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    Re: Who are you? Introduce yourself!

    by MikeB » Wed Jan 27, 2016 10:22 am

    Elissa wrote:Top 5 bands?
    Augury
    Black Crown Initiate
    Quo Vadis
    Ouroborus
    My Dying Bride


    2 bands from my town ! I hope one day Quo Vadis will re-unite, I never got to see them live. Good taste :headbanger:
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    2017: Cabin 9675
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    Re: Who are you? Introduce yourself!

    by Abiz » Wed Jan 27, 2016 3:55 pm

    City/country:
    Sheffield, uk

    Age (optional):
    57
    Bit of a smoothie but metal runs through my veins.

    What first got you into metal?
    Mainly beer i think. :pound:
    In my early teens Local Pub bands like Son of a Bitch (later became Saxon). Many live gigs in local area, Led Zep, Deep Purple, Wishbone, Floyd. Black Sabbath, Uriah Heap...


    Play any instruments?
    I Hum. But used to play bass, mandolin and violin.

    Top 5 bands?

    Don't have tops, but listen to Nightwish, Sonata Artica, Therion, Kamalot and that sort of stuff. Cant wait to see Hammerfall, and Stratavarious on the boat.

    Looking forward to seeing bands that I would not normally go out of my way to see.

    What do you do?
    As little as possible.

    What deck are you on?
    Can't remember, hope wife knows.


    What's a creepy thing I can say when I see you that no stranger should know and will weird you out that I do?
    I voluntarily went to see Chris De-Burgh at a live gig at Alton Towers, Great band crap singer.
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    Re: Who are you? Introduce yourself!

    by biertroll » Wed Jan 27, 2016 11:33 pm

    biertroll wrote:I think I do this every year? If not, reintroduction should be acceptable with the amounts of booze drank onbroad. This will be my fourth cruise.

    City/country:
    USA , PROUD Las Vegas, NV local. ( I can easily be found in the casino)

    Age (optional):
    29, old as fuck

    What first got you into metal?
    I've gone through all types of music in my life but I'd say Reload Metallica album got me onto the right track eventually. Say what you will about the cd, I still love it.

    Play any instruments?
    I am really bad at drums lol, just need more practice. I plan on getting better after boat.

    Top 5 bands?
    Obviously a hard one..
    Metallica
    Down
    Misfits
    Top three are always the same.. But I guess I will add top three bucket list now..
    Zombi
    Sentenced
    Carpathian Forest

    What do you do?
    I'm concierge at a 4 star hotel in Vegas. I love my job sometimes. Don't be shy with questions or help, I'm always happy to help a cruiser out.

    Love the booze! Message me on FB! Will trade Vegas brews for Mintu & Stroops! :lol: :beerbang:

    What deck are you on?
    Deck 6, make sure you memorize so you can place me outside my door haha

    What's a creepy thing I can say when I see you that no stranger should know and will weird you out that I do?
    This question?

    As far as I know this year Rnesta (Will aka "Mr. Candy" aka "Captain") will not be on the cruise this year. :(
    70000tons 2020 Wishlist: EYEHATEGOD, Carpathian Forest, Demons & Wizards, SSS, Magrudergrind, Asphyx

    Deck ? 2020
    Survived 70K 12,14,15,16, 17. PsychoCA 15. PsychoLV 16, 17, 18. MDF 13,14,15. QDF 18.
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    Re: Who are you? Introduce yourself!

    by Gratch » Thu Jan 28, 2016 7:28 am

    So...um...hi. I'm a little late to the forum party, but figured I should at least throw out an intro before I get on the boat. I'm Chris (::group mumbles:: "Hi Chris") and this will be my first 70K experience. I'm supposed to be working right now, but my brain is already aboard the ship, so here goes.

    City/country:
    Salt Lake City, Utah (and before you ask, no I'm not Mormon)

    Age (optional):
    41, although my mind is still convinced I'm in the mid-20's

    What first got you into metal?
    My parents were hippies, so I grew up listening to lots of John Denver, Peter Paul & Mary, etc. No metal in the house at all. In fact, mom made me return the first cassette I ever bought (Van Halen's "1984") because it had a picture of a smoking baby on the cover. As a result, I was stuck in an horrible rap/hip-hop phase through most of middle and high school. One of my friends marched me into a record store one day and told the clerk "This guy has horrible taste in music. Please help fix him." That wonderful woman sent me home with Sepultura's Arise, Metallica's ...And Justice For All, Helmet's Meantime, and Bad Religion's No Control. My musical tastes were altered forever...thank god.

    Play any instruments?
    I'm the most mediocre drummer you'll ever meet.

    Top 5 bands?
    Tough question, as probably my two all-time favorite artists are not metal: David Bowie (RIP...still gutted about that) and Skinny Puppy. If you see the guy wearing either of those shirts on board, it's most likely me. If I were to go just with metal bands, it would probably be.
    - Agalloch
    - Opeth
    - Sigh
    - Turisas
    - Amorphis

    What do you do?
    I sell leader development training to US Federal Government clients. It's as exciting as it sounds. On the plus side, my boss did pay for this trip for both me and my friend as a year-end bonus. Best. Work SPIF. Ever.

    What deck are you on?
    Deck 7, me and other first timer

    What's a creepy thing I can say when I see you that no stranger should know and will weird you out that I do?
    Ask me about singing backup for Donny Osmond in front of 65,000 people. It's actually a very funny story.
    Survivor 2016/17/18/19/20

    Ultimate Wishlist Bands
    Anaal Nathrakh - Behemoth - Igorrr - Khemmis - Myrkur - The Ocean - Pallbearer - Sigh - Tribulation - Sentient Horror - Turisas - Wilderun - Witherscape - Zeal & Ardor
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    Re: Who are you? Introduce yourself!

    by The Bus From Speed » Thu Jan 28, 2016 9:18 pm

    City/country:
    Calgary, Alberta. The home of oil and, right now, being poor.

    Age (optional):
    22

    What first got you into metal?
    Names after a member of Metallica... Back from when Metallica kicked ass.

    Play any instruments?
    Does skin flute count?

    Top 5 bands?
    Vulvodynia
    Amon Amarth
    Rush
    Led Zeppelin
    Dark Tranquillity and Insomnium tie for this spot :/

    What do you do?
    I'm a 2nd year apprentice pipefitter. Laid off and looking to start a new trade, but after the boat I'm going to do my 2nd year's schooling.

    What deck are you on?
    G

    What's a creepy thing I can say when I see you that no stranger should know and will weird you out that I do?
    I fart in elevators... Intentionally.
    2016 @ 3312
    2017 @ 8667
    2018 @ ????
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    Re: Who are you? Introduce yourself!

    by Pellaz » Fri Jan 29, 2016 1:13 am

    Well, it's been a while since I did this, so I'll re-edit what I posted before.

    Name: Paul C.

    City/country:
    Atlanta metro area, Georgia, USA

    Age (optional):
    51, soon to be 52

    What first got you into metal?
    I heard Metallica played at a party way back in '87 and thought "woah, WTF?" I was already into quality rock like Rush and harder radio stuff like G'n'R so the progression was swift and natural. Queensryche got me into more progressive metal and I was seriously into the early 'golden age' of progressive metal (Dream Theater, Fate's Warning, Superior) thanks to pre-Web online sources like the old Ytsejam Mailing List. I began hanging out at Atlanta's long-running metal radio show WREKage around 1994 and started hosting a regular part of the show in 1999 -- at first I was supposed to be playing progressive and power metal but I really got into heavier/darker stuff (I totally blame Opeth for this), and now that's what I prefer. Ooops!
    I've also been a band sponsor for the ProgPower USA festival every year since 2002, including Therion (first US tour and once since then), Nightwish (first-ever US show), Amorphis, Devin Townsend, Tyr, Ihsahn, Green Carnation and others.

