I was on the first seven cruises (70k, not Barge), and it looks like I'm forced to go again next year.

Seeing how my mum wants to do 70k again in 2020, I guess that pretty much means I have to go too. And that means I should update my wish list in my signature. :lol: Quite a few of my favourites were on this year, and that sucks, but I guess there are a few bands I'd like to see. From Finland: Crimso...

Swallow the Sun announced their new album and shows in Finland starting suspiciously on February 7th. Maybe they're the next S band? They were the first band to play three sets, so it would make sense (in the 70k way of making sense) that they are the first back to back band on 70k.

Shit.

I've noticed that on desktop computer and on my phone in landscape mode (just now with the megathread).

Accept - 1 Arkona - 0 Coroner - 0 Dark Funeral - 0 Delain - 2 Eluveitie - 0 Ensiferum - 0 Fleshgod Apocalypse - 0 Gloryhammer - 0 God Dethroned - 1 Grim Reaper - 0 Heidevolk - 0 In Vain - 0 Kalmah - 0 Mayan - 2 Ne Obliviscaris - 0 Nile - 2 Obituary - 1 Onslaught - 0 Persefone - 0 Pestilence - 1 Riot...

I'm too lazy to go to gigs nowadays, so I guess my next gig will be Within Temptation and Beyond the Black in Warsaw in three weeks. I do have three beer events before that - and the Warsaw Beer Festival on the same day as the gig (next to the venue even), so I guess my laziness only extends to goin...

My deposit was about 2000 euros in Iceland. They took it off the same day I returned the car though. Unlike in Denmark in July, where Hertz had the deposit (about 600 euros) blocked on my card for well over a month. Called them twice and the only response I got was that it will clear in a week or tw...

Accept - 1 Arkona - 0 Coroner - 0 Dark Funeral - 0 Delain - 2 Eluveitie - 0 Ensiferum - 0 Gloryhammer - 0 God Dethroned - 1 Grim Reaper - 0 Heidevolk - 0 In Vain - 0 Kalmah - 0 Ne Obliviscaris - 0 Nile - 2 Obituary - 1 Onslaught - 0 Persefone - 0 Pestilence - 1 Soulfly - 0 Subway to Sally - 0 The Bl...

Accept, Delain, Vomitory and Visions of Atlantis so far for me. Still not booking.



disclaimer: I reserve to right to change my mind at any time between now and the end of January 2019.

1 - Accept
0 - Arkona
0 - Coroner
2 - Delain
0 - Eluveitie
0 - Ensiferum
0 - Gloryhammer
0 - Persefone
0 - Soulfly/Max & Iggor Cavalera Return to the Roots
0 - Subway To Sally
0 - The Black Dahlia Murder
1 - Tiamat
2 - Visions Of Atlantis
2 - Vomitory
0 - Warbringer


8/30

Not really. At 4 am, your choices are pizza, those little sandwiches at the Promenade Cafe, and room service...which you might finally receive at 5 am. :D Was the late night buffet not open in 2018? In 2017 that was perfect for some late night snacks. They kept the Windjammer open until, umm, late.

I didn't get a notification for Arkona, but I'm hoping it was kept from me on purpose.

Candlemass just announced the return of Johan Längqvist to the band. As some of you remember, he was a guest of the band on their second set in, umm, 2012, when they played Epicus Doomicus Metallicus in its entirety. Seems logical to celebrate him becoming a full-time member by doing 70k again.

I'm gonna go ahead and add Vomitory to the predictions. They're reuniting for select gigs to celebrate their 30th anniversary next year. They were supposed to play already a few years back, but then Andy went missing for six months, and they never made it on the boat. 70k would be a great way to st...

At this point, if the first band is not Disturbed, it'll be a huge disappointment.

Still the Independence of the Seas did sell out every year. Or, rather, so UMC claims. Which year was it when there were like twenty open categories left a week before sailing and all of a sudden two days before the cruise it was announced that the cruise is now sold out. Sure it is... As for there...

