So comparing that to our list for 2020 so far, which 7 would you like to see? :P 67 Amon Amarth 44 Alestorm 44 Amorphis 43 Blind Guardian 34 Be'lakor 34 Insomnium 32 Iced Earth 32 Sabaton 31 Gojira  29 Powerwolf 29 Rotting Christ 29 Wintersun 28 behemoth 28 Emperor 26 Dimmu Borgir 25 Borknagar 25 C...

I don't think I've posted in this thread yet, so here goes: - Aeternam - Aether Realm - Allegaeon - Amiensus - Amon Amarth - Amorphis - Anaal Nathrakh - At the Gates - Barren Earth - Behemoth - Bell Witch - Candlemass - Cynic - Draconian - Dread Crew of Oddwood - Edge of Sanity (hey, a guy can dream...

Turisas on the pool deck in 2016 is my favorite concert memory ever , not just 70K. Some others that stood out: - Allegaeon 2017 (+1 for the infamous Pyramid Lounge set) - Aeternam 2018 (their "fuck you o'clock" pool deck set with the sunrise in the background was amazing) - Fleshgod Apocalypse 2019...

I'd love Aether Realm on broad. Tarot is a brilliant album...but being nearly 2 years old, I'm not sure I'd call it "new".

So bummed that neither their recent tour with Wilderun (who is also amazing) nor the upcoming Gloryhammer tour is stopping here.

Yay, I can finally complain about how utterly awful the square pizza was this year!

Just gonna leave this interesting tidbit I learned on the cruise. Did you know that the In Vain drummer is also the drummer for Ihsahn? I did not know that, I have been listening to Ihsahn all morning. Xenoyr from NeO was wearing a Ihsahn shirt on the boat and they are touring/toured with them rece...

CaughtInAWeb wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 15, 2019 10:27 am

cegr80 wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 14, 2019 7:35 pm

Am I missing any other band?

Washy washy

Pepsi, meet monitor.

mooyagi wrote: ↑

Thu Feb 14, 2019 8:43 pm

Also, I managed to see 0 of the bands on the list. Whoops.

I saw 4 of them: Carnation, Bodyfarm, Chontaraz, and Dragony.

Carnation was excellent (ice rink was probably the loudest show on the boat), and the rest were just meh.

Me not having a slice of that 70k cake. Still wonder if it was good... IT. WAS. NOT. I've been 5 times and I've never have seen these cakes except in recap vids. Apparantly you have to go directly to the Windjammer after boarding. They actually did two cakes this year. There was one on boarding day...

When the Visions of Atlantis singer sent all the other musicians off-stage and started singing a solo (just her and piano) that sounded suspiciously like something out of the Celine Dion playbook. I find VoA a overly cheesy to begin with, but that display just put it waaaaaaay over the top. About 20...

With so many nations being represented over the years, Im curius now. Is there any nation who has yet to be represented from the survivors who attend to the bands who get announced to play on broad? That's actually a good question. Every time they announce the number of nations, I believe it must b...

cegr80 wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 08, 2019 10:03 am

Gratch wrote: ↑

Fri Feb 08, 2019 7:23 am

Probably the pit during the Fleshgod Apocalypse's Ice Rink show

I lost one of my brand new earplugs during this set. I think I was putting it on/removing it when a crowdsurfer kicked me. Tried looking for it after the show but no dice

Reason 629 why crowdsurfers suck ass.

Yes, all of them.

Probably the pit during the Fleshgod Apocalypse's Ice Rink show. Like cegr80, I don't do pits much anymore, but that one was amazeballs.

The start of "Roots Bloody Roots" would be a close second.

Was good to meet a few of you for, oh, about 30 seconds. LOL Stupid me didn't realize the name tags cost $3. So I came to the bar, quickly said hi to a few folks, then ran back up to my room to get $$. I got totally sidetracked coming back down, and by the time that conversation was over, it was tim...

Was impressed with how smooth most things went. Embarking and disembarking especially so! Same here. Showed up at 11 and were on the boat at noon. Walked right off this morning and got through customs with barely a wait, maybe 15 minutes total. Much better than the nearly 2.5 hours we waited in lin...

Bunch of conflicts, looks like I’ll be missing quite a few I had hoped to catch. Oh well.

I assume Fleshgod’s new album premier will be that closing set, ya?