    Play any instruments?
    The stereo and the steering wheel.
    Also African and Middle-Eastern hand-percussion, but don't tell anyone 'cause they'll think I'm a hippie. :lol:

    Top whatever bands?

    Therion
    Fear Factory
    Type O Negative
    Devin Townsend
    Dead Can Dance (you didn't specify metal bands, now, did ya? :cool: )
    For metal, #5 would be Insomnium at the moment.

    ...but seriously, you can check out the playlists at http://www.wrekage.org/playlists.php and see what bands I play the most of...and that would be the answer. I like almost everything except metalcore.

    What do you do?
    I'm a lead customer service rep at a big callsite for actual money-money, and a professional (published) writer, editor and proofreader. (Not for actual money-money.)
    I'm also a very UNprofessional FM-radio deejay...but in fairness to us we don't get paid for it; we do it for love of metal and we play what we WANT to. 100,000 glorious watts of metal for 4-6 hours a week. :viking:

    What deck are you on? 2

    Wish-list for 70K's present and future:
    Ayreon (it will NEVER happen...but then again, that's what I thought about Therion ever touring the States and I helped to change that forever)
    Emperor...or if not, Ihsahn
    Immortal (or Abbath)
    Insomnium (ka-ching!)
    Devin Townsend
    Fear Factory
    Tyr (ka-ching!)
    Turisas (ka-ching!)
    Opeth (heavier material only, plz Mike, okthxbye)
    Omnium Gatherum
    ...and dozens of others :bmhorns:

    Something you can say that will freak me out: I get all nervous and weird when someone compliments me, so saying that you like my musical tastes or have heard and liked our radio show would freak me out. (Seriously, it kinda does.)
    2025 Wishlist:
    1349--Abbath--Abigail.Williams--Aephanemer--Agalloch--Agathodaimon--Alien.Weaponry--Allegaeon--Amon.Amarth--Amorphis--Animals.As.Leaders--Arkona--Arsis--Atrocity--Ayreon--Bal.Sagoth--Baroness--Barren.Earth--Battlelore--Behemoth--Below.7--Belzebubs--Be'lakor--Black.Crown.Initiate--Bloodbath--Borknagar--Broken.Trinity--Cannibal.Corpse--Chthe'ilist--CoF--Countless.Skies--Cynic--Demons.&.Wizards--Dimmu.Borgir--Dark.Tranquillity--Dragonforce--Edge.of.Sanity--Witherscape--anything.Dan.Swano--Eluveitie--Eneferens--Ensiferum--Enslaved--Eternal.Tears.of.Sorrow--Evergrey--Exmortus--Ex.Deo--Fear.Factory--Fires.In.the.Distance--Gojira--Graveworm--Green.Carnation--Hypocrisy--Immortal--Insomnium--Irreversible.Mechanism--Kalmah--Kamelot--Keep.Of.Kalessin--Korpiklaani--Kreator--Leprous--Luciferan.Light.Orchestra--Loss--Melechesh--Meshuggah--Mezarkabul--Moonspell--Mors.Principium.Est--Myrath--Ne.Obliviscaris--Nile--Nokturnal.Mortem--NorthTale--Novembers.Doom--Obscura--Old.Mans.Child--Opeth--Paladin--Poisonblack--Powerwolf--Primordial--Rapheumet's.Well--Raven--Rivers.Of.Nihil--Ryujin--Sabaton--Sadistic.Ritual--Samael--Satyricon--Savatage--Scale.the.Summit--Scorched.Moon--Septic.Flesh--Serious.Black--Seven.Spires--Sigh--Skalmold--Slough.Feg--Starkill--Steorrah--SYL--Suidakra--Summoning--Tarot--Therion--Thy.Serpent--Tomarum--Tomb.Mold--Turisas--Twilight.Force--Tyr--Vale.Of.Pnath--Valhalore--Vesania--Vintersorg--Wolfchant--Yyrkoon
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    Re: Who are you? Introduce yourself!

    by Godflesh » Fri Jan 29, 2016 2:02 am

    Pellaz wrote:I get all nervous and weird when someone compliments me

    Awesome bio! :-)
    I also did some radio as a teenager in the 80s, fun times.
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    Re: Who are you? Introduce yourself!

    by Jaimie38 » Fri Jan 29, 2016 7:38 am

    Welcome Everyone!!!



    :beerbang:
    9 Time Vet.
    Wishlist-West of Hell,Hibria,Powerwolf,WASP,DioDisciples,Loudness,
    DangerousToys,Triumph,UDO,SkullFIST,Kobra&theLotus,
    TheOrderofChaos,Diemonds,Riot City, WMD,Demons & Wizards,Liv Sin,Suicidal Angels,Dee Snider
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    Re: Who are you? Introduce yourself!

    by captaingabbeh » Tue Mar 01, 2016 1:17 pm

    City/country:
    Calgary, Alberta

    Age (optional):
    24

    What first got you into metal?
    One of my high school friends plied me with Nightwish, Epica, Amorphis, etc, when he learned that I sang in my spare time. Just kept going from there.

    Play any instruments?
    I sing quite a bit - I've trained in musical theater and opera, and I sing in a pop-punk band at home. I can also play guitar (meh), and shitty bass and piano.

    Top 5 bands?
    Turisas
    Ne Obliviscaris
    Wintersun
    Crossfaith
    Kamelot

    What do you do?
    I'm what's called a Solutions Architect, which is a fancy way of saying I do IT security projects for paranoid people.

    What deck are you on?
    I was on Deck 7 this year

    What's a creepy thing I can say when I see you that no stranger should know and will weird you out that I do?
    I once voluntarily bought a Gwen Stefani album.

    2015-2018,
    Goth Cruise 2019

    Wishlist: Myrath-Skindred-Rotting Christ-Amorphis-Hypocrisy-Demons & Wizards-3TEETH-Emperor-Psyclon Nine-Ihsahn-Batushka-Anaal Nathrakh-Epica-Aeternam-Nightwish-Starkill-Primordial-Zeal & Ardor-Powerwolf
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    Re: Who are you? Introduce yourself!

    by Shadow Son » Tue Mar 01, 2016 8:48 pm

    Figured I'll do this too.

    City/country:
    Calgary, Alberta, Canada

    Age (optional):
    27

    What first got you into metal?
    Friends in high school would listen to mostly hard rock and industrial stuff, but it wasn't until I was randomly introduced to Dream Theater that I was hooked. The first band I ever obsessed over, and reading about them led me to learn what progressive metal / music is, and in turn led me to being introduced to the wide world of metal.

    Play any instruments?
    Nope, though I do like to sing. I've always wanted to make music, but never had any lessons or anything. I hope to change that this year. I'm also interested in learning guitar.

    Top 5 bands? (ONLY 5? HOW DO I CHOOSE?)
    Enslaved
    Behemoth
    Opeth
    The Devin Townsend Project
    Isis

    What bands have you discovered through 70k?

    Crucified Barbara, Melechesh, Trollfest, Arkona, Delain, Fallujah, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Koyi K Utho, Rotting Christ, Skálmöld, Tsjuder

    What do you do?
    UPS Driver

    What deck are you on?
    8

    What do you like to do in your spare time?
    Besides listening to music and going to gigs, play video games, write stories, reading, spend way too much time on the internet, blah, blah, blah.

    What's a creepy thing I can say when I see you that no stranger should know and will weird you out that I do?

