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 60: Wormed.

Spain’s brutal/technical death metallers have officially closed the Artist Spotlight chapter, reflecting on all sixty artists participating in the 2023 70000tons voyage. As we look ahead to the 2024 expedition, anything goes, but we intend to get all 62 acts or as close to it as possible. We finally have come to a conclusion about the extensive 2023 experience. When one Running Order list closes, a new Running Order list opens.

With that said, Wormed experienced the metal seas for the first time in 2023. Their first set was held at the intimate Star Lounge on Day 2, January 31, 2023 at 7:00 PM. Their second set took place on Day 4, February 2, 2023, at 1:45 PM at Studio B – Ice Rink Theater. We were lucky to make it for their second set and were instantly brought into a trance by their brutal delivery. Wormed made a great start to the final day of the four-day 2023 edition, and they are an act you don’t don’twant to pass up on.

Wormed

Most recently, Wormed has hinted that a new album is in the works, which will be the long-awaited follow-up to 2016’s Krighsu. Plenty of shows are coming up for these death metallers, including one at this year’s Texas Domination Fest. We can only suspect a new album will arrive within the first half of the year or further down the line. 

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 is finally here, and the Running Order) with 61 out of 60 bands for the 2024 voyage (maybe one more on the way). In case you missed it, check out Metal Insider’s 70000tons essential packing guide. See you SOON. 

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