New year, new thread. Gotta start thinking about where and when.

cegr80 wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 19, 2018 7:29 am

Can we update the thread title to 70K 2019 Forum Users' Meet'n'Greet Onbroad?

@Pellaz, fire it away!

Can't change the title...or at least I couldn't find any way to do it. Forum displayed weirdly (no black background, just ocean) when this thread loaded.

I can confirm the app didn't load onbroad a Carnival ship this past week. I think it was getting the updates, but it wouldn't pull up. I wouldn't make fixing this issue a priority. :lol: The app 'didn't load'. Was this in Android or iOS? Android. When I tried to pull it up, I got a blank white scre...

cowboy71 wrote: ↑

Thu Oct 18, 2018 6:19 am

48 Ne Obliviscaris

Fixed that for ya.

Bloodbath..... not Borknagar but they're certainly acceptable. :D 2018 Revenge Rhapsody Reunion 2017 Revocation 2016 Raven Rhapsody of Fire Rotting Christ 2015 Refuge Riot V 2014 Raven Rising Storm 2013 Rage and Lingua Mortis Orchestra 2012 Riot 2011 Rage Raven So really, only 7 different possible "...

Whew, been away for a while...on a cruise.
Lots of good announcements while I was incommunicado, too!

If Andy wants to sell cabins, the "B" should be B)lind Guardian...
But I'm expecting B)loodbath, and that'd be awesome too.

I can confirm the app didn't load onbroad a Carnival ship this past week. I think it was getting the updates, but it wouldn't pull up.

I wouldn't make fixing this issue a priority.

Still 12 categories left. Considering 2018 sold out pretty much the same day public sales opened, its fair to say that cabins are moving slower this time around. Time to announce some heavy hitters to push those sales Andy!! Gonna be an uphill battle now. Most of what's left are really pricey state...

Heard from many people that Solstafir is a definite. Oh shit that would be awesome. Yes it would be, especially if they play more than 1 song from Svartir Sander than they are on the current tour. Hmm, wonder if Ragnar Zolberg would still be playing with 'em? He's touring with Solstafir now.

What gives? Are we actually getting a drought of announcements this year ON TOP OF them starting the process off two months late? If we don't get bands by tomorrow, I don't know what their excuse is. That would be some bullshit. :evil: They'll need to announce at least one "gosh-wow" band to move t...

So way off topic, but got a bit of a scare when renting a car on Iceland this summer, when they charged $3,500 deposit before picking it up. You'd get it back "no later than 2 weeks after returning the car, when we could check there were no damages". Whew, that's high. What are they afraid of, that...

cowboy71 wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 01, 2018 10:11 pm

I had a similar thing last week. Went interstate for work, work paid for the hotel. But they still put a $75 'hold' on my credit card, that eventually got returned to me a week later.

Yep, for the dreaded "incidental charges."

In either case, we're screwed this year. :lol: Eh, what do I care. I get NeO, I get Persefone, and I get In Vain on a boat. I get some good folk metal, and some VERY high quality extreme melodic metal. If Andy throws in Bodom or another two bands from my wishlist, I've got no cause for complaints. ...

cegr80 wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 28, 2018 12:23 pm

10 days without announcements

We're dyin' here! DYIN', I say!

Last three cruises we've had 7, 5 and 6 repeats from 2011. This year at almost the halfway point we only have 2. It would be a pretty big deal, for example, if 2011 veterans Blind Guardian and Iced Earth came back in 2020, along with for instance a special Demons & Wizards set. Or if 2011 veterans ...

Blind Guardian are always top of my list :) Although if the 10th 70K is going to be a big celebration, you would think that Blind Guardian would be an obvious choice for that one. --Which brings up an interesting point. If Andy wants to have a knockdown blowout 10th anniversary lineup, then either ...

We’re at 28 bands, with at least one pseudo-headliner left to announce, so I predict that by the time public sales open... Oh wait, I forgot, my wife made me promise not to predict anything anymore, because - and I quote - “I’m gonna meet these people at the meet’n’greet, and I don’t want to feel a...

bodomdragon wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 26, 2018 6:46 am

As I said on the other thread, I think Powerwolf just became very strong candidates to be onbroad with that tour schedule. Perfectly doable.

That would make one of my cruise-mates VERY happy indeed. I'm not expecting it, but at least it's not impossible.

cowboy71 wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 18, 2018 9:36 pm

Not much as far as R goes - just Rotting Christ and Running Wild in the top requests.

Yeah, I've noticed a relative lack of metal bands beginning with "R" as compared to, say, "S" or "T." I dunno why, but there it is.....

