Call me crazy, but I'll miss the chapel. One of the few quiet places to catch your breath on board. Ah well, more staterooms = more metalheads=more new friends, sounds good to me. I'm guessing they are just removing the religious context from the space by calling it an "Escape Room" rathe...

Call me crazy, but I'll miss the chapel. One of the few quiet places to catch your breath on board. Ah well, more staterooms = more metalheads = more new friends, sounds good to me.

This makes me sad I missed this year, Ruin of Empires was such a good record. I'm glad to hear Aeternam crushed live, though. Crushed is an understatement. The sound, the setlists, the attitude, the skills, and finishing the last set while the sun was rising next to us.... everything was too fuckin...

This makes me sad I missed this year, Ruin of Empires was such a good record. I'm glad to hear Aeternam crushed live, though.

[/quote] I went to one show ,I counted on this.[/quote] Me too, actually. When they didn't tease anything different for the Pool Deck setlist at their first set, I took a gamble and missed it. Just checked setlist.fm and now I know I made the right call getting good spots for Haggard and Amorphis[/q...

If you're going that route - and I don't necessarily disagree - shouldn't we take out Ghost Ship Octavius as well? Most if not all of them are vets of well-established bands (such as Nevermore)[/quote] As far as I am aware, Nevermore is not nearly as big or influential as Candlemass, and Avatarium i...

Definitely Avatarium for me, with an honorable mention to Ghost Ship.

Draconian first set (out of order) Heavy Lies the Crown Bloodflower Stellar Tombs Pale Tortured Blue Deadlight Dishearten Draconian Second Set (In Order) The Drowning Age A Scenery of Loss Daylight Misery Heaven Laid in Tears The Cry of Silence It may be of interest to note that my 2nd set Amorphis ...

Iconix wrote:
Scar Symmetry (ice rink - I think I missed at least the first song so this one isn't complete):
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Frequencyshifter
Reborn
Retaliator
Rise of the Reptilian Regime
Neuromancers
The Iconoclast
The Anomaly
The Illusionist

They opened with Cryonic Harvest

Looks like I have a decent number of back-to-back sets I want to see. What's the best way to handle that if I'm more interested in the second band? Should I leave a bit early to be there on time or should I expect delays and wait for the first band to finish? I'd leave early if you are more interes...

No major conflicts for me, fucking awesome :)

its kinda hilarious that we were all back and forth about Arch Enemy vs. Kamelot, then they both turned out to both be headliners over Testament. Skipper works in mysterious ways. 2.5 hours of Kamelot!!!!!!!!!

I'm doing this for the first time, and any wisdom here would be appreciated :)

Kamelot effectively confirmed that Alissa and Elize would make guest appearances and also indicated that there were "surprises" coming. I bet that means some deeper cuts. I was already planning to go to both, but now I'm going to make a point point ​of it. I really hope so, but it may jus...

Kamelot effectively confirmed that Alissa and Elize would make guest appearances and also indicated that there were "surprises" coming. I bet that means some deeper cuts. I was already planning to go to both, but now I'm going to make a point point ​of it. I really hope so, but it may jus...

Kamelot effectively confirmed that Alissa and Elize would make guest appearances and also indicated that there were "surprises" coming. I bet that means some deeper cuts. I was already planning to go to both, but now I'm going to make a point point ​of it. I really hope so, but it may jus...

I'm a big fan of variety between the two sets, its the reason why Kamelot is not my number one must-see this year. I love them more than any other band on the boat, but they don't dig, pretty much ever. I'd absolutely encourage going to both sets of any band you really like, as even if they play th...

3 Haggard (missed them in 2015, not doing that again) I'm pretty sure everyone missed that year, considering that they were on in 2014 That's so weird, I literally had to look up the lineup to confirm that you were right. Totally thought I saw them on the lineup in 2015 and ignored them because of ...

5 Draconian 4 Amorphis (would be a 5, but they are playing here in a month) 4 Kamelot (My favourite band in the lineup, if they announce they are playing largely different sets they become my 5) 4 Orphaned Land 4 Scar Symmetry 4 Serenity 4 Manegarm 4 Avatarium 3 Xandria 3 Amaranthe (would be a 4, bu...

I talked to Aaron from My Dying Bride in 2012 and he stated his contract with 70k included the term "2 substantially different sets".And they played two very different sets,not sure if this is a band by band decision or the booking agent sets the terms.Some bands do tell you that the next...

