We’re counting down to the 2024 edition of 70000 tons of Metal! This is by far one of our personal favorite metal cruises where every artist is a headliner. Metalheads from around the globe share an insane experience of four days with very little to no sleep of nonstop metal shows. From big pool deck experiences to the intimate Star Lounge, there’s something for all metalheads regardless of subgenre, and we love it all. 2023 marked a significant return for the cruise after all cruises generally faced a halt due to the pandemic. The event’s future was uncertain, but it returned, giving sixty unique artists a go. This year we saw a number of acts having their first experience on the boat to artists having some notable silver-to-gold member status returns. We managed to capture all sixty bands, and as we countdown to the 2024 edition, we will share artist spotlights from the 2023 expedition leading up to the 2024 voyage. Artist Number 45: Nuclear.

Chilean thrashers Nuclear took command of the metal seas for their inaugural appearance during the 2023 voyage. Rising to the challenge, their first set hit the stage at the crack of dawn on Day 1, January 30, 2023, at the Ice Rink Theater, 5:15 AM. The momentum carried into their second set, drawing a packed crowd in the intimate Star Lounge on Day 4, February 2, 2023, at 11:30 AM.

While our cameras captured glimpses of their first set, we took a moment to sneak in and catch more of their second performance. Nuclear, already regarded as legends in Chile, introduced their classic thrash sound to the 3,000 metalhead cruisers. The second set maintained a lively and classic vibe, almost demolishing the smaller-scaled lounge. Despite being underrated compared to major thrash acts, Nuclear is a formidable group, and we are looking forward to seeing what 2024 has in store for them.

Nuclear

Nuclear are scheduled to appear at this year’s Metal Beer fest in Chile this coming March. Additionally, it seems new music is in the works, as the band recently shared a photo of them via social media, working on new material, stating “New noise in progress at the headquarters.” It’s only a matter of time until we see the follow-up to 2020’s Murder of Crows, and we’re ready for it!

70000 tons of Metal will return on January 29th, setting sail from Miami, FL to Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic, and back on February 2nd with another batch promising sixty bands to perform twice throughout the waves of adventure. The announcements initially moved fast and suddenly went on a halt. However, things are back on track with 59 out of 60 announced thus far. Also, check out Metal Insider’s 70000tons essential packing guide. 

2024 70000tons of Metal artists:

Aborted
Angra
April Art
Avulsed
Before the Dawn
Blind Guardian
Blood Red Throne
Carnation
Crypta
Dalriada
Décembre Noir
Disillusion
Draconian
Dynazty
Edenbridge
Einherjer
Endseeker
Epica
Equilibrium
Fleshcrawl
Fleshgod Apocalypse
Graceless
Grave Digger
Heidevolk
I Am The Night Horde
Infected Rain
Inhuman Condition
Iotunn
Kataklysm
Katatonia
Leaves’ Eyes
LEFT-ÖVR
Legion of the Damned
Lord of the Lost
Marduk
My Dying Bride
Mystic Prophecy
Nanowar of Steel
Nervosa
Nile
Noturnail
Omnium Gatherum
Rising Steel
Saor
Scar Symmetry
Serenity
Shores of Null
Skyforger
Sodom
Temperance
The Halo Effect
Threshold
Tygers of Pan Tang
Unleashed
Victory
Vision Divine
Waltari
Warkings
Wind Rose

2023 Artist Spotlight:

Abysmal Dawn
Amberian Dawn
Amorphis
Atrocity
Batushka
Belphegor
Bodyfarm
Cancer
Cryptosis
Cynic
Dark Tranquillity
Dear Mother
Deathless Legacy
Destruction
Dragonforce
Edge of Paradise
Eleine
Elvenking
Empress
Eshtadur
Evergrey
Fallujah
Feuerschwanz
Fractal Universe
Freedom Call
God Dethroned
Hei’An
Hideous Divinity
Hypocrisy
Insomnium
Internal Bleeding
Iron Savior
Isole
Jungle Rot
Kamelot
Keep of Kalessin
Korpiklaani
Kreator
Månegarm
Melechesh
Nightmare
NIghtwish
Nothgard
Novembre