This is the first year since I've been going (2016) that there isn't a "OMG, drop everything I'm doing to see that set" band on the boat for me. There's quite a few that I'm interested in, but no one that I'm hugely excited to see that I haven't already seen multiple times before. The closest would ...

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...

One more three-fer announcement with bands I've never heard of, then one big(ish) name gets announced as everyone boards.

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...

Not really my thing, but I’m sure some folks will be thrilled.

Would love Myrkur for M, but am pretty sure she’s in studio at the moment. Maybe a surprise Morbid Angel announcement? Miseration or My Dying Bride would be cool too.

Sigh shirt that looks just like my avatar.

My problem with Carnation is mostly just the name. I can't get past this mental image. https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/61YG7S8PXCL._SX355_.jpg Brutal. :shred: Agreed, not a very good name...at least not in English. Good band though, glad to have them on board! Just listened to thei...

My problem with Carnation is mostly just the name. I can't get past this mental image.



Brutal.

With a quick listen, it sounds like that's three more nap slots for me.

Sounds like the next one might be Nekrogoblikon (which would be rad), but I'd also love November's Doom.

Accept - 0 Eluveitie - 1 Subway To Sally - 0 Vomitory - 0 Delain - 0 Ensiferum - 2 Persefone - 1 Warbringer - 0 The Black Dahlia Murder - 0 Coroner - 0 Tiamat - 0 Gloryhammer - 4 Arkona - 1 Soulfly - Return to Roots - Soulfly - 0/Roots - 4 Visions Of Atlantis - 0 Onslaught - 0 Pestilence - 2 Ne Obli...

Lol, that’s awesome.

No hint though?

I've officially stopped caring. I'm in South Beach and the weather is beautiful. I'm drinking a beer on the balcony and there is a drag show happening in the bar downstairs. We're going to get the boat, the bands, the people... Yeah, I'll have things to say on my comment form. But really, unless it...

If we do actually get another 9 (or 10) bands, I’ll be pleasantly surprised. Otherwise, I’ll just enjoy what we’ve got. It’s a pretty good lineup for me as-is. With any luck, fewer bands might mean I don’t have to stay up for the “fuck you o’clock” set this year. Although I have to admit that Aetern...

You should really check out Aether Realm’s “Tarot” album. It’s quite remarkable.

The US government is temporarily reopened (as of Monday) through February 15, so everything should be back to normal for air travel next week.

Whew...huge weight off my mind.

For those flying, this site from the FAA is great for gauging delays. I've found it far more accurate than the info you get from the actual airports.

Something to keep an eye on for the next few days, anyways.

https://www.fly.faa.gov/flyfaa/usmap.jsp

jeyrow wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 25, 2019 9:49 am

if the cruise is canceled at the last minute?
In a parallel world, very very close

I can't really see the cruise getting outright cancelled, but I can see more last-minute band cancellations happening if the US travel situation deteriorates further over the next few days.

I've got a strange sense that this cruise is going to be...different. Not bad per se (we'll all still be on a boat in the Caribbean, after all), but given the big delay surrounding the initial announcements, the lack of a full lineup this late in the game, potential travel fuckery (currently a full ...

bodomdragon wrote: ↑

Fri Jan 25, 2019 5:35 am

Yeah, Riot V are out, even if they are trying to conceal it from us.

There's obviously a story here that I missed. What happened?

Phoenix wrote: ↑

Thu Jan 24, 2019 3:05 pm

GUYS WE'RE GONNA BE ON A BOAT IN A WEEK

Only three more workdays to get through.

Oh right, Psychostick. Another band who were booked very late in the game. Source: Moose from Psychostick, who told me over dinner on the boat last year that their manager (agency?) was contacted last minute desperate for a band. Glad they were added, their ice rink set was an absolute blast. "MOTH...

Oh right, Psychostick. Another band who were booked very late in the game. Source: Moose from Psychostick, who told me over dinner on the boat last year that their manager (agency?) was contacted last minute desperate for a band. Glad they were added, their ice rink set was an absolute blast. "MOTH...

Put me down as a maybe. Supposed to be meeting up with a few other folks around that same time, but I’ll definitely try and make it over.

I would hazard a guess that this year would be exponentially harder to get last minute bands on board, given the potential travel hiccups in the US (due to the shutdown). Especially for bands coming from overseas. Bands that might have typically jumped at the chance might not be willing (or even abl...