    Not sure to be honest
    2015: Survivor: Cabin 9321
    2016: Survivor: Cabin 8455
    2017:
    ABANDONED SHIP!
    2018: Survivor: Cabin 1688
    2019:
    ABANDONED SHIP!
    2020: ABANDONED SHIP!
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    Re: Who are you? Introduce yourself!

    by captaingabbeh » Wed Mar 02, 2016 9:12 am

    Shadow Son wrote:Play any instruments?
    Nope, though I do like to sing. I've always wanted to make music, but never had any lessons or anything. I hope to change that this year. I'm also interested in learning guitar.


    Yo, you're in Calgary too? You should DM me if you wanna jam sometime. :shred:

    2015-2018,
    Goth Cruise 2019

    Wishlist: Myrath-Skindred-Rotting Christ-Amorphis-Hypocrisy-Demons & Wizards-3TEETH-Emperor-Psyclon Nine-Ihsahn-Batushka-Anaal Nathrakh-Epica-Aeternam-Nightwish-Starkill-Primordial-Zeal & Ardor-Powerwolf
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    Re: Who are you? Introduce yourself!

    by spooky » Thu Mar 03, 2016 1:33 pm

    Pellaz wrote:Well, it's been a while since I did this, so I'll re-edit what I posted before.

    Name: Paul C.

    City/country:
    Atlanta metro area, Georgia, USA

    Age (optional):
    51, soon to be 52

    What first got you into metal?
    I heard Metallica played at a party way back in '87 and thought "woah, WTF?" I was already into quality rock like Rush and harder radio stuff like G'n'R so the progression was swift and natural. Queensryche got me into more progressive metal and I was seriously into the early 'golden age' of progressive metal (Dream Theater, Fate's Warning, Superior) thanks to pre-Web online sources like the old Ytsejam Mailing List. I began hanging out at Atlanta's long-running metal radio show WREKage around 1994 and started hosting a regular part of the show in 1999 -- at first I was supposed to be playing progressive and power metal but I really got into heavier/darker stuff (I totally blame Opeth for this), and now that's what I prefer. Ooops!
    I've also been a band sponsor for the ProgPower USA festival every year since 2002, including Therion (first US tour and once since then), Nightwish (first-ever US show), Amorphis, Devin Townsend, Tyr, Ihsahn, Green Carnation and others.

    Play any instruments?
    The stereo and the steering wheel.
    Also African and Middle-Eastern hand-percussion, but don't tell anyone 'cause they'll think I'm a hippie. :lol:

    Top whatever bands?

    Therion
    Fear Factory
    Type O Negative
    Devin Townsend
    Dead Can Dance (you didn't specify metal bands, now, did ya? :cool: )
    For metal, #5 would be Insomnium at the moment.

    ...but seriously, you can check out the playlists at http://www.wrekage.org/playlists.php and see what bands I play the most of...and that would be the answer. I like almost everything except metalcore.

    What do you do?
    I'm a lead customer service rep at a big callsite for actual money-money, and a professional (published) writer, editor and proofreader. (Not for actual money-money.)
    I'm also a very UNprofessional FM-radio deejay...but in fairness to us we don't get paid for it; we do it for love of metal and we play what we WANT to. 100,000 glorious watts of metal for 4-6 hours a week. :viking:

    What deck are you on? 2

    Wish-list for 70K's present and future:
    Ayreon (it will NEVER happen...but then again, that's what I thought about Therion ever touring the States and I helped to change that forever)
    Emperor...or if not, Ihsahn
    Immortal (or Abbath)
    Insomnium (ka-ching!)
    Devin Townsend
    Fear Factory
    Tyr (ka-ching!)
    Turisas (ka-ching!)
    Opeth (heavier material only, plz Mike, okthxbye)
    Omnium Gatherum
    ...and dozens of others :bmhorns:

    Something you can say that will freak me out: I get all nervous and weird when someone compliments me, so saying that you like my musical tastes or have heard and liked our radio show would freak me out. (Seriously, it kinda does.)


    ...were you the guy that my friend and i talked to at the eluvietie show in the alhambra??? i distinctly remember a fellow and i discussing therion...
    2016: Survivor
    2017: Survivor
    2018: Survivor
    2019: Survivor
    2020: Survivor
    2021: FUCK COVID
    2022: FUCK COVID
    2023: Survivor
    2024: Survivor
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    Re: Who are you? Introduce yourself!

    by Pellaz » Sun Mar 06, 2016 2:49 am

    spooky wrote:...were you the guy that my friend and i talked to at the eluvietie show in the alhambra??? i distinctly remember a fellow and i discussing therion...


    It's quite possible since I was at both Eluveitie shows. If the person was kinda fat and ugly, that was probably me. :lol:
    2025 Wishlist:
    1349--Abbath--Abigail.Williams--Aephanemer--Agalloch--Agathodaimon--Alien.Weaponry--Allegaeon--Amon.Amarth--Amorphis--Animals.As.Leaders--Arkona--Arsis--Atrocity--Ayreon--Bal.Sagoth--Baroness--Barren.Earth--Battlelore--Behemoth--Below.7--Belzebubs--Be'lakor--Black.Crown.Initiate--Bloodbath--Borknagar--Broken.Trinity--Cannibal.Corpse--Chthe'ilist--CoF--Countless.Skies--Cynic--Demons.&.Wizards--Dimmu.Borgir--Dark.Tranquillity--Dragonforce--Edge.of.Sanity--Witherscape--anything.Dan.Swano--Eluveitie--Eneferens--Ensiferum--Enslaved--Eternal.Tears.of.Sorrow--Evergrey--Exmortus--Ex.Deo--Fear.Factory--Fires.In.the.Distance--Gojira--Graveworm--Green.Carnation--Hypocrisy--Immortal--Insomnium--Irreversible.Mechanism--Kalmah--Kamelot--Keep.Of.Kalessin--Korpiklaani--Kreator--Leprous--Luciferan.Light.Orchestra--Loss--Melechesh--Meshuggah--Mezarkabul--Moonspell--Mors.Principium.Est--Myrath--Ne.Obliviscaris--Nile--Nokturnal.Mortem--NorthTale--Novembers.Doom--Obscura--Old.Mans.Child--Opeth--Paladin--Poisonblack--Powerwolf--Primordial--Rapheumet's.Well--Raven--Rivers.Of.Nihil--Ryujin--Sabaton--Sadistic.Ritual--Samael--Satyricon--Savatage--Scale.the.Summit--Scorched.Moon--Septic.Flesh--Serious.Black--Seven.Spires--Sigh--Skalmold--Slough.Feg--Starkill--Steorrah--SYL--Suidakra--Summoning--Tarot--Therion--Thy.Serpent--Tomarum--Tomb.Mold--Turisas--Twilight.Force--Tyr--Vale.Of.Pnath--Valhalore--Vesania--Vintersorg--Wolfchant--Yyrkoon
    2015-2020; 2023-2024: Survivor
    2025: most likely
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    Re: Who are you? Introduce yourself!

    by Memnoch » Tue Aug 23, 2016 2:18 am

    Seeing how we have quite a few newcomers on these here broads, necroing this thread seems like a good idea. :beerwink:
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    GIRLIE METAL / OLD SCHOOL DEATH METAL / DOOM METAL
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    Re: Who are you?

    by Memnoch » Tue Aug 23, 2016 2:20 am

    Let's go with yet another update.


    City/country:
    Helsinki, Finland

    Age (optional):
    40

    What first got you into metal?
    Iron Maiden way back in the early 80's. Got Killers as a birthday gift.

    Play any instruments?
    Nope.

    Top 5 bands?
    Delain, Insision, Primordial, The Cardigans, Cut Up

    What do you do?
    Product manager for a HVAC fitting manufacturer

    What deck are you on?
    10
    Wishlist:
    GIRLIE METAL / OLD SCHOOL DEATH METAL / DOOM METAL
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    Re: Who are you? Introduce yourself!

    by bodomdragon » Tue Aug 23, 2016 2:47 am

    City/country:
    Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain

    Age (optional):
    30

    What first got you into metal?
    A couple of new friends made me listen to Mago de Öz, Rhapsody of Fire and Nightwish. Then they kept giving me new music to listen to and I got more and more addicted... until today.

