Maybe. I believe it might struggle to sell out for a while. With so many sailors quitting in anger. Airfares too high and complete lack of news. Suddenly, things will pick up around mid November or so, when we get a few 1st timer bands. Who knows! I’ve seen a lot more people desperate for booking c...

Let's assume that they are a trusted charter client and they can present the passenger manifest on the day before sailing. So the last payment can be done in very early January. That would give them room with the payment plan until in October. No one ever said that 3 monthly payments all need to be...

I definitely side with Godflesh on this one. Yes, sure, they could change the terms & conditions - but by all that is unholy how BAD would that look? Public relations disaster! "The Lord andy has given unto you this 3.....*smash*....2, 2 month payment plan" https://media1.giphy.com/media/11XcgX9MWV...

It seems a bit unfair to open booking at the end of September and then penalize your customers if they don't finalize their full cabin by the beginning of October. That's in addition to the fact of having only a few days (hours? minutes?) to benefit from the payment plan once public booking opens. ...

Here’s my working theory. Whichever big name band (or bands) they had lined up backed out at the last minute. So they’re either trying to figure out how to get them back, or scrambling to find replacements that would be worthy of headliner status for a “milestone” event in Round X. As a result, I’m...

Here’s my working theory. Whichever big name band (or bands) they had lined up backed out at the last minute. So they’re either trying to figure out how to get them back, or scrambling to find replacements that would be worthy of headliner status for a “milestone” event in Round X. As a result, I’m...

Y'all seem to think that UMC can process gold sales in a day or two. The number of Gold sailors increases every year, and in previous years they had like a business week to process these things. And you want them to cram all that work into a DAY? If that's the plan, this is setting themselves up fo...

Y'all seem to think that UMC can process gold sales in a day or two. The number of Gold sailors increases every year, and in previous years they had like a business week to process these things. And you want them to cram all that work into a DAY? If that's the plan, this is setting themselves up fo...

16 days to the four-payment-plan cutoff of Sept 25. It is more and more looking like there will be no gold-silver-public deliniation this year. The following VERY TIGHT timeline only JUST fits in to 16 days, even if announcements start today! *Announce bands* *bit of a break - at least 24 hours?* *...

Not even a "4 months to go!" post.. I feel like I'm taking crazy pills. I thought for sure there woulda been a 4 months to sailing post at least I hate all this guessing. It sucks! It’s actually a good sign that they didn’t post that. Those posts are mainly to distract us when they have nothing els...

I don’t give two shits about Demons & Wizards...can we just get some goddamn bands?!? I agree. I never heard about them until last year in this forum, and I’ll repeat my opinion that a band with only 2 albums to their name and 5-digit monthly listeners on Spotify cannot qualify as a first announcem...

---------- * although I'm starting to develop a theory about the delay..... Demons & Wizards "big" first announcement, and needing to wait until after Progpower to announce? Not that 70k NEEDS a big first announcement - it will be sold out within a month regardless of who is announced. But *if* the...

Maybe this is Andy's plan to bring in more fresh blood. Delay things so more veterans drop out and hope that new blood is still their ready and willing to take their place. "If" the delay is a conscience choice for that purpose, rather than the semi-normal behind the scene chaos that is 70,000 tons...

The clock has run out for me. I've set my vacation dates, so I'm officially not going next year, unless something extraordinary happens during the next week. That sucks. But what were you waiting for? I've booked my vacation dates as well, and they coincide with Jan. 7-11. I've also coincidentally ...

So lets use some of these figures for a new theory. **Gold Starts - 3 out of the last 4 cruises there has been a 10 day gap before silver, so lets stick with that. - 10 Day break **Silver Starts - Anywhere from 5 days to 35 days?!?! Hard to say which, but lets go with the low. - 5 Day break **Publi...

Do we even know for sure if the payment plan is still around? If I was Andy and saw that a minority of cruisers used it, I'd just scrap it since it's extra work involved. And then people who pay upfront don't have a discount. Gives umc less work and more money this way. It's stated in the FAQ that ...

It varies wildly year on year, heavily dependent on how long between first band/s and sailing. 2011 - 6 bands first up (over a year out from sailing), a month until next band 2012 - 7 bands first up (almost 300 days before sailing), another 3 forty days later 2013 - 10 bands first up (only 215 days...

Maybe now that he has broken the record for shortest amount of days between first band announcement and sailing, Skipper wants to break another record. Latest point in the year for first band announcement! So maybe 1st of September for first bands - which coincidently is also my birthday, so that w...