I agree with Phoenix. More likely the calm we are experiencing at the moment is because they are getting ready for public sales to open. I would imagine that they would be relatively happy that sales are a touch slower than last year, as it would help cover the expense of having to give all those c...

Iconix wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 19, 2018 10:42 am

Wintersun is currently touring NA with NeO, who are already booked for the boat. Just sayin.

Yes, but in keeping with 70K tradition, Wintersun won't be booked until a week before we sail, and they'll be announced during the Beach Party.

70K never books relatively unknown US bands? Yep, I must've just dreamed that Seven Spires was on the boat last year.

Obvious troll is obvious.

Well, it's not Keep of Kalessin, but still a good announcement. Yeah, weirdest misspelling of Keep of Kalessin EVER. :lol: Really like Kalmah, though, and if they've ever toured the States before, I don't recall it. Not much that I like that is realistic with R. Running Wild and Rotting Christ soun...

Kalmah is my second choice because they had the worst mix in the Alhambra in 2017, and I decided to go to bed instead of suffering through it. Kalmah was to 2017 what Enslaved was in 2018. I managed four songs for Enslaved although many folks began heading for the exits after two. :cry: Glad you're...

Some good announcements of late.

I'm kinda expecting Kalmah as the next one, although Keep of Kalessin would make me very happy indeed.

Therion,Linnéa Vikström just played her last show and left due to burnout.She would have stayed and did 70k if they were on the boat. Christopher is leaving Sweden also ,so I doubt he would break up his relocation activities this year also. I think all of the Sweden-based members are leaving Sweden...

Ethrivas wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 13, 2018 11:40 pm

Nice list Pellaz, thx for your efforts man.

I'm a little surprised no-one's done it before.
If someone has, please share. Your formatting might work out better than mine. (It's originally an Excel spreadsheet, but....)

cowboy71 wrote: ↑

Fri Sep 14, 2018 2:18 pm

Would love Unleash the Archers, but as Uli Jon Roth said he would be on broad in 2019 lets just get that announcement over with and move on shall we? :)

Pretty much what I was thinking re Uli, ...although Unleash the Archers or just Unleashed would be fine with me.

So, I went ahead and Made A Thing. This is hopefully a list of every band that has played 70K, including Barge To Hell, and the year(s) they played. Now includes announced 2019 bands up through Obituary. NATURALLY there appears to be no way to use a mono-space font (like Courier) on this forum, so m...

Yeah, 24 whole hours! Slacker! :twisted: Twilight Force is absolute, complete cheese...but I like them because "they get the joke" and don't take themselves too seriously. Also: they have a Ninja Elf! :lol: (And he really IS a ninja; he won their equivalent of American Ninja Warrior.) As for "D".......

cowboy71 wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 12, 2018 8:24 pm

And while we are at it, #WhyNotCirithUngol.

First new music from them in 27 years:

https://metalblade.com/cirithungol/

Any band that's used Michael Whelan/Elric book-cover art and bases songs off the Elric books (and yet their name is from LotR, so go figure) is fine by me!

I'd be happy with Turisas or Tyr...although Tyr is on the "maybe out for 2019" list.

I'd be REALLY happy to see Therion get a chance to come back and play two different sets, which they couldn't do last time due to Christofer's injury.

Phoenix wrote: ↑

Wed Sep 12, 2018 6:45 am

As much as I would love it, I don't think NeO is going to get a 60 minute set.

As much as I hate to agree with that....you're probably right.

Maybe one 45-minute set and one 60-minute set?

I guarantee you that they have hundreds of thousands in a just-in-case fund. This won't affect this year's cruise. Checking Canadian law, it's bait and switch (illegal) if they don't honour the quoted price. UMC isn’t a Canadian company. Interesting. They used to have their office in Canada. Now th...

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Eh, I'm predicting Immolation as well. Because In Vain would bring me joy. I keep refreshing the forum to see if the announcement shows up so I can get on with my life. pythongetonwithit.gif I don’t think Immolation is next. We just had Nile and God Dethroned. They generally tend to jump around to ...

Ihsahn would be awesome, Immortal would also be awesome (but more unlikely). I wouldn't mind In Flames, especially if they focus on older material.
I'm gonna guess Immolation as the next one, though.

Despite there being money in this (or not), the cruise was never set up to generate capital. It was set up to run a good show. Umm, I had to lol at this. Of course the cruise was set up to generate capital. There's NOTHING wrong with wanting to make a profit. How much of that profit is plowed back ...

I thought the WJ closed at around 4 am last year? Which is a lot later than on a "normal" cruise, to be sure. I was annoyed that they closed it between 5 and 7 pm, though. That sounds about right. Looks like the sports pub may be open from noon to 2am, giving another option. https://www.royalcaribb...