    Play any instruments?
    Nope.

    Top 5 bands?
    As of today... let's say Insomnium, Avantasia, Omnium Gatherum, Symphony X, Amorphis

    What do you do?
    Manager in an IT Consulting company, focused on Business Intelligence projects.

    What deck are you on?
    2
    Wishlist:
    Ad.Infinitum--Aephanemer--Alestorm--Anthriel--AVANTASIA--Axxis--
    Battle.Beast--Beast.in.Black--Belzebubs--Be'lakor--BEYOND.THE.BLACK--Borealis--BORKNAGAR--Brymir--Caligula's.Horse--CHAOSBAY--Countless.Skies--Crowne--Dimmu.Borgir--DGM--Distorted.Harmony--DragonForce--Dream.Theater--Eclipse.(Sweden)--ELECTRIC.CALLBOY--Ensiferum--Evergrey--FEUERSCHWANZ--Fractal.Gates--Freedom.Call--GAMMA.RAY--Haken--Hei'an--Helloween--In.Mourning--INSOMNIUM--Kamelot--Keep.Of.Kalessin--KISSIN'.DYNAMITE--MERCENARY--Moonsorrow--Ne.Obliviscaris--Orden.Ogan--Pretty.Maids--Powerglove--PYRAMAZE--SABATON--SEVENTH.WONDER--Shade.Empire--Skeletoon--SOEN--Subterranean.Masquerade--SYMPHONY.X--Tremonti--Trollfest--Unleash.The.Archers--VISIONS.OF.ATLANTIS--VOLA--Volbeat--VOYAGER--WIDEK--Wilderun--Wintersun

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    Donnerklang
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    Re: Who are you? Introduce yourself!

    by Donnerklang » Tue Aug 23, 2016 4:15 am

    City/country:
    Hamburg (home) and Frankfurt (work), Germany

    Age (optional):
    verrrryyy old but not to old for metal :death:

    What first got you into metal?
    1970: My first lp: Black Sabath - Paranoid
    1972: My first concert: Scorpions in our local club
    ....

    Play any instruments?
    Bass (Esh Stinger II; Warwick Corvette; Ibanez K5)
    Guitar (Schecter Hellraiser)

    Top 5 bands?
    Nightwish
    Sonata Arctica
    Arch Enemy
    Amon Amarth
    Rebellion

    What do you do?
    BI-Specialist and Senior Business Analyst

    What deck are you on?
    Deck 7

    What's a creepy thing I can say when I see you that no stranger should know and will weird you out that I do?
    I drink only smallllllll amounts of alcohol :whisky: :belly: :chug:

    Where is your wife?
    She's aboard too as my children are
    70.000tons family cruise 2020: My two daugthers, my wife and me
    :viking:
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    bodomdragon
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    Re: Who are you? Introduce yourself!

    by bodomdragon » Tue Aug 23, 2016 5:11 am

    Donnerklang wrote:What do you do?
    BI-Specialist and Senior Business Analyst

    Here we go, there had to be others... :D Are you specialised in any particular technology? I am a QlikView/Sense guy :D
    Wishlist:
    Ad.Infinitum--Aephanemer--Alestorm--Anthriel--AVANTASIA--Axxis--
    Battle.Beast--Beast.in.Black--Belzebubs--Be'lakor--BEYOND.THE.BLACK--Borealis--BORKNAGAR--Brymir--Caligula's.Horse--CHAOSBAY--Countless.Skies--Crowne--Dimmu.Borgir--DGM--Distorted.Harmony--DragonForce--Dream.Theater--Eclipse.(Sweden)--ELECTRIC.CALLBOY--Ensiferum--Evergrey--FEUERSCHWANZ--Fractal.Gates--Freedom.Call--GAMMA.RAY--Haken--Hei'an--Helloween--In.Mourning--INSOMNIUM--Kamelot--Keep.Of.Kalessin--KISSIN'.DYNAMITE--MERCENARY--Moonsorrow--Ne.Obliviscaris--Orden.Ogan--Pretty.Maids--Powerglove--PYRAMAZE--SABATON--SEVENTH.WONDER--Shade.Empire--Skeletoon--SOEN--Subterranean.Masquerade--SYMPHONY.X--Tremonti--Trollfest--Unleash.The.Archers--VISIONS.OF.ATLANTIS--VOLA--Volbeat--VOYAGER--WIDEK--Wilderun--Wintersun

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  • Mark
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    Location: Karlsruhe/Germany

    Re: Who are you? Introduce yourself!

    by Mark » Tue Aug 23, 2016 5:27 am

    Looks like I've never done the thread so here we go:

    City/country:
    Karlsruhe, Germany

    Age (optional):
    33

    What first got you into metal?
    When I was 13 a friend showed me that new album he bought from a band called Grave Digger. It was The Tunes of War and needless to say my live changed fundamentally from there :headbanger:

    Play any instruments?
    Played keyboard until I was 17 but always been too lazy to practice so I can't play much more than "Alle meine Entchen"

    Top 5 bands?
    Bah that's almost impossible to answer.
    There are the bands I listen to a lot right now and the bands that I'm listening to since forever, hard to just pick 5...
    I'll just randomly go with some that feel important to me:

    - Grave Digger
    - Blind Guardian
    - Sabaton
    - Equilibrium
    - Ensiferum

    What do you do?
    I'm a Business Intelligence Engineer with a large financial services IT company based in Karlsruhe.

    What deck are you on?
    Deck 8

    What's a creepy thing I can say when I see you that no stranger should know and will weird you out that I do?
    When I was 12 I got an Iron Maiden record and told my dad that I'd never listen to shit music like that...
    Alestorm/Amaranthe/Anneke/Avantasia/Blind Guardian/Civil War/Devin Townsend/Apokalyptische Reiter/Edguy/Ensiferum/Equilibrium/Falconer/Gloryhammer/Grave Digger/Heidevolk/Korpiklaani/Omnium Gatherum/Powerwolf/Rage/Sabaton/Saxon/Therion/Trollfest/Wintersun
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    Wudan
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    Location: Cape Cod

    Re: Who are you? Introduce yourself!

    by Wudan » Tue Aug 23, 2016 5:39 am

    City/country:
    Cape Cod, USA

    Age (optional):
    37 by Cruise Day

    What first got you into metal?
    Listening to Ride the Lightning in my older brother's room when i was 5.

    Play any instruments?
    Back in the day played Sax

    Top 5 bands?
    Epica
    Turisas
    Amorphis
    Amaranthe
    Halestorm (not metal but let's face it, Lzzy Hale is a fucking bad ass!)


    What do you do?
    Network Engineer

    What deck are you on?
    2 in a random 4 person room, haha! WOOOOOO!!!!! :headbanger:

    What's a creepy thing I can say when I see you that no stranger should know and will weird you out that I do?
    This is technically my first "festival"
    -------------
    2019 Wislist
    Powerwolf - Diabulus in Musica - Semblant - The Agonist - Turisas - Tiamat - Within Temptation - Frantic Amber - Jinjer - Unleash the Archers - Tarja - Lacuna Coil - Crystal Lake


    2017 - 2362
    2019 - Take my money!
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    bodomdragon
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    Re: Who are you? Introduce yourself!

    by bodomdragon » Tue Aug 23, 2016 5:45 am

    Mark wrote:What do you do?
    I'm a Business Intelligence Engineer with a large financial services IT company based in Karlsruhe.