To be fair, I don't think Andy has ever posted a Days/Months countdown post unless it was in the megathread Not true, at least not this year. Countdowns have been posted on separate stand-alone threads, to which nobody replies :lol: That being said, if we don't see an announcement in another *check...

How have I gone over! Going over the date would be to pick a date greater than the date the announcement is made Sir, you need to calm down "It's just a TV show, IT'S JUST A TV SHOW!" :lol: It's simple. If announcements happen today (hah hah), mbob can share the prize with Statsman and rebirth. So,...

I reckon there will be at least 24 hours between an official "SOON" post, and first bands announced so it's looking good that we set a record for the shortest number of days between first announcements and sailing :P Even before the SOON post, I would expect a day 4 recap and an Official 2020 Megat...

The first announcements will be either on Friday (last year they came on a Friday) right before HM, or Saturday *at* HM, on YouTube. Either way, bodomdragon will be the winner. I'm not 100% convinced it will go down like that. Has there ever been a corelation between HM and 70K announcements? I don...

In the meantime, the reaper strikes twice! RIP :death: March 2nd jaimie38 - all 60 bands March 28th Castroh March 31st cowboy71 April 12th jodionline April 15th Slayergeek April 28th Jotunheimr April 30th downvod May 1st Marmotte May 4th Ethrivas May 5th Speedy May 10th Jeyrow May 15th JamieS May 1...

I feel like there has to be something coming up quick here. Even by UMC standards, it would be awfully strange for them to invest time and money to establish a presence at Heavy Montréal with absolutely nothing to advertise (aside from a hot tub). No bands? Not even a logo for 2020? No way...

... is this to be considered the first announcement??

Wondering how Megacruise is gonna be affected by Mustaines cancer announcement. edit Suppose I should have looked before pondering it. “Unfortunately, this requires that we cancel most shows this year. The 2019 Megacruise will happen, and the band will be a part of it in some form. All up-to-date i...

Adding Aephanemer

Any fans of melodeath MUST check out their newest album Prokopton

Night Demon - Wasted Years was absolutely fantastic this year.

Fulorian wrote: ↑

Sat Apr 06, 2019 1:05 pm

Recap quality has gone way up this year, is there a new video editor?

That would make sense. The transition to a new editor is likely the reason for the long period of 70000tons.tv silence last year.

Surprised to not see Be’lakor on your list! I thought you had gotten more into them once you went and checked out their older material. Of Breath and Bone is def top of the line melodeath. Probably should have been on the list, really. I think I was confusing them with another band that is in studi...

From this list, I am very excited by: Insomnium, Omnium Gatherum, Gojira, Katatonia, Eternal Tears of Sorrow, Soilwork, Allegaeon, Chthonic, Somewhat excited by: Amon Amarth, Aeternam, Children of Bodom, Avantasia, Melechesh, November's Doom, Trollfest And, would go to see but get to see on a fairl...

67 Amon Amarth
43 Blind Guardian
34 Be'lakor
31 Gojira
29 Wintersun
28 Emperor
25 Borknagar

+1 Harakiri for the sky

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Fri Feb 22, 2019 11:57 am

Donutsauce wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 22, 2019 11:42 am

Not meaning to thread jack, but related: What's the biggest band that's been on so far?

Probably Anthrax

Anthrax has the biggest legacy yes, but Amon Amarth and Nightwish are definitely bigger bands in current terms.

Night Demon is a slam dunk for me. Their lounge set was one of the best of the cruise.

+1 for Uada

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Sun Feb 17, 2019 2:44 am

Eternal Tears of Sorrow has risen from their long slumber. More support for EToS pls guys...

THIS! Definitely a bucket list band for me. If only more people knew of them, I am certain they’d be higher on the collective wishlist.

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Sat Feb 16, 2019 6:21 pm

Downvod wrote: ↑

Sat Feb 16, 2019 6:05 pm

Dallas, I’d like to add Sunburst, please.

#WhySunburst?

I think you’d actually enjoy them, if you haven’t heard them already.

Dallas, I’d like to add Sunburst, please.

They are already WAY ahead of schedule compared to last year. The Artists page is cleared less than 2 weeks later. This didn't happen until late August last year, I believe. They are also teasing 2020 heavily on social media. It is usually quiet around this time, or they are back to the usual BS gen...