There are a lot of 70k veterans who'd be glad to see a return to the Majesty, and it would make a lot of people return to 70k. And, if they did 70k and Barge back to back, people would get (if they did both) 80 bands instead of 60, but keep the nice atmosphere we had on that little old boat. Going o...

I wouldn't be surprised if in 2020 they did 70k and Barge back to back to Cuba on the Majesty. This would get them more tickets to sell (4000 instead of 3000) and the thrash folk would get their Barge II - and Andy would fulfill his dream of going to Cuba (twice even!). And some people would do both...

I have a good feeling about my guess.

Damn, that actually makes sense. He did fall quiet rather conveniently.
I guess we have to wait until next week to see if the first announcements are made on the 27th.

I used Skype for Business for the first time ever today. Surprisingly it didn't take long for the others in the meeting to figure out I had disabled my camera and microphone.

Godflesh wrote:Are you considering coming back for 2019, Memnoch?

Not really. But I guess I wouldn't rule myself out until, well, the ship has sailed.

Besides, they removed the chapel on the Independence, so no way would MegaDave go on a Satanic boat like that.

Thankfully my new employer isn't like that so I can take leave whenever I want it which is great! I tend to prefer working over the xmas period as the office is much quieter :) I like to work during the summer, because most people are on their vacation. That's why I still have four weeks of summer ...

I shouldn't be surprised that you guys make no sense.
Here (and I guess everywhere in the civilised world) you start school on the autumn of the year you turn seven.

Wait, what, how do you determine which year one starts school? Is August the first month of a calendar year on the wrong side of the pond?

Hey, I want to join the birthday guessers. Mine's on January 28th.

I wouldn't be surprised if they opened sales to everyone at the same time, but gave gold and silver survivors a discount code. And even if it might piss off some veterans, it'd make sure there's always fresh blood on the boat and, better yet, a chance of an affordable cabin for the newbies as well. ...

Next gig is a girlie metal evening in Copenhagen on Saturday. We Are the Catalyst, Forever Still, and Ethereal Kingdoms. Should be fun.

The lack of promotion clearly shows that the skipper is indeed listening to us. I'm pretty sure bitching about spending money on promotion is the number one grievance over on facebook every year. Let's hope he also pays attention to the second item on the list: the lack of Disturbed on 70k.

I'm kinda curious to see how many wrong guesses Pellaz manages to make.

So 70K itself will only last two days now. On the way back from Haiti, there will be a 2-day Barge to Hell on the Liberty, while the rest of you will stay on the Independence, with only female-fronted bands. It will be called “70000 Tons of Weenies” Upon hearing these news, Memnoch will become the ...

The bands I'd like to see on that list: Nightwish, Accept, Unleash The Archers, Epica, Within Temptation, Delain, Ancient Bards, Primordial, Running Wild, Amaranthe, Candlemass, My Dying Bride, Myrkur, VUUR, Vader The only ones I haven't seen are Unleash the Archers, Ancient Bards and Running Wild, ...

Mixed feelings about yesterday. First I got accepted to a university of applied sciences to get an engineering degree in HVAC (and being able to do that while working full time), and an hour later I learned that one of my best friends has leukemia (the same aggressive sort my sister had).

Next gig: Ulver on Saturday

I'm gonna go ahead and add Vomitory to the predictions. They're reuniting for select gigs to celebrate their 30th anniversary next year. They were supposed to play already a few years back, but then Andy went missing for six months, and they never made it on the boat. 70k would be a great way to sta...

Speedy wrote:Edit: Add Evenmore since she's the vocalist for them too.

Their bass player on the current tour (and listed on their facebook as a member of the band, but not on Metal Archives) is a 70k veteran too.

The new Visions of Atlantis album The Deep & the Dark is pretty damn impressive. They've always had a lot of promise, but fallen a bit short with dull songs, but, maybe it's because of Clémentine, now they've managed to write an album worth of good songs.