hudson River. After last week's announcement overkill we better make one now so no one dies of SUFFOCATION! 22 out of 40 and counting... For how much longer are we going to stay anchored outside the Big Apple? You shall know soon...

Attention Sailors! This is your Skipper speaking: We are in New York City, one of the greatest towns in this beautiful world of ours. This is the right place to shout this to the world, to all the whiners, haters and non-believers: We don't care what you say! Fuck You! What do you want? More? 4 announcements in 4 days... don't you think this is complete OVERKILL?

Today we thought we would explore the other side of the Hudson River and went to New Jersey where we ran into some Thrash and Speed Metal Veterans. Three bands in three days? All that headbanging definitely guarantees that some WHIPLASH will occur! 70000TONS OF METAL, The World's Biggest Floating Heavy Metal Festival, now has 20 out of 40 on board! Shall we stay anchored outside the Big Apple for a little longer...?

Today some brave sailors went to explore Upstate New York, only to lose their way and end up in the city of Buffalo to discover a CANNIBAL CORPSE! 70000TONS OF METAL, The World's Biggest Floating Heavy Metal Festival, now has 19 out of 40 on board and counting fast...

After Hurricane Irene has delayed our arrival at the North American East Coast, we finally anchored in the Hudson River. Welcome to The Big Apple! We have arrived on a virgin continent. Please welcome our first American band on board: VIRGIN STEELE!

Last night we cleared The Channel. After sailing a few hundred miles into the North Atlantic we received orders to change our course to West South-West.

While 70000TONS OF METAL, The World's Biggest Floating Heavy Metal Festival has left Göteborg and is now sailing through the Skagerak our scouting party in Germany could not pass by Frankfurt am Main without picking up a huge TANKARD of beer that will celebrate it's 30th birthday on board next year. Then they went onwards to The Netherlands to get GOD DETHRONED who will play one of their very last shows on board 70000TONS OF METAL 2012.

70000TONS OF METAL, The World's Biggest Floating Heavy Metal Festival has arrived at the biggest port in Scandinavia and Sweden's gateway to the West: Göteborg. Time to let the HAMMERFALL! Shall we stay in this city of long maritime tradition or are we sailing onwards? You shall know soon.

We have arrived in Stockholm, Sweden where we were invited to a DARK FUNERAL! We are especially proud to be the first to announce "NACHTGARM" as their new vocalist and member of the horde!
Now 70000TONS OF METAL, The World's Biggest Floating Heavy Metal Festival, is sailing through the Øresund. Where will our next port of call be?

For many nights we had the wish to go back to the country of thousand lakes, which is famous for it's vodka but also for its many great Heavy Metal bands!

Time to announce two very special performances of one of Finland's finest on board 70000TONS OF METAL, The World's Biggest Floating Heavy Metal Festival... a band that has sold millions of records and collected over 60 Gold and Platinum awards world-wide.

Sailors... please welcome NIGHTWISH!

Will this be 70000TONS OF METAL's last visit to Finland this year? Time will tell...

For now, we set sail in the Gulf of Finland. Our course: West

While 70000TONS OF METAL, The World's Biggest Floating Heavy Metal Festival is once again sailing across the Baltic Sea we finally received news from our Scouting Party. They got lost in a dark valley of the Swiss Alps but were saved by an even darker angel by the name of SAMAEL. Together they are now heading north, back to Germany...

Our scouting party crossed to border to Switzerland where they got introduced to a CORONER. Where else do you find a CORONER on board a cruise ship? Only at 70000TONS OF METAL, The World's Biggest Floating Heavy Metal Festival! 11 out of 40 and counting...

After greeting AMORPHIS and MOONSORROW on board and promising our Finnish friends that we will come back for more, we sailed across the Baltic Sea to Rostock, Germany where we dropped off a scouting party. Their first destination was Berlin... and from there they will go IN EXTREMO!

Public Sales will start Tuesday, May 31st 2011 10AM PST!

As promised, this year's cruisers will get first dibs. Are you ready for 70000TONS OF METAL 2012...? Check your inbox for the eMail with your Promo Code and BOOK NOW!

The wait is over! 70000TONS OF METAL, The World's Biggest Floating Heavy Metal Festival welcomes the first 7 out of 40 scheduled bands for 2012 aboard:

Eluveitie
Grave Digger
My Dying Bride
Pestilence
Stratovarius
Therion
Tristania

And as a tradition, we will make our first scheduled port call in Finland. Sailors... prepare your wish-lists!

70000TONS OF METAL, The World's Biggest Floating Heavy Metal Festival will sail on Monday, January 23, 2012 aboard the Royal Caribbean “Majesty of the Seas” from Miami, FL to George Town, Cayman Islands and will not return you to the real world for four days until Friday, January 27, 2012.

Sailors... Get ready to welcome the first artists!

Two months ago 2,000 headbangers hailing from 49 countries (!) on all continents had the unique chance to write a new Chapter in Heavy Metal history, when they and 42 Heavy Metal bands took over a luxury cruise ship sailing in the Caribbean Sea! The World's Biggest Floating Heavy Metal Festival! But we have not enough! 70000TONS OF METAL II will sail Monday, January 23, 2012

Sailors... Get ready to receive your orders!