    Three in a row!! This is funny :)
    Wishlist:
    Ad.Infinitum--Aephanemer--Alestorm--Anthriel--AVANTASIA--Axxis--
    Battle.Beast--Beast.in.Black--Belzebubs--Be'lakor--BEYOND.THE.BLACK--Borealis--BORKNAGAR--Brymir--Caligula's.Horse--CHAOSBAY--Countless.Skies--Crowne--Dimmu.Borgir--DGM--Distorted.Harmony--DragonForce--Dream.Theater--Eclipse.(Sweden)--ELECTRIC.CALLBOY--Ensiferum--Evergrey--FEUERSCHWANZ--Fractal.Gates--Freedom.Call--GAMMA.RAY--Haken--Hei'an--Helloween--In.Mourning--INSOMNIUM--Kamelot--Keep.Of.Kalessin--KISSIN'.DYNAMITE--MERCENARY--Moonsorrow--Ne.Obliviscaris--Orden.Ogan--Pretty.Maids--Powerglove--PYRAMAZE--SABATON--SEVENTH.WONDER--Shade.Empire--Skeletoon--SOEN--Subterranean.Masquerade--SYMPHONY.X--Tremonti--Trollfest--Unleash.The.Archers--VISIONS.OF.ATLANTIS--VOLA--Volbeat--VOYAGER--WIDEK--Wilderun--Wintersun

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  • Mark
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    Location: Karlsruhe/Germany

    Re: Who are you? Introduce yourself!

    by Mark » Tue Aug 23, 2016 5:52 am

    bodomdragon wrote:
    Mark wrote:What do you do?
    I'm a Business Intelligence Engineer with a large financial services IT company based in Karlsruhe.


    Three in a row!! This is funny :)


    Heh should have read the posts above mine first.
    Looks like it's time for 70000 tons of BI :cheers:
    Alestorm/Amaranthe/Anneke/Avantasia/Blind Guardian/Civil War/Devin Townsend/Apokalyptische Reiter/Edguy/Ensiferum/Equilibrium/Falconer/Gloryhammer/Grave Digger/Heidevolk/Korpiklaani/Omnium Gatherum/Powerwolf/Rage/Sabaton/Saxon/Therion/Trollfest/Wintersun
  • CFH
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    Re: Who are you? Introduce yourself!

    by CFH » Tue Aug 23, 2016 7:01 am

    City/country:
    Turku, Finland

    Age (optional):
    28

    What first got you into metal?
    Master Of Puppets by Metallica. I think I was 11 years old and my friend kept playing that tape over and over again and at some point I simply got hooked.

    Play any instruments?
    Nope

    Top 5 bands?
    Unfair question, but let's say:

    Metallica
    Pantera
    Kreator
    Carcass
    Aborted

    What do you do?
    I'm a master builder. So basically I run construction sites.

    What deck are you on?
    7
  • Phoenix
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    Location: Calgary, AB, Canada

    Re: Who are you? Introduce yourself!

    by Phoenix » Tue Aug 23, 2016 7:06 am

    Reaffirm my answers here...

    City/country:
    Calgary, Canada

    Age (optional):
    25

    What first got you into metal?
    When I was in junior high some friends introduced me to Nightwish, Dope and Marilyn Manson. I was still solidly into punk music (which I can't stand now so how I'm not quite sure) until the first year of high school, when a friend of mine showed me Silent Civilian. I've been in search of new and great metal music ever since.

    Play any instruments?
    Used to play piano but never liked it. But I do sing.

    Top 5 bands?
    This is always hard but here they are as of now:

    - Mors Principium Est
    - Eluveitie (may they recover, hopefully)
    - Ne Obliviscaris
    - Amorphis
    - Sabaton

    What do you do?
    I am a Junior Engineer, working at an EPC firm that's somehow doing just fine in an economic downturn.

    What deck are you on?
    Deck 6

    What's a creepy thing I can say when I see you that no stranger should know and will weird you out that I do?
    How did you get those two scars on your back?

    Survivor:
    2015
    2017
    2018
    2019
    Out for 2023
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    slayergeek
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    Re: Who are you? Introduce yourself!

    by slayergeek » Tue Aug 23, 2016 8:05 am

    Reaffirm my answers here...

    City/country:
    San Francisco Bay Area (Pleasant Hill to be exact) USA

    Age (optional):
    46

    What first got you into metal?
    Kiss was probably my first exposure to metal at a very young age.

    Play any instruments?
    Guitar, Bass, Drums, Vocals

    Top 5 bands?

    - The Crown
    - Testament
    - Amon Amarth
    - Slayer
    - At The gates

    What do you do?
    Software Developer for Salesforce
    Developer of the 70K Bands app. Unofficial app for the 70,000 Tons Cruise
    Drummer, Guitarist, and Vocalist for the band Absolute Darkness

    What deck are you on?
    Deck 9

    What's a creepy thing I can say when I see you that no stranger should know and will weird you out that I do?
    Pass

    How did you get those two scars on your back?
    Chest drainage for a septic infection
    Survivor
    • 2014,2015,2016,2017,2018,2019,2020,2023,2024,See_you_in_2025

    Absolute_Darkness-Death/Thrash_Band_I_am_the_Singer/Guitarist_for
    • FacebookPage-https://www.facebook.com/BandAbsoluteDarkness

    Thud_Bukit-Death/Comedy_Band_I_am_the_Singer/Guitarist/Drummer/Bassist_for
    • FacebookPage-https://www.facebook.com/Thud-Bukit-100960638505481

    70k Bands - Unofficial iPhone/Android_app_of_the_70,000_tons_cruise
    WishList
    • Old_Man's_Child-/-Battle_Cross-/-Impaled-/-Dismember-/-Amon_Amarth-/-Dethklok-/-Gruesome-/-Rotten_Sound-/-As_Blood_Runs_Black-/-Through_The_Eyes_Of_The_Dead-/-Testament-/
  • Phoenix
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    Re: Who are you? Introduce yourself!

    by Phoenix » Tue Aug 23, 2016 8:10 am

    slayergeek wrote:
    How did you get those two scars on your back?
    Chest drainage for a septic infection


    :lol: That is NOT how I got mine, but I like it.

    Survivor:
    2015
    2017
    2018
    2019
    Out for 2023
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    Kay Healy
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    Location: Boston Ma

    Re: Who are you? Introduce yourself!

    by Kay Healy » Tue Aug 23, 2016 8:13 am

    City/country:
    Boston, Massachusetts USA

    Age (optional):
    30

    What first got you into metal?
    Grew up on Classic Rock and my mother listened to Hair Metal bands and also Metallica,Iron Maiden ect.. and it just progressed from there

    Play any instruments?
    Unfortunately no :( but my children take music lessons ( drums and keyboard) and my husband is a bassist/guitarist <3

    Top 5 bands?
    kinda tough and I love most genres

    1- Opeth
    2-Symphony X
    3- Dream Theater
    4-Stratovarius
    5- Eluveitie

    What do you do?
    As of now just taking care of my 3 kids and work part time gigs when I can ... I poor beer at the Renaissance Festival in the Fall(im a nerd)

    What deck are you on?
    9

    What's a creepy thing I can say when I see you that no stranger should know and will weird you out that I do?
    I lick my q tips before I use them bahahahhaha sorry couldn't think of anything else!
    Survivor 2016- 9283

    2017 Wish list: Pagans Mind, Wintersun, Blind Guardian, Nekrogoblikon, Serenity, Sonata Arctica, Battle Beast, Nightwish, Ayreon, Symphony X, Alestorm, Whispered, Devin Townsend, Dark Tranquility, Opeth and many more
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    Gutterchild7
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    Location: Buenos Aires - Argentina
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    Re: Who are you? Introduce yourself!

    by Gutterchild7 » Tue Aug 23, 2016 8:33 am

    Name:
    Maria Silvina

    City/country:
    C.A.B.A., Buenos Aires, Argentina

    Age (optional):
    25 (birthday on November 17th (?))

