SOOOOOOON, a word 70000tons of Metal cruisers know all too well, love it or hate it. 70000tons of Metal, The Original, The World’s Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise, returns for its 2026 edition from January 29 – February 2, 2026, setting sail from Miami, Florida to Nassau, The Bahamas aboard Royal Caribbean’s Freedom of the Seas. For booking and full details are available on the official website. Read our essential packing guide here. Check out the testimonials from several 2025 artists at this location.
70000tons 2025 Round 13: ARTIST 19 of 61 Hate
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2025 Voyage:
Dates: January 30 – February 3, 2025 Destination: Miami to Ocho Rios, Jamaica Ship: Independence of the Seas
Artist Spotlight
Band: Hate Number of 70000tons Appearances: 1 (2025) Set 1: January 31, 2025 – Star Lounge – 9:30 pm Set 2: February 1, 2025 – Pool Deck – 5:15 am Attended: Set 1 – No, Set 2 – Yes Country: Poland Genre: Blackened Death Metal Latest Album: Before Cruise: Rugia (2021) Post Cruise:Bellum Regiis (May 2025) Standout Moment(s):
Prior to new music, Poland’s blackened death metal veterans Hate graced the metal seas for the first time in 2025. While masters at their craft and active in the scene for decades, their status didn’t help the luck of the schedule draw, as their first appearance landed in the Star Lounge. However, we made it for their second set at 5:15 am on the Pool Deck. It was a windy late hour, where a few naps were had to make it for their appearance, as they were one of the bands of high interest. We had hoped to catch both sets, but this is what happens: not everything goes according to plan. We caught a second wind during their late-night/early-morning set, which was filled with raging intensity. The best part was soon finding out there was more to come from this group.
Hate – Set 2
Latest Hate News
Three months after the voyage, Hate released their new album, Bellum Regiis, on May 2, 2025, via Metal Blade Records. The group has since performed several shows, and is currently on a Poland tour with more 2026 shows to be announced in the near future.
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.
70000tons 2026 Lineup 51 out of 60:
Amorphis Anthrax Arkona Beast in Black Bloodred Hourglass Cemetery Skyline Darkane Dark Tranquillity Dødheimsgard Dragonland Dust Bolt Eluveitie Ereb Altor Firewind Gama Bomb Groza Haggard Harakiri For The Sky Heathen Hiraes Hirax Hour of Penance Ignea Illdisposed Illumishade In Mourning Insomnium Izegrim Kamelot Kanonenfieber Orden Ogan Paradise Lost Persefone Rhapsody of Fire Royal Hunt Satan Saturnus Seven Spires Skeletal Remains Skyclad Soen Soilwork Suidakra Tribulation Tyr Vader VBO Vio-lence Wind Rose Wolf Xandria
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