Complete Lineup for 70,000 Tons of Metal 2018 Revealed!
The folks behind 70,000 Tons of Metal sure know how to build suspense: the cruise leaves from Ft. Lauderdale, FL this Thursday for Turks and Caicos, and the final lineup was just revealed yesterday! Most of the bill, including the biggest bands, has been out for some time now, but still: way to tease us right up until the very last minute.
This year’s cruise will be my first time on the boat, and I’m beyond pumped for it. At least half the bands on the lineup are ones I’m really excited to see, and all of them are at least worth checking out. The full list:
- Aborted
- Aeternam
- Alestorm
- Amberian Dawn
- Battle Beast
- Belphegor
- Benediction
- Benighted
- Beyond Creation
- Cannibal Corpse
- Dark Tranquility
- Destruction
- Diablo BLVD
- Enslaved
- Evergrey
- Evertale
- Exciter
- Exhumed
- Freedom Call
- Goatwhore
- Gyze
- In Extremo
- In Mourning
- Insomnium
- Internal Bleeding
- Kataklysm
- Korpiklaani
- Kreator
- Leaves’ Eyes
- Majestic Downfall
- Masterplan
- Meshuggah
- Metal Church
- Metsatöll
- Naglfar
- Necrophobic
- Obscura
- October Tide
- Primal Fear
- Psychostick
- Revenge
- Rhapsody
- Sabaton
- Samael
- Septicflesh
- Sepultura
- Seven Kingdoms
- Seven Spires
- Sinister
- Sirenia
- Sonata Arctica
- Swallow The Sun
- Threshold
- Triosphere
- Voivod
- Witchery
- Witherfall
- Wolfchant
- Wolfheart
I mean… wow, right? What’s more, each band plays THREE times throughout the duration of the cruise (spread across three stages) so you don’t have to worry too much about conflicting schedules.
More info is available at the boat’s official website. Don’t snooze on your tickets for next year as soon as they become available!
