Artist Spotlight 70000tons 2024: Carnation

Countdown to 2025: 42 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 11 of 62 Carnation

Belgium’s death metal outfit Carnation has grown darker and edgier since their first appearance on the metal seas in 2019. Returning for a second voyage in 2024, the band brought a more sinister presence. While we missed their second set on Day 4, February 1, at 4:15 PM in the intimate Star Lounge, we did witness their ominous Day 1 performance, closing out January 29 at 5:15 AM in Studio B Ice Rink Theater.

Vocalist Simon Duson’s bloodied makeup, illuminated by dim, eerie lighting, resembled rotted gore, setting the tone for their ferocious and atmospheric set. With an inventive spin on death metal filled with atrocity and haste, Carnation’s performance felt like witnessing a grotesque horror film come to life. Filled with atrocity and haste, Carnation captivated the crowd like pure black magic, and only they knew how to execute it properly.

What’s next for Carnation?

It’s unclear if Carnation will release new music in 2025 or a follow-up to 2023’s Cursed Mortality, but the band’s schedule appears to be filling up. They’ll continue delivering demonical chaos to the stage in late spring and summer as part of Decapitated’s European Infernal Bloodshed tour alongside Cryptopsy and Warbringer. The trek starts on May 3 in London at the Incineration Festival. Tickets are available at this location.

Tour Dates

05/03 London @ Incineration Festival
05/04 Exeter @ Phoenix
05/05 Cardiff @ The Globe
05/06 Newcastle @ Anarchy Brewery
05/07 Glasgow @ Slay
05/08 Manchester @ Academy 2
05/09 Birmingham @ XOYO
05/10 Nottingham @ Rescue Rooms
05/11 Norwich @ The Waterfront
05/13 Lille @ The Black Lab
05/14 Enschede @ Metropool
05/15 Munich @ Backstage
05/16 Aarau @ KiFF
05/17 Lindau @ Vaudeville
05/18 Vienna @ Szene
05/19 Budapest @ Dürer Kert
05/20 Prague @ Fuchs2
05/21 Schweinfurt @ Stattbahnhof
05/22 Dresden @ Blauer Salon
05/23 Kraków @ Hype Park
05/24 Warsaw @ Proxima
05/26 Berlin @ Hole44
05/27 Aarhus @ Voxhall
05/28 Hamburg @ Logo
05/29 Vechta @ Gulfhaus
05/30 Dortmund @ Junkyard
05/31 Sint-Niklaas @ Casino
06/01 Paris @ La Machine
06/03 Frankfurt @ Das Bett
06/04 Karlsruhe @ Substage
06/05 Milan @ Legend Club
06/06 Bologna @ Locomotiv
06/07 Lyon @ Lions Metal Fest

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