Surely they would have to have put aside cabins for 60 bands before public booking starts though? I could see the occasional surprise when you book an orchestra, but I doubt Andy is just allocating them now, because what if it had sold out already?

Surely they would have to have put aside cabins for 60 bands before public booking starts though? I could see the occasional surprise when you book an orchestra, but I doubt Andy is just allocating them now, because what if it had sold out already?

I am definitely a fan of Judas Priest too, his solo material after leaving Maiden has been really good

A couple people mentioned Abigail Williams would be good on the boat, and were touring with ensiferum and kalmah. I always assumed by the name they were some shitty "core" band, but am listening to the new album now and enjoying it. Importance of a name, I guess. "What band doesn't sound like their ...

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So Devin has always kinda been on my list to check out but I've never gotten around to it, and he kinda has a lot of albums. What would be people's choices for where to start with him?

Silver side up by nickelback is good

appropriate timing there...the first band I haven't seen, something new and worthy. C bands I'd like are CoB (repeat, but how many of us grew into harder metal with Follow the Reaper?), Chthonic, Carcass, Cradle of Filth (was surprised how solid they were live), Circus Maximus, Caligula's Horse. Wou...

I've been muttering for several years that the next 70k would be my last, but I think this year it's finally hit home that I need to take a breather (after all ten!) because I see such a disparity between my reaction to announcements and others' reactions. I think it's just a function of taking all ...

Hi, as the title says I'm looking for one person to round out our crew. It's me (gold cruiser), my gf (will be her second), and a cousin (first). We'll be paying in full.

I have no idea how any company can have such a bad communication strategy. If your customers are getting angry du to your lack of communication that IS bad. And if it sells out in the end it doesn't matter. Why would they worry? Short of writing 365 different messages on the banner saying "the crui...

You dudes are all worked up for no reason. This'll be my tenth time, and I have vacation booked and money set aside. When I get the app notification, I'll pay more attention to the site and get excited about bands. You're just spending all the time in the middle stressing and thinking that a multi-m...

I'm actually glad about the huge delay. I have a job hiring process dragging on that may necessitate my missing (For the first time ever!) 70k, and I'd rather confirm that before I pay for the cruise and lose my deposit...

I guess that means that booking will open tomorrow.

So tickets on sale September 30?

Do we even know for sure if the payment plan is still around? If I was Andy and saw that a minority of cruisers used it, I'd just scrap it since it's extra work involved. And then people who pay upfront don't have a discount. Gives umc less work and more money this way.

Everything else would be a bonus with that start

Amon Amarth Alestorm Amorphis Blind Guardian Be'lakor Insomnium Sabaton Rotting Christ Dimmu Borgir Dark Tranquillity Turisas Finntroll Omnium Gatherum Demons & Wizards Nightwish Children of Bodom Avantasia Edguy Kreator Hammerfall Orden Ogan Beast in Black Soilwork Allegaeon Aeternam Chthonic Korpi...

Re: Brian saying Barge II is NOT a high risk investment...I strongly disagree. This is somewhat of a generalization on my part, but I think it's safe to say that there's a loose socioeconomic association with metal subgenres that creates a barrier to attendance for something like Barge for a lot of ...

I won't bother doing a full list, but I've found it interesting that the 2019 lineup has quite a few bands that I firmly plan to see once or twice, yet I've only actually been excited about a couple of the announcements. I think based on the European lineups next summer, I'll need to get over there ...

As much as I like Ne O, isn't the wishlist calculated from 100 people or less, rather than "thousands"?

Don't plan, just roll with it. I just grab someone near me every 30 mins and look at their schedule.

Nah

An electronic happening from 30 seconds ago makes me quite certain Orden Ogan is back

Ehhh, 70k to Progpower is like apples and oranges. When you start out promoting a small regional festival in a bar around the year 2000, it's easier to set that standard of open communication. Conversely, when your first festival is backed by diverse investors and involves booking several headliner-...

I love MDM but aren't impressed by these guys. Sway me

I'm liking Brymir, 2 songs in

Could be BG, they were a relative late announcement their second time on. Be'lakor would be awesome. Part of me would rather BG but I know it's unlikely that be'lakor will ever tour NA

Very sad it's not finntroll, but of course fleshgod is rad.

The lineup has become decent without me noticing, and if Finntroll was added I'd be happy with only what we have so far. I don't think there'll be another lineup like year 1 where there was only 1 unknown (Dusk Machine), but this lineup is great for the current state of metal I'd say.

Mayan is great. Shocked people in s place like this don't know them. Basically mark Jansens outlet for heavy symphonic weird stuff he can't do in epica

I know people disagree with me, but I would have preferred to see them with Christian than their two new singers. But I made the most of them. Why would people disagree with you? Everybody knows the band was at its best with Christian You haven't talked to Stained Class, I see. He and a few other p...

Re: Phoenix

I thought I would love Scar Symmetry and was so hyped for 2017(?) but man I thought they sucked.

Whispered would be my #1 wishlist band. Not that they're my favorite ever, but that this is the only place I stand a chance of seeing them. Unlikely, but so was Manegarm.

Don't even know if the pay would be reduced, their booking fee is only ~30k or something. $570k left over for other expenses not including any pay- or free- to pay bands and in-kind donations.I don't know if I'd like it, I probably wouldn't even watch a set, but I would still appreciate the fact tha...

god dammit

It's always been the case that we get at least 24 hour notice before gold booking opens, right? My new job is less flexible so I need to organize some things to be able to sit on the phone reliably.

Lol @ whoever said that demons and wizards wouldn't be a headliner on 70k

Demons&Wizards: the Wacken website says "For their onyl festival appearance in 2019", so no boat. https://www.wacken.com/en/news/news/news-detail/the-first-bands-for-wacken-open-air-2019/ Everything posted on Facebook says "only German festival appearance" Yeah considering e...

Yes, yes...

I'd request we take out any bands whose presence here is just word of mouth, even from the members themselves. I know it's happened to other people, and it happened to me with Overkill, where a member told me to my face that they weren't on and then appeared anyway. I feel like documented logistical...

acidbasement wrote:

Pellaz wrote:Demons and Wizards has teased their new official FB page with a comment that the first major news would be August 4th.
Could it be boat?
Probably not.

What are the odds that it's NOT boat? Obviously boat.

Odds are 50/50....either it happens or it doesn't, so that's 1 in 2.

The late announcements are contributing to my eyeing up other festivals and taking a break after 8 years. I'd go on 70k again if the lineup is rolled out and mostly good, but vacation time at my new job is harder to get...

Haven't read the other responses yet, but there's a separate line for them. You can see them as you get your seapass, their setup is a mirror of ours on the other side.