I talked to Aaron from My Dying Bride in 2012 and he stated his contract with 70k included the term "2 substantially different sets".And they played two very different sets,not sure if this is a band by band decision or the booking agent sets the terms.Some bands do tell you that the next...

I'm a big fan of variety between the two sets, its the reason why Kamelot is not my number one must-see this year. I love them more than any other band on the boat, but they don't dig, pretty much ever. Hint Hint *cough* If Kamelot came out on stage during their first set and said they weren't repe...

Amorphis in 2015 for me, I was really excited to hear Circle material then ended up at their "Tales" set instead. They still killed it though. I'm a big fan of variety between the two sets, its the reason why Kamelot is not my number one must-see this year. I love them more than any other ...

So it seems like skipper went for quantity as well as quality to replace Gojira and Nile, not a bad plan actually. Note that he says "more", not "one more", though that might be reading too much into to wording. Hard not to read too much into capitalized Overkill, though.

I am completely stunned by this revelation!

captaingabbeh wrote:

Danny24601 wrote:Doing this because my sister told me to <3

What deck are you on?
No idea 

You're on deck 3 :)

I'm so glad I have an adult.

Andy could do this: Have only have two 75 minute sets. Take the extra 15 minutes from the expected third 75 minute set give it to one of the 45 minute slots. You have now created a new 60 minute slot. I nominate Moonsorrow. Given that they could only fit three songs in a 45 min set, I second this.

Doing this because my sister told me to <3 City/country: Calgary, Canada Age (optional): 21 What first got you into metal? I am the youngest sibling in my family, so when I was little I’d usually just listen to whatever my sisters were into at the time. One day that stopped being J-pop and started b...

Based off the stats DevilDriver and Arch Enemy seem possible, but Arch Enemy played a 60 min in 2015 and haven't released a new record since, so it would be hard to justify how they would get the 75 min set without implying that this year's lineup is weaker than 2015 We've seen that before in Iced ...

Landing at 6 pm on the 1st, cause I need to time things as tight as possible for school. I'm slightly jealous of the people who get to take time off work, because classes keep going whether I'm there or not. But the metal is worth it!

I have a gut feeling that the replacement bands are going to be Cannibal Corpse (because they're based out of FL) and Alestorm (because they are in FL finishing recording a new album). Alestorm is doubtful, IMO. Their guitarist is already back in Hungary. This makes me sad, as much as they would ha...

Its an interesting question to what extent we want the replacements to be more similar to the bands canceled vs. better known. Presumably the skipper is going to do his best but with such short notice (even allowing for the fact they likely knew this was coming long before we did) there are going to...

Based off the stats DevilDriver and Arch Enemy seem possible, but Arch Enemy played a 60 min in 2015 and haven't released a new record since, so it would be hard to justify how they would get the 75 min set without implying that this year's lineup is weaker than 2015, and thus implying that the crui...

Just today I was thinking "man there's a lot of bands on this boat I want to see, hopefully I have time to see them all...". Be careful what you wish for, cause that's one two set (Gojira) and a one set (Nile) gone for me. That said, I'm sure UMC and the skipper wouldn't do this if they ha...

I stand by Kamelot as the best bet for making the jump to a headliner, barring the mythical AA announcement.

Mine would have to be Cruachan. I was in love with it pretty early. Im a huge fan of irish traditional music and irish history is pretty fascinating to me. Cruachan is like Primordial only with more traditional instruments. Typically im not crazy about folk metal, it really depends on the band. I t...

Draconian blew my mind when I first heard them. I've been really getting into doom metal since MDB, PL, and Katatonia introduced me to the genre last year, and I love the slightly more gothic-post-Nightwish-type-vibe they mix in a little bit. Had never heard of them before, and they've become my nu...

Draconian blew my mind when I first heard them. I've been really getting into doom metal since MDB, PL, and Katatonia introduced me to the genre last year, and I love the slightly more gothic-post-Nightwish-type-vibe they mix in a little bit. Had never heard of them before, and they've become my num...

I was really hoping for Amon Amarth and more folk metal, and Månegarm appears to be both at once so I'm pretty happy with this. I love it when I've never heard of a band before they get announced, but as soon as I listen to them I know they're gonna be a 1/2 set band.