70000tons of Metal Artist Spotlight 2024: Edenbridge

Countdown to 2025: 37 Days

SOOOOOOON, the famous word for 70000tons of Metal cruisers know to love and hate. And one thing you learn is announcements are always unpredictable. After experiencing the 2024 edition to its fullest capability, we captured all sixty-two bands, bringing back our Artist Spotlight, our countdown to the 2025 voyage, leaving on January 30 in Miami, setting sail to Ocho Rios, Jamaica, and returning on February 3, 2025. Round 12, the 2024 experience, took place from January 29 – February 2, sailing from Miami to Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, on the Freedom of the Seas.

70000tons 2024 Round 12: ARTIST 17 of 62 Edenbridge

Austrian symphonic power metal outfit Edenbridge returned to the metal seas for the third time, following appearances in 2017 and 2020. This voyage marked the beginning of the band’s 25th-anniversary celebration, which continued with a European tour. The cruise offered 3,000 metalheads a chance to experience tracks spanning Edenbridge’s eleven-album catalog.

The festivities began on Day 2, January 30, 2024, at the intimate Star Lounge at 9:00 PM. Unfortunately, we could only attend their second set on Day 4, February 1, 2024, at the Royal Theater at 12:15 PM. Performing their classics with ease, Edenbridge delivered a radiant set as they geared up for their upcoming European tour just a few months away at that time.

What’s next for Edenbridge?

Only time will tell what Edenbridge have planned for next. A follow-up to 2022’s Shangri-La? However, we do know that 2024 marked 25 years to celebrate their career, and it also marked the twentieth anniversary of 2004’s Shine and five years since 2019’s Dynamind.

What is the Artist Spotlight?

Well, it’s more than a review of their performance; as 70000tons goes, each band is a headliner, and we treat each one as such, giving them their own spread, discussing who they are and what they’ve been up to since the cruise. Each spotlight coincides with any updates from 70000tons organizers (if any), leading to days before setting sail. An extensive coverage like no other.

What does 70000tons 2025 look like?

There’s a reason why we want to keep going until we can’t. With at least 120 promised shows, bands performing twice within four days, including an All-Star Jam, Belly Flop Contest, Shore Excursions, meet and greets, clinics, workshops, pool girls and boys, hot tub mosh pits, cosplay madness, and much more. 2025, round 13 of 70000tons of Metal will bring cruisers back on the Independence of the Seas, setting sail on January 30 from Miami to Ocho Rios, Jamaica, and returning to Miami on February 3, 2025. Tickets are available here. Also, check out the essential packing guide here.

70000tons 2025 Lineup [34 out of 60]:

Arcturus
Benighted
Beyond Creation
Candlemass
Crownshift
Decapitated
Delain
Emperor
Ex Deo
Finntroll
Flotsam & Jetsam
Hammerfall
Ihsahn
In Extremo
Kalmah
Krisiun
Majestica
Mork
Onslaught
Samael
Septicflesh
Sepultura
Sonata Arctica
Stratovarius
Subway to Sally
Swallow The Sun
Symphony X
Tankard
The Kovenant
The Zenith Passage
Trollfest
Trouble
Twilight Force
Unleash the Archers