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.

Flow rider and climbing were open every day, hours were in the compass. Climbing staff was really nice.

Holy shit just realized I got no towel animals. Kyle, Gaby, Jon?

Debating whether to pack a light hammock. What are the odds I can get away with pitching over one of the side hot tubs without staff coming down on me?

This is probably the least excited I've been for 70k. Lineup is better than year 3, but it's more so that I have 50 assignments to be marked the day after we dock, a midterm and assignment due in a grad course, and an awesome job that I need to study a lot for prior to interview but will probably lo...

Damn. I was going to make a patch crown&anchor robe but I guess I'll just get something from wal mart.

I've been in every 70k but not barge. Will I get a robe this time? Can I keep it?

Pretty sure that actually rules Brutality out. There used to be a clause in the contract saying that bands couldn't do a headline show in a certain radius around cruise time, although that's probably changed.

I want the last 7 bands to be a surprise when we look at the physical program guide.

I hope getting thrown overboard results in a sense of accomplishment and pride

Not many must sees this year, so I'd love be'lakor.

Would love eluveitie. New material is surprisingly great.

Hey, hey. Let's slow this thread down and reminisce on how I got the last clue correct. I'm psychic

sara wrote:

alex_canada wrote:Triosphere?

Or Tankard, if we want 3 of the Teutonic Four. Sadly we can't get Sodom, unless he's a one-man-band now.

I'm not a triosphere fan, but andy put emphasis on three in his post. Suffix for three = tri

Triosphere?

I want a beach volleyball game. Make it happen

Anyone interested? 210 USD for a one tank dive with an awesomely rated company, Blue Water Divers. I believe they need a minimum group size to get something going. They'll do a skills refresher for those of us who have PADI certification but haven't done a dive for a while.

Listening to Monolith. Pale eye revelation is the first song that made me check its name. I'll catch a pool set, but I'll be naked.

Razor, this band isn't good!

What I would love (with the website or app) is a few hours where the notification is just "a new band has been added". The best part for me is perusing the artist page to look for the new logo if I averted my eyes before I saw the name, it adds an extra layer of excitement and it feels lik...

captaingabbeh wrote:

klons wrote:Three quarters of a cabin post in a row

We need to go round up our fourth and get him signed up on the forums :p

he is young, he does not know the ways

Really digging that there aren't a lot of must-sees for me, last year was way too busy and I was running around stressing.. I'd still enjoy checking out several of the 0's if they're playing pooldeck. Aborted - 0 Aeternam - 1 Amberian Dawn - 0.5 Alestorm - 2 Battle Beast - 2 Benediction - 0 Benighte...

The inside muster station is actually worse...it was shoulder to shoulder with no ventilation, I'd take outside any day.

Hard to believe that Goldust is still wrestling. Dude looks great for ~50