Artist Spotlight 70000tons of Metal

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 58: Warbringer.

California thrashers Warbringer returned to the metal seas for the second time in 2023, their first in 2019. They powered through challenging set times, much different from their debut appearance on the boat. Their first performance took place on Day 2, January 31, 2023, at Studio B – Ice Rink at 2:15 AM. Meanwhile, their second set landed much later the next day on Day 3, February 1, 2023, at 5:15 AM on the Pool Deck. Somehow, we made it to their second set. These thrashers performed as though it were 5:00 PM, crushing through a powerful set, giving everyone who made it a second wind.

Looking ahead to 2024, Warbringer is set to reissue the following: Waking into Nightmares, Worlds Torn Asunder, and IV: Empires Collapse on March 8 via M-Theory Audio (pre-order here). Regarding upcoming shows, the band recently announced a co-headlining show with Exciter at The Teragram Ballroom in Los Angeles on Friday, May 3. With that said, the group did reveal their plans for a follow-up to 2020’s Weapons of Tomorrow, hinting at the possibility of album number seven surfacing later this year.

Warbringer

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 full lineup was fully revealed a few times. However, things change, up to the very last minute. Legion of the Damned were forced to drop off due to not being allowed entry into the US. 70000tons of Metal organizers are currently looking for a last minute replacement. In case you missed it, check out Metal Insider’s 70000tons essential packing guide.

The band shared the following:

“We have some dissapointing news to send out. Legion of the damned has been unable to enter the US due to the fact that a member of the band was in cuba for 15min during transfer flight to mexico in 2021. He was not even out of the plane. His ESTA was approved but this popped up. Because its sunday we are unable to fix something, taking a flight tomorrow will result in not making it to the boat in time. So sadly enough we are flying back to dusseldorf right now after spending the entire day on london heathrow airport!

We are deeply sorry and we hope for the best and see you maybe on 70000 tons of metal in 2025 #70000tonsofmetal”

2024 70000tons of Metal artists:

Aborted
Acod
Angra
April Art
Arion
Avulsed
Krzysztof Drabikowski’s Batushka
Before the Dawn
Blind Guardian
Blood Red Throne
Carnation
Crypta
Dalriada
Décembre Noir
Disillusion
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
Lord of the Lost
Monstrosity
My Dying Bride
Mystic Prophecy
Nanowar of Steel
Nervosa
Noturnail
Omnium Gatherum
Pentagram (Chile)
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
Wolfheart