    What first got you into metal?
    My brother, not having a computer and sharing his turned me into his music. We both have a pretty taste for almost every kind of music, so he had all his music on folders with labels such as "metal", "punk", "ska", "rock", etc... then I went into the "metal" folder and found myself with Sonata Arctica, Hammerfall, Nightwish, Tierra Santa and Mägo de Oz. Was about eleven y.o. back then.

    Play any instruments?
    Nope, I can sing (I sing since I was 2 y.o. or so)... I mean, I do not propperly studied, but singing every day of my life gave me something like "a little control" over my voice blah blah blah.

    Top whatever bands?
    Metal: Kamelot, Nightwish, Delain, Amaranthe, Avantasia.
    Others: Liza Minnelli, Led Zeppelin, Memphis La Blusera, Virus, Soda Stereo, JAF (Juan Antonio Ferreyra), Dido, Gackt.

    What do you do?
    Study for becoming an english teacher (and my english sucks, fuck). Work as accountable assistant at a studio.
    Hobbies: Aerial silk, artistic skating (it's like ice skating but on wheels instead), kart racing (I'm not a racing pilot, but grew with races and cars around me so I go and race from time to time), reading comics (and not only Marvel/DC ones).

    What deck are you on?
    7! Fav number.

    Wish-list for 70K's present and future:
    I don't remember which bands NEVER were on board since this is my first cruise... BUT I guess Ayreon NEVER was on so... There, a cruise with them would be nice.

    Something you can say that will freak me out:
    I like to wear "common clothes" instead of metal band t-shirts and black stuff... Planning to get on board dressing like I'm lost and that's not my boat (?!?!?!). I don't know things that would freak you out!
    ARGENTINA
    [[ † 2017 † ]] .: 7674 :.

    "May the touch of your hand forever be my therapy~~"
  • ExtraneouS
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    Location: Halifax, NS, Canada

    Re: Who are you? Introduce yourself!

    by ExtraneouS » Tue Aug 23, 2016 1:24 pm

    I did this before, but life happens any answers are different now.

    City/country:
    Dartmouth, NS

    Age (optional):
    23

    What first got you into metal?
    Guitar Hero 3 #SorryNotSorry

    Play any instruments?
    Bass

    Top 5 bands?
    Well it depends on genre:
    1. Power - DragonForce
    2. Party Folk - Alestorm
    3. Non Party Folk - Equilibrium
    4. Thrash - Swashbuckle
    5. MeloDeath - Amon Amarth

    What do you do?
    Currently in school to become a trucker

    What deck are you on?
    Deck 6

    What's a creepy thing I can say when I see you that no stranger should know and will weird you out that I do?
    How much I identify with Mr. Peanutbutter form Bojack Horseman.
  • AceHugger
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    Location: London, UK

    Re: Who are you? Introduce yourself!

    by AceHugger » Wed Aug 24, 2016 1:28 pm

    City/country:
    London / England

    Age (optional):
    36

    What first got you into metal?
    I guess Punk was a gateway. as a kid I was big into punk bands like Green day / Sex pistols etc. got into heavier stuff like clawfinger, Nirvana, Alice in Chains,... and then onto Pantera, Korn, Metallica, Fear Factory, RATM, NIN, Sepultura et al.
    I Ended up as a rock Metal DJ for several years, so spent much of my isolated English countryside youth searching out new cool music & thus discovering whatever rock & Metal I could lay my ears on. I have tastes running from my pop-punk roots, through to much more brutal stuff.

    Play any instruments?
    did Vocals for a number of bands when I was younger, also had my own studio project along with a guitarist friend - Everything I did on computer except guitar (& bass on some tracks) - check it out :- https://soundcloud.com/acehugger

    Top Metal bands?
    Kill II This
    Fear Factory
    Korn
    Metallica
    Pantera
    White Zombie
    Marilyn Manson

    Other cool bands
    Nine Inch Nails
    Silverchair
    Green day
    Bush
    Nirvana
    Alice in Chains
    Pearl Jam


    What do you do?
    I work in marketing for a software company that creates CGI software for use in Movies Games & TV.
    You may have seen some of the results of our software - https://vimeo.com/163231307

    What deck are you on?
    8

    What's a creepy thing I can say when I see you that no stranger should know and will weird you out that I do?
    Nothing!! - Anything I say on here will be expected as it becomes public knowledge.
    as a tidbit of information: I was paralysed as a kid (by a pen!)
    if you see me wobbling around, come say Hi!!
    Last edited by AceHugger on Wed Jan 25, 2017 6:28 am, edited 1 time in total.
    2017 - Deck 8 -... 8372 .
    2018 - Deck 8 -... 8372 .
  • Masterbas
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    Location: Montreal, Canada

    Re: Who are you? Introduce yourself!

    by Masterbas » Thu Aug 25, 2016 8:25 am

    City/country:
    Montreal, Canada

    Age (optional):
    36

    What first got you into metal?
    My dad is a huge music fan, listened to everything, so I heard a lot of rock, Zepplin and such, when I meet my wife, she introduced me to a friend that was a huge metal fan. He made me listen to Stratovarius and I was hooked. That was 17years ago.

    Play any instruments?
    Tried Guitar for a bit, still want to get into it, but I hardly have the time sadly.

    Top 5 bands?
    Omnium Gatherum,
    Dark Tranquillity,
    Wilderun,
    Sonata Arctica,
    3 Inches of Blood

    What do you do?
    Computer programming, hockey and soccer coach, metal reviews (cd/shows). All around guy really lol

    What deck are you on?
    Deck 9

    What's a creepy thing I can say when I see you that no stranger should know and will weird you out that I do?
    How the hell do you manage to do all of this with 4 kids dude.
    2017 - Cabin 9580
    2018 - Cabin 9611
    2019 - Cabin 9675
    2020 - Cabin 8233
    2023 - Cabin 7669
    2024 - Cabin 8659

    3.Inches.of.Blood./.Aeternam./.Aether.Realm./.Alestorm./.Alien.Weaponry./.Allegaeon./.Amon.Amarth./.Amorphis./.An.Abstract.Illusion./.Augury./.Avantasia./.Avatar./.Barren.Earth./.Battlecross./.Before.The.Dawn./.Be'lakor./.Beyond.Creation./.Blackguard./.Blind.Guardian./.Cruachan./.Dark.Lunacy./.Dark.Funeral./.Dark.Oath./.Dark.Tranquillity./.Death.Angel./.Devin.Townsend./.Die.Apokalyptischen.Reiter./.Dimmu.Borgir./.Draconian./.Dragonforce./.Drakum./.Dreamtale./.Eluveitie./.Ensiferum./.Epica./.Equilibrium./.Euphoreon./.Evocation./.Exmortus./.Ex.Deo./.Fear.Of.Domination./.Finntroll./.Fracturus./.Ghost.Ship.Octavius./.Gloryhammer./.Gojira./.Grailknights./.Hammerfall./.Hands.of.Despair./.Heathen.Foray./.Heidevolk./.Helloween./.Helsott./.Hollow./.Horizon.Ignited./.Insomnium./.In.Vain./.Kalmah./.Kataklysm./.Kissin.Dynamite./.Korpiklaani./.Kreator./.Lord.Of.The.Lost./.Manegarm./.Marianas.Rest./.Mayan./.Moonsorrow./.Moonspell./.Mors.Principium.Est./.Mors.Subita./.Myrath./.Naglfar./.Ne.Obliviscaris./.Nekrogoblikon./.Night.Demon./.Novembers.Doom./.Omnium.Gatherum./.Orphaned.Land./.Persefone./.Powerglove./.Powerwolf./.Psychework./.Revocation./.Rivers.of.Nihil./.Rotting.Christ./.Sabaton./.Saltatio.Mortis./.Scar.Symmetry./.Serenity./.Shade.Empire./.Shape.the.Above./.Shylmagoghnar./.Sonata.Arctica./.Spacemak3r./.Starkill./.Steel.Panther./.Stratovarius./.Striker./.Svartsot./.Swallow.the.Sun./.Tarot./.Tenacious.D./.Terasbetoni./.The.Agonist./.The.Black.Dahlia.Murder./.The.Halo.Effect./.Therion./.Trollfest./.Turisas./.Tyr./.Unleash.the.Archers./.Van.Canto./.Varg./.Wilderun./.Wintersun./.Wolfheart

