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 39 of 61 Seven Kingdoms
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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: Seven Kingdoms Number of 70000tons Appearances: 3 (2018, 2025) Set 1: January 30, 2025 – Star Lounge – 2:15 am Set 2: February 2, 2025 – Studio B – Ice Rink – 5:15 pm Attended: Set 1 – No, Set 2 – Yes Country: Deland, Florida Genre: Power/Thrash Metal Latest Album: The Square– EP (2024), Full length – Zenith (2022) Standout Moment(s): Seven Kingdoms charmed the crowd with Sabrina Valentine’s powerful vocals, warm stage presence, and a bit of unexpected personality, most notably, her choice of slippers. Seeing a band perform on the final day of the cruise often comes with a few wardrobe surprises, and Valentine’s comfortable-but-contrasting footwear fit the moment perfectly. Performance-wise, on the last day, as we waited four days to finally see their set, Seven Kingdoms still gave it their all. They played with energy and enthusiasm in front of a solid crowd.
Seven Kingdoms – Set 2
Latest Seven Kingdoms News
It’s quite simple, on New Year’s Eve, Seven Kingdoms shared the following:
“WOW! 2025 was a pretty crazy year! We started the year off with an insane show on 70000tons with all of our friends We headed to Europe shortly after with Unleash The Archers and Striker for a really wild tour We returned home and played Legions Of Metal Festival A special show with Epica in Atlanta. Most of the next record was written We toured North America again with Blind Guardian and Ensiferum Thank You to all our families, friends and fans for your support this year and all of the years! Big thanks to our team behind us, It was another great lap around the sun and we are super stoked for all the things that will happen next year – We can’t wait!”
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 53 out of 60:
Ad Infinitum 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
Jag Panzer 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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