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  This is your chance to become part of the United Nations of Heavy Metal at Sea – Immerse yourself in a world of pure Metal magic as you soak in rejuvenating hot tubs, feel the warm Caribbean breeze on your skin, and let the powerful Heavy Metal music transport you to another realm. Yes, you read that right! The wait is over. The organizers of the 70000TONS OF METAL festival have announced the Public Sales date for The Original, The World's Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise. Don't miss out on this epic journey from Miami, FL to Ocho Rios, Jamaica and back, taking place from January 30th to February 3rd, 2025. Public Sales will start Thursday, July 11th 2024 at 12PM EDT (9AM PDT, 18:00 CEST and respectively 17:00 GMT+1). With unrestricted festival access, every festival goer can indulge in over 120 shows and special onboard events. Guests will have the opportunity to attend meet and greets for all the bands, intimate masterclasses with select musicians, experience exclusive live album...

  There are your standard Heavy Metal festivals – and then there’s 70000TONS OF METAL. Envision this: Lounging on a Caribbean island, soaking up the sun on a pristine white beach. Later on, you feel the warm wind blowing in your face, now sitting in a hot tub on a giant luxurious cruise ship, in front of The Pool Deck Stage, The World’s Biggest Open Air Structure to Ever Sail the Open Seas. Surrounded by Metal fans from all across the globe (known as the United Nations of Heavy Metal at Sea), you headbang to your favorite band. Sounds perfect? Well, it is. Get ready for 70000TONS OF METAL 2025! The thirteenth edition of 70000TONS OF METAL will take place from January 30th to February 3rd, departing from Miami, Florida – Cruise Capital of the World – to Ocho Rios, Jamaica and back aboard the Independence of the Seas. This unique festival will once more see 60 Heavy Metal bands from various subgenres taking the four stages on board, with 3000 metalheads from around the world in atten...

  What better to see the back of 387 chilly days of January than BLOODSTOCK announcing the final Ronnie James Dio main stage and Sophie Lancaster stage bands joining the bill, as 2023’s hottest metal weekender edges ever closer. Not only that, there’s info on how to work a couple of shifts to get free BLOODSTOCK tickets, a brand new trailer to watch, plus day tickets will go on sale tomorrow! And did we mention the Vikings are coming?! With 14 bands to reveal, on with the details! Not familiar with someone? Just click the band name and you’ll be whisked off to one of their YouTube videos to bring you up to speed. Maybe you’ll find a new favourite not to be missed!! Completing Friday’s Ronnie James Dio main stage line-up are noted doomsters WITCHSORROW who get the day started in fine fettle, plus Lancaster rockers WYTCH HAZEL , and Polish blackened death metal beasts HATE . Very welcome on Saturday’s main stage are Swedish rock ruffians ROYAL REPUBLIC , and highly acclaimed Woking ...

  You asked, we provided. Hammerfest XIV is ready to rip its way through Great Yarmouth for its 14th run of some of the best Doom, Metal and Hardcore artists who are masters of their musical craft. By absolute fan demand, we are delighted to announce a return to the Whale Road where we take Hammerfest back to the heart of the "Angles" tribes and heartland (aka Camp HRH Great Yarmouth), where we create a sword storm and smash our shield walls together for a total metal mash-up of genres with more curveballs and surprises than anything else we do in the metal world! Hammerfest XIV is a must, as the last nine years have seen it sell out before the end of the current event, 9 months in advance! It's a metal maelstrom, it's the most popular and fastest-selling metal event we do. Even more, it's what everyone has asked us to do, during that Covid Blip. You don't wanna miss this one...it will be the biggest and craziest yet! Hammerfest XIV goes to another level as we...

70000TONS OF METAL The Original, The World’s Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise: First 10 bands and public sales date for Round X! If you follow 70000TONS OF METAL, The Original, The World’s Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise on social media, you may have noticed that they are notorious for using the term “SOON” when it comes to their festival announcements. This year, they really stretched the meaning of “SOON”, with fans waiting in anticipation for the lineup and sale dates. Well, the new “SOON” is NOW... The phrase “coming home” always has some emotional elements attached to it. Since 2011, for thousands of Metalheads, it means joining the 70000TONS OF METAL cruise, sailing out of South Florida, USA. It’s where they meet their Heavy Metal family and make new friends when the United Nations of Heavy Metal reunites every year. In 2020, “coming home” will have another meaning to go with it, as Round X of 70000TONS OF METAL, The Original, The World’s Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise will bring ...