Countdown to 2025: 3 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 44 of 62 Pentagram (Chile)
Hailing from Chile, death thrashers Pentagram (Chile) made their debut on the metal seas in 2024, showcasing nearly four decades of their career. The band performed two sets: the first on Day 1, January 29, 2024, at 2:15 AM in the Studio B Ice Rink Theater, and the second on Day 4, February 1, 2024, at 2:45 PM in the Star Lounge.
We attended their first set, where Pentagram delivered old-school thrash vibes blended with the darker edge of classic death metal. Despite the late hour, the Chilean metallers handled the performance with ease.
What’s next for Pentagram (Chile)?
Following their 70000tons appearance, Pentagram (Chile)’s new album, Eternal Life of Madness, was released on April 26, 2024. On New Year’s Eve (December 31), the group revealed 2025 will mark the band’s official 40th anniversary, as they plan on embarking on a Chilean tour, releasing reissues, and more.
The group stated:
“2025 marks 40 years since Pentagram first went live on December 28, 1985. We want to invite you to celebrate the band’s legacy with us; there will be a national tour, reissues, special social media content and much more, including a major European event yet to be announced. Join us and let’s keep the Pentagram spell alive! —— In 2025 it’s going to be 40 years since Pentagram played live for the first time, on that distant 28th of December 1985. We would like to invite you to celebrate the band’s legacy with us; there will be a Chilean tour, reissues, special content on social media and many more things, including one major event in Europe which is still to be announced. Join us in keeping the Spell of the Pentagram alive!”
Stay tuned for more Pentagram Chile in 2025!
70000tons 2025 Lineup [58 out of 60]:
Abysmal Dawn
Arcturus
Benighted
Beyond Creation
Cabrakaän
Candlemass
Crownshift
Decapitated
Delain
Destinity
Emperor
Ex Deo
Fabulae Dramatis
Finntroll
Flotsam & Jetsam
Fractal Sun
Hammerfall
Hate
Incantation
Ihsahn
In Extremo
Kalmah
Kissin’ Dynamite
Krisiun
Lutharo
Majestica
Matalobos
Metsatöll
Mork
Onslaught
Painful
Pessimist
Powerglove
Reaping Asmodeia
Samael
Septicflesh
Sepultura
Seven Kingdoms
Sonata Arctica
Stratovarius
Striker
Subway to Sally
Super Monster Party
Swallow The Sun
Symphony X
Tankard
Tenebrarum
The Dread Crew of Oddwood
The Kovenant
The Mourning
The Zenith Passage
Thy Antichrist
Total Death
Trollfest
Trouble
Twilight Force
Unleash the Archers
Warfield
Artist Spotlight 2024:
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
Infected Rain
Inhuman Condition
Iotunn
Kataklysm
Katatonia
Leaves’ Eyes
Left-Övr
Lich King
Lord of the Lost
Monstrosity
My Dying Bride
Mystic Prophecy
Nanowar of Steel
Nervosa
Noturnall
Omnium Gatherum
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