    Red- Out for being on-board last year
    Green- It's ON
    Cyan- Most Wanted
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    DrKatieKaboom
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    Location: New Mexico, USA

    Re: Who are you? Introduce yourself!

    by DrKatieKaboom » Thu Aug 25, 2016 7:48 pm

    Name:
    Katie

    City/country:
    Outside of Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA

    Age (optional):
    32

    What first got you into metal?
    Once upon a time, I was not allowed to listen to anything other than classical, the Beach Boys, or Sesame Street tapes. My older brother, however, was not subject to such rules. He and I used to play Legos in his room and listen to whatever he was into at the time...started with New Kids on the Block, then Green Day (and he would probably murder me if he knew I was telling anyone he was into them at any point in his life...he later ripped both tapes out and lit them on fire, so), then Metallica and Megadeth and Sepultura and Pantera, then Dream Theater and Amorphis and Alice in Chains, then My Dying Bride and Macabre and Gorguts. I once paid him $5 to make me a tape of Cryptic Writings (I was not supposed to tell Mom about it). When I was in graduate school he would come visit me for the local Metalfest, and I just fell in love with live metal shows. I don't see nearly enough!

    Play any instruments?
    The bassoon! It's how I paid for college. I'm currently renting a crappy plastic one from the local middle school, so if you happen to know of one for sale, let me know...

    Top bands?
    Korpiklaani, TrollfesT, Finntroll, Moonsorrow (I'M SO EXCITED FOR THEM), Alice in Chains (not METAL metal but before I loved metal I loved grunge--still do). I'm also really excited for Kalmah and Stam1na and Amorphis!

    What do you do?
    Science! In so many words, I use my PhD in physical chemistry to blow shit up with lasers, it's kind of great.

    What deck are you on?
    9, with Masterbas, his wife, and my friend Todd!

    Wish-list for 70K's present and future:
    See above, also Alestorm and Amon Amarth and Wayfarer and Varg. I realize I missed the 70k Tons with All The Folk Metal a couple years ago, but this is the first year I can go and I was dead set and I'm SO EXCITED.

    Something you can say that will freak me out:
    Ask for a performance of The Turtle and the Tree. I take/teach Irish dance and for one class we were instructed to choreograph our own dances, in any type of dance. My assigned partner (who was 13 years old at the time--I'm the weird old lady in class) was a little/lot shy and so to break the ice, as the grown-up, I started making up an "Interpretive Dance" about a turtle and a tree. With a lot of booze, I can be convinced to perform it.
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    capacitator51
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    Re: Who are you? Introduce yourself!

    by capacitator51 » Thu Aug 25, 2016 8:25 pm

    City/country:
    Nashville, TN, USA

    Age (optional):
    23

    What first got you into metal?
    Used to be into some hard rock/quasi-metal music in high school; an (awesome) friend got me into the heavier stuff and I was hooked. I wish I'd known earlier what I was missing.

    Play any instruments?
    Learning guitar, not sure it can be considered "playing"

    Top 5 bands?
    (In no particular order, because asking me to decide is cruel.)
    Opeth
    Black Crown Initiate
    Devin Townsend
    Baroness
    Gojira

    What do you do?
    Web development

    What deck are you on?
    10

    Pellaz wrote:I get all nervous and weird when someone compliments me...


    I like your 70K shirt(s)! Both shows I have glimpsed you at, you had one on. I was going to say hello to you at the NeO show earlier this month but got shy at the last minute. I will definitely give you some sort of awkward gesture next time I see you. :beerwink:
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  • Laura
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    Re: Who are you? Introduce yourself!

    by Laura » Thu Aug 25, 2016 9:13 pm

    Haven't done this in a while, plus I'm returning to 70K in 2017 after a five year absence....so, year goes!

    City/Country:
    Chicago, USA

    Age:
    Fifty-Five :shock: :P :headbanger:

    What first got you into metal:
    Many years ago, I became aware that Steven Wilson (of Porcupine Tree – one of my favorite non-metal bands) produced Opeth’s Deliverance, Damnation, and Blackwater Park. On a wim, I bought a ticket to see Opeth in the fall of 2005 (not even knowing their music!). Needless to say, I was totally blown away by them…and, well….life has not been the same since - seriously. :beerbang: :mrgreen:

    Play any instruments?
    Played acoustic guitar a bit long ago – would like to pick it up again at some point.

    Top 5 (rock and metal) bands:
    Opeth
    Pain of Salvation
    Porcupine Tree/Steven Wilson
    Yes
    Rush
    (I love countless bands, but these five have consistently been in my top 10 for many years now)

    What do you do?
    librarian/historian/researcher since 1989 - specializing in art and architecture

    What do you do in your spare time?
    With full-time work, a house, and family, I wish I had more spare time! I especially enjoy going to museums and other cultural institutions, dance performances, concerts (metal and other genres). I also like to read – mostly non-fiction.

    What deck are you on?
    deck 6

    What’s a creepy think I can say when I see you that no stranger should know and will weird you out that I do?
    Are you a Sam Harris groupie? (i.e. HUGE fan) http://www.samharris.org :beerwink: :cool:
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  • Jotunheimr
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    Location: Las Vegas, NV

    Re: Who are you? Introduce yourself!

    by Jotunheimr » Fri Aug 26, 2016 1:31 am

    I got bored, so time to do this again!


    Name: Justin

    City/country: Reno, NV, USA but I lived in Las Vegas until I was 18

    Age: 22

    What first got you into metal?
    Going to my friend's house in middle school and listening to his CDs he "borrowed" from his older brother. Included Maiden, Megadeth, Metallica, Pantera, Korn, Queensryche, COB, Dimmu Borgir, etc.

    Play any instruments?
    I've been playing classical piano almost my entire life. I also play lead/rhythm guitar, and I'm trying to learn bass.

    Top whatever bands?
    Metal: Savatage, Wintersun, Haggard, Kampfar, Moonsorrow, Borknagar, Heidevolk, Testament, Nightwish, Children of Bodom, Swashbuckle, Yngwie Malmsteen, Toxic Holocaust, Sabaton, Arkona, Ensiferum, Eluveitie, Necrophagist, Fallujah, Solstafir, Finntroll, Tyr, Riot
    I may have gone a bit overboard with my list.
    Others: Trans-Siberian Orchestra, Alex Skolnick Trio, Greenwich Meantime, Lumsk, Fejd, Blackmore's Night, Mannheim Steamroller, Mahavishnu Orchestra

    What do you do?
    I'm studying computer science and electrical engineering but I also work as a private tutor in math, physics, and chemistry, and as a web developer on the side when I have time.

    What deck are you on?
    Not sure yet. I hope to book a cabin by the end of September.

