cowboy71 wrote: ↑

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...

Abbath Aeternam Aetherian Aether Realm Alestorm Amon Amarth Amorphis Animals as Leaders Annihilator Armageddon Arsis Ashes of Ares At the Gates Battlecross Behemoth Be'Lakor Beyond Creation Black Crown Initiate Blind Guardian Bloodred Hourglass Borknagar Brymir Carach Angren Carcass Children of Bodo...

April 30. I also think they will start early, and I don’t think it will just be an ordinary year. However, a special lineup is very subjective. For example, I personally think round 7 was pretty special and that they went above and beyond that year.

Carnation is fucking awesome. At least one set for me to check them out. Each year, there's that one lesser known band that I've never heard of before that I immediately become a huge fan of. In 2016, it was Nervosa. In 2017, it was Allegaeon. Last year was Witherscape. Judging by the number of tim...

If they go with only 50 bands this year, they should allow each band to play longer! There's already enough bands I want to see that this would be a decent alternative :) There’s no reason to assume at this point that there will only be 50 bands. There have been several years where there have been ...

For anyone who might be curious... Jeff Waters replied to me on Facebook confirming he will not be on the ship this year. Really? For the first time ever Jeff Waters won't lead the All Star Jam? ... IS there an All Star Jam? I know he is also married now and living in England. It may not have been ...

For anyone who might be curious... Jeff Waters replied to me on Facebook confirming he will not be on the ship this year. Really? For the first time ever Jeff Waters won't lead the All Star Jam? ... IS there an All Star Jam? It’s listed in the special events section on the website, but without Wate...

For anyone who might be curious... Jeff Waters replied to me on Facebook confirming he will not be on the ship this year.

jeyrow wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 22, 2019 10:44 am

Approved vacations !!! in 1 week I'm there

COME ON ANDY!!!!

You are telling me you just now secured vacation time for your trip next week? That’s living on the edge, man.

I've heard this many times. Once it was from a band that is playing this year. ...so we're here, 9 bands left and I'm heading to Miami in 4 days. So. Fucking. Lame. Where's everyone from when I complained earlier this year, telling you that it doesn't matter because Andy always delivers and the cru...

The bands have to be booked many months in advance. Actually a good portion of bands don't know they're doing the cruise until we do. Diamond Head in 2016 for example were contacted about a week before the cruise. Same thing with Ghoul a couple of years ago I believe that’s accurate. I spoke to the...

I am curious to see if they will play 2 Soulfly sets and one Roots set, or only one set with Soulfly and one with Igor. 70000tons confirmed on FB when they were announced that it was the latter. That makes them a strange candidate for a headliner then. 2 75 minute sets, but only one of them will be...

CHONTARAZ has some industrial elements, I'm afraid that's all we get. I love MINISTRY and I do believe we are still waiting for the third headliner (SOULFLY ain't it), but I don't think Al would spend 4 days on a cruise ship. I keep thinking that SOULFLY doesn’t “qualify”, but it turns out that the...

If Be’lakor or Borknagar are announced, I will have a very hard time keeping it together.

Phoenix wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 08, 2019 4:33 pm

Iconix wrote: ↑

Tue Jan 08, 2019 4:09 pm

Could just be the first batch of Cripper bands, as they tend to come in 3's

What a weird way to put it, but I guess that makes a Skipper amount of sense. I think I just got excited about the possibility of Behemoth coming back.

They were unfortunately ruled out some time ago. Touring Europe.

Only Exmortus will do! Well then I hope you're happy :P Out in the distance, we see something that looks a lot like "C"erberus... This came without the quotes at first (I was on the forum looking for a post I thought I saw about Epica being out). So I spent some time looking around at Greek bands, ...

Only Exmortus will do!

I would like to add Shylmagoghnar to my wishlist (Atmospheric/Melodic Blackened Death from the Netherlands). Fingers crossed for letter S announcement. As psyched as I would be, they have confirmed that they will never play live shows. One of the members has a debilitating anxiety disorder to the p...

alex_canada wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 28, 2018 12:02 pm

An electronic happening from 30 seconds ago makes me quite certain Orden Ogan is back

Say what?

I mean... did anyone really expect to have a full lineup before December after the latest ever start to announcements? I figured that best case scenario was to get caught up to where we normally are around this time, which is around 40 bands. They have always saved 15-20 bands for the final stretch....

