70000tons of Metal 2025 Artist Spotlight: Incantation

Countdown to 2026: 64 Days

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 22 of 61 Incantation

Stats

2025 Voyage:

Dates: January 30 – February 3, 2025
Destination: Miami to Ocho Rios, Jamaica
Ship: Independence of the Seas

Artist Spotlight

Band: Incantation
Number of 70000tons Appearances: 3 (2016, 2020, 2025)
Set 1: January 31, 2025 – Star Lounge – 6:30 pm
Set 2: February 1, 2025 – Royal Theater – 3:00 am
Attended: Set 1 – No, Set 2 – Yes
Country: New Jersey (origin)
Genre: Death Metal
Latest Album: Unholy Deification (2023)
Standout Moment(s):
Representing the East Coast, death metal legends Incantation are veterans and masters of the subgenre and thankfully, returned to the metal seas for another dosage of blistering mesmerization. While they were unlucky to get the Star Lounge, as the schedule always is, anything and any band that fits goes, we unfortunately missed that set and saved it for their Royal Theater appearance the following day at 3:00 AM. While it may not feel as fun and magical for the members themselves, there’s something great about seeing either a death, black, or melodeath act during the late hours on the cruise and Incantation were no exception. Their set still resonates today, months later, as John McEntee slayed that evening. It gave a full adrenaline rush to survive the rest of the evening, while also hungry to see them again.

Incantation – Set 2

Latest Incantation News

There’s some movement in the Incantation camp, and hopefully, it signals that new music is on the way. The death metal veterans have been announced as headliners for the 2026 Shamrock Slaughter Festival, and they’ve also unveiled a North American tour supporting Belphegor, along with Hate and Narcotic Wasteland. Belphegor and Hate were no strangers to 70000 Tons of Metal, and if this momentum brings Incantation and Hate back to the boat for a second year in a row, you won’t hear any complaints from us. Now we can keep dreaming and hope for a Belphegor to make a return to the boat. The group also recently released an Onward to Golgotha live deluxe box set, celebrating over 30 years of their legendary debut and their death metal legacy.

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.

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