    Wish-list for 70K's present and future:
    Haggard, Moonsorrow, Savatage, Kampfar, and that's pretty much it as far as bucket lists go

    Something you can say that will freak me out:
    "All 8 of your rum runners were found and discarded"
    My cabin mate thought that would freak me out and he's right!
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  • Night-Spirit9
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    Re: Who are you? Introduce yourself!

    by Night-Spirit9 » Fri Aug 26, 2016 4:14 am

    Crystal
    City/country:
    Toronto, Canada

    Age (optional):
    30

    What first got you into metal?
    My highschool friend introduced me to Emperor and Skinless

    Play any instruments?
    I can sing. I can drum a bit and play guitar and keyboard badly.

    Top whatever bands?
    Devin Townsend /Strapping Young Lad, Emperor, Korpiklaani, Gojira, Death, Darkthrone, Baroness, Enslaved, Kjeld, Opeth, Revocation

    What do you do?
    I'm a body piercer in a tattoo shop. I have a dog and two cats. I like comics and magic cards. Nerd. I like rum.

    What deck are you on?
    7

    Wish-list for 70K's present and future:
    Iron Reagan, Psychroptic, Beyond Creation, Havok, Warbringer, Gama Bomb, Watain, Yob, Skeletonwitch, Opeth, Kjeld, In Flames, Gorguts, Goatwhore, Enslaved, Dark Tranquillity, Acid Witch, Anaal Nathrakh etc.

    Something you can say that will freak me out:
    I can pop my hip out of joint, fun!
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    Re: Who are you? Introduce yourself!

    by PlagueofBabylon » Mon Aug 29, 2016 12:22 pm

    Name:
    Ashley (I go by Ash)

    City/country:
    Philadelphia, PA

    Age (optional):
    32 (Will be 33 on the boat)

    What first got you into metal?
    My dad raised me on Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. He used to do spontaneous purchases based on rock radio and one day came home with Cryptic Writings from Megadeth which found it's way into my cd wallet and never left. Through the Megadeth forums, I was introduced to all the different genres of metal.

    Play any instruments?
    I sing (sorta) and have a pretty good growl. I always wanted to learn to play guitar but have never been able to do so

    Top 5 bands?
    Kamelot
    Sabaton
    Blind Guardian
    Iced Earth
    Dark Tranquillity

    What do you do?
    I work with medicare patients on their plans and what they can and can't do (I'm a call center rep that hates their job!)

    What deck are you on?
    2

    Wanted to throw a bit more here as well. I am straight edge so I will be walking around with X's on my hands so please don't offer me a drink or anything lol. I am also transgender and hopefully I can run with some friendly and accepting peoples. I am coming to this for my first time and also with only one person I know on board (in a different cabin somewhere). I won't bite, I just wanna headbang and scream my head off. Don't mind me :)
  • Godflesh
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    Location: Connecticut River

    Re: Who are you? Introduce yourself!

    by Godflesh » Mon Aug 29, 2016 9:56 pm

    PlagueofBabylon wrote:Name:
    Ashley (I go by Ash)

    City/country:
    Philadelphia, PA

    Age (optional):
    32 (Will be 33 on the boat)

    What first got you into metal?
    My dad raised me on Black Sabbath and Led Zeppelin. He used to do spontaneous purchases based on rock radio and one day came home with Cryptic Writings from Megadeth which found it's way into my cd wallet and never left. Through the Megadeth forums, I was introduced to all the different genres of metal.

    Play any instruments?
    I sing (sorta) and have a pretty good growl. I always wanted to learn to play guitar but have never been able to do so

    Top 5 bands?
    Kamelot
    Sabaton
    Blind Guardian
    Iced Earth
    Dark Tranquillity

    What do you do?
    I work with medicare patients on their plans and what they can and can't do (I'm a call center rep that hates their job!)

    What deck are you on?
    2

    Wanted to throw a bit more here as well. I am straight edge so I will be walking around with X's on my hands so please don't offer me a drink or anything lol. I am also transgender and hopefully I can run with some friendly and accepting peoples. I am coming to this for my first time and also with only one person I know on board (in a different cabin somewhere). I won't bite, I just wanna headbang and scream my head off. Don't mind me :)

    Welcome! I think you'll only find acceptance here.
    But be careful about one thing; we tend to celebrate being passed out here as a good thing, so if you're in any medical danger like diabetes, be extra extra careful - nobody will call 911 unless you're bleeding or not breathing.
    Have fun, it will be an amazing time!
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    blackmortum
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    Re: Who are you? Introduce yourself!

    by blackmortum » Mon Aug 29, 2016 10:27 pm

    All right matees! Looking forward to the trip! Going to be bloody insane. A whole lot of us from New Zealand on our way over too ;). Here we go!

    Name: Raj Singarajah

    City/country:
    Auckland / New Zealand

    Age (optional):
    30 (will be 31 when on the ship)

    What first got you into metal?
    Started with ACDC / Iron Maiden / Metallica / Hendrix tapes that my older brother had when I was 9. Then extreme metal was nailed when I first heard the Mortal Kombat Movie soundtrack when I was 11. Napalm Death kicked my ass!

    Play any instruments?
    Yes :P. Started music as a little kid playing Piano and Violin. Mum was a music teacher. Got a guitar when I was 10 and have been playing for 20 years now. I now live and breathe it! I also play drums but not as seriously.

    Top Metal 5 bands?
    Hardest thing ever I guess if I had to pick and sprawl amongst genre's.......
    Bathory
    Destroyer 666
    Manowar
    Impiety (Singapore)
    Lost Horizon

    What do you do?
    - I play in 3 bands here from New Zealand. Exordium Mors (Black / Death / Thrash), Stormforge (Heavy / Power Metal) and Bloodfvkk (Grindcore).
    - A metal show promoter here under "Chaos NZ Promotions". We regularly bring over international acts to NZ. Not very many (next to none) here who do this.
    - Day Job as a Project Manager for a Telco managing customer / infrastructure roll outs and product development (Vocus Group).

    What deck are you on?
    7

    What's a creepy thing I can say when I see you that no stranger should know and will weird you out that I do? Not much that could creep me out in this day and age. Too much stuff about me on Facebook :P .

    :smoking:
  • Godflesh
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    Re: Who are you? Introduce yourself!

    by Godflesh » Tue Aug 30, 2016 1:18 am

    blackmortum wrote:All right matees! Looking forward to the trip! Going to be bloody insane. A whole lot of us from New Zealand on our way over too ;). Here we go!

    Name: Raj Singarajah

    City/country:
    Auckland / New Zealand

    Age (optional):
    30 (will be 31 when on the ship)

    What first got you into metal?
    Started with ACDC / Iron Maiden / Metallica / Hendrix tapes that my older brother had when I was 9. Then extreme metal was nailed when I first heard the Mortal Kombat Movie soundtrack when I was 11. Napalm Death kicked my ass!

    Play any instruments?
    Yes :P. Started music as a little kid playing Piano and Violin. Mum was a music teacher. Got a guitar when I was 10 and have been playing for 20 years now. I now live and breathe it! I also play drums but not as seriously.

    Top Metal 5 bands?
    Hardest thing ever I guess if I had to pick and sprawl amongst genre's.......
    Bathory
    Destroyer 666
    Manowar
    Impiety (Singapore)
    Lost Horizon

    What do you do?
    - I play in 3 bands here from New Zealand. Exordium Mors (Black / Death / Thrash), Stormforge (Heavy / Power Metal) and Bloodfvkk (Grindcore).
    - A metal show promoter here under "Chaos NZ Promotions". We regularly bring over international acts to NZ. Not very many (next to none) here who do this.
    - Day Job as a Project Manager for a Telco managing customer / infrastructure roll outs and product development (Vocus Group).

    What deck are you on?
    7

    What's a creepy thing I can say when I see you that no stranger should know and will weird you out that I do? Not much that could creep me out in this day and age. Too much stuff about me on Facebook :P .

    :smoking:

    You had me at "Bathory"! Welcome!
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