My bet is NeO is the "OMG" band. For how much they've been requested every year and now they are finally on the boat - it makes sense to me. I'm happy with that. Even if they aren't headliner-worthy. I think NeO is one of the best metal acts in the world today. As much as I love NeO, and as much as...

cegr80 wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 17, 2018 9:29 am

zerkz wrote: ↑

Wed Oct 17, 2018 7:46 am

Please be Be'lakor.
Please be Be'lakor.
Please be Be'lakor.
Please be Be'lakor.
Please be Be'lakor.

Agreed. Be'lakor would make this soon-to-become-a-gold-survivor happy

A Be’lakor announcement might prove too much for me to handle.

cegr80 wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 15, 2018 3:15 pm

Phoenix wrote: ↑

Mon Oct 15, 2018 2:26 pm

I can't get into these Paradise Lost guys. Is there a good jumping off point? Something I'm missing?

Try listening to their magnum opus Draconian Times

Yes, this would be my second recommendation.

I can't get into these Paradise Lost guys. Is there a good jumping off point? Something I'm missing? That’s a complicated one to answer. They’ve gone through some pretty drastic shifts in style over the years... to the point you would do a double take when looking up songs and trying to believe it ...

Too obvious? There was once a clue saying, ‘Would it be Overkill to have more?’
Guess who the band was?

I don’t see it being Pain. Peter is all in on Hypocrisy at the moment.

I had previously discovered that I didn't like symphonic black metal. As I listen to MaYan, I don't think that's true anymore. I just don't think I like symphonic metal anymore. Period. Except Kamelot. Why do I still like Kamelot but no other symphonic metal band? Nobody knows. Not even me. I would...

I don't have much opinion on the F (Fallujah are out), but yeah this lineup is looking really solid so far. Maybe the second best I've been on (2017, 2018, 2015 is my current order). But still, no shit my pants bands, so I'm more than a little underwhelmed currently. I thought In Vain would have be...

Phoenix wrote: ↑

Fri Oct 05, 2018 2:28 pm

Gonna be Marduk next, but I'd only care if it was Mors. Though I guess Melechesh would also be sweet.

Though geez, you know what all these bands have in common? They're all REPEATS.

I’m kind of expecting Mors myself. What makes you think Marduk?

Couple of statistical anomalies so far with the lineup: - only 2 German bands (Accept and Subway to Sally). Some 70Ks have had as many as 12! - Same for USA with only 2 (TBDM, Warbringer). Some years almost half the lineup has been American. Expect a higher proportion in the latter announcements as...

For anyone who previously couldn’t get into UTA, I still highly recommend Apex. It’s like a totally different band almost. I know many people who love Apex but could never get into the old stuff.

Heidevolk were fantastic last time they played the cruise, but that was with a very different lineup. Hopefully they are still good live. Twilight Force is a big no from me. Plenty of good options for "D" with Devin Townsend topping my list. As for headliners, go ahead and let TBDM headline. Gives ...

Heidevolk were fantastic last time they played the cruise, but that was with a very different lineup. Hopefully they are still good live. Twilight Force is a big no from me. Plenty of good options for "D" with Devin Townsend topping my list. As for headliners, go ahead and let TBDM headline. Gives ...

Guessing Dark Funeral next. They’ve been liking almost every 70K post on Instagram lately and we still have no Black Metal.

I will be attending Shadow Woods Metal Fest when silver sales open. I will only have access to the booking through my cell phone. Has anyone had difficulties using their phone to book? Im kind of worried about reception, the weather (big storm coming through the fest) as well as the servers crashin...

With regard to the headliner talk - it would seem to me The Black Dahlia Murder are big enough to be a headliner (they've headlined Summer Slaughter a couple times) though I get they're probably a little removed from 70K's typical fare. Other than them and Soulfly, Ensiferum are the only other one ...

Accept and Soulfly/Roots are both headliners, no? Soulfly is the closest we have so far, but I’m not sure they would be a headliner. They weren’t in 2015, and neither was Sepultura. It would also be odd to have a headliner playing only 1 set, as in Soulfly only playing 1 night. Would the Roots set ...

We still didn’t get the 2nd “headliner”. Silver sales open on Friday. No correlation. Accept and Soulfly/Roots are both headliners, no? Soulfly is the closest we have so far, but I’m not sure they would be a headliner. They weren’t in 2015, and neither was Sepultura. It would also be odd to have a ...