The Official 70000TONS OF METAL 2015 Megathread - Page 26

by **DrinkMoxie** » Fri Aug 15, 2014 6:39 am

cowboy71 wrote:Interview andy did at Summer Breeze, he stated that more bands would be announced this week. Cool.

Also stated that the announcements would not drag out as long as previous years, except one big surprise that he will keep us in suspense about.

Really hope things happen this way!!!

I'm gonna guess that it's Emperor... Or just the same thing he says every year and there is no actual huge surprise

by **Pellaz** » Fri Aug 15, 2014 10:36 am

DrinkMoxie wrote:I'm gonna guess that it's Immortal... Or just the same thing he says every year and there is no actual huge surprise

Fixed.

Although Emperor would be totally and completely acceptable, too.

by **DrinkMoxie** » Sat Aug 16, 2014 1:17 pm

Pellaz wrote:
DrinkMoxie wrote:I'm gonna guess that it's Immortal... Or just the same thing he says every year and there is no actual huge surprise

Fixed.

Although Emperor would be totally and completely acceptable, too.

Fuck no. I've had to suffer through an Immortal set once. Can't stand them.
My 2nd guess is Anthrax.

by **EpidemicReign** » Sat Aug 16, 2014 1:34 pm

I wouldn't mind seeing Immortal, but Emperor would be AMAZING.

If Anthrax were onbroad I wouldn't mind catching a set since I've never seen them before, but I also wouldn't hesitate to skip them in a scheduling clash.

by **cowboy71** » Sat Aug 16, 2014 1:45 pm

I dunno. Would Immortal or Emperor be so big a deal that Andy would treat the announcement so highly?

I know I'm a weenie, but to me they are "only" black metal bands which is quite a niche genre.

For me, something like Avantasia being announced..... Now THAT would be an announcement worthy of special treatment!

But again - its all relative. Extreme metal fans wouldn't give a single flying fuck about that announcement.

Further to that though, Andy's personal tastes I think veer towards the extreme and away from the power/weenie side, so I'm not sure he would be that personally excited about an announcement like Avantasia.

by **onenight** » Sat Aug 16, 2014 2:16 pm

Hopefully it's Savatage!

by **ShoreSlayer** » Sat Aug 16, 2014 2:55 pm

cowboy71 wrote:...except one big surprise that he will keep us in suspense about

Running order info to be determined and released a full week before disembarking

by **cowboy71** » Sat Aug 16, 2014 2:57 pm

onenight wrote:Hopefully it's Savatage!

Its been mentioned numerous times that Jon would never do a cruise.

So yeah it would be a REALLY big surprise if it was Savatage

But, I'd actually much rather Trans Siberian Orchestra :)

by **cowboy71** » Sat Aug 16, 2014 3:02 pm

ShoreSlayer wrote:
cowboy71 wrote:...except one big surprise that he will keep us in suspense about

Running order info to be determined and released a full week before disembarking

I would just be happy if we could at least have it like year 1.

At least then we knew the full lineup 10 days out from sailing, and if I remember correctly the running order came out on the Friday before sailing.

That would be enough for me!

by **EpidemicReign** » Sat Aug 16, 2014 3:36 pm

cowboy71 wrote:I dunno. Would Immortal or Emperor be so big a deal that Andy would treat the announcement so highly?

I know I'm a weenie, but to me they are "only" black metal bands which is quite a niche genre.

For me, something like Avantasia being announced..... Now THAT would be an announcement worthy of special treatment!

But again - its all relative. Extreme metal fans wouldn't give a single flying fuck about that announcement.

Further to that though, Andy's personal tastes I think veer towards the extreme and away from the power/weenie side, so I'm not sure he would be that personally excited about an announcement like Avantasia.

The thing with Emperor and Immortal is that they're both considered amongst the greatest black metal bands, and both tour/play shows very exclusively. Emperor's later material is also quite proggy and experimental, so I think you may be surprised how far their appeal goes beyond just the "extreme" crowd.

Myself personally, I lean more to the extreme side of the spectrum, but I enjoy much of the weenie side as well. I definitely wouldn't mind some Avantasia on the boat.

by **Jotunheimr** » Sat Aug 16, 2014 5:04 pm

cowboy71 wrote:
onenight wrote:Hopefully it's Savatage!

Its been mentioned numerous times that Jon would never do a cruise.

So yeah it would be a REALLY big surprise if it was Savatage

But, I'd actually much rather Trans Siberian Orchestra :)

Either of those would be AMAZING

by **DrinkMoxie** » Sat Aug 16, 2014 6:51 pm

Emperor is more than just some black metal band... I'm very much not a black metal fan but of the few that I enjoy, Emperor is always in a league of their own.

by **DJ Old Man Stares** » Sun Aug 17, 2014 5:32 am

cowboy71 wrote:I dunno. Would Immortal or Emperor be so big a deal that Andy would treat the announcement so highly?

I know I'm a weenie, but to me they are "only" black metal bands which is quite a niche genre.

For me, something like Avantasia being announced..... Now THAT would be an announcement worthy of special treatment!

But again - its all relative. Extreme metal fans wouldn't give a single flying fuck about that announcement.

Further to that though, Andy's personal tastes I think veer towards the extreme and away from the power/weenie side, so I'm not sure he would be that personally excited about an announcement like Avantasia.

Dude, Emperor transcends Black Metal. They're not just black metal, they're good metal. I would say Immortal is fucking huge because I've known many people who can't stand black metal at all who rave about Immortal. There's a reason those two bands in particular are so damn popular.

Also...I would never complain about a Savatage announcement.

by **EpidemicReign** » Sun Aug 17, 2014 2:56 pm

Didn't Andy say in that Blog of Rock interview that we'd have another announcement before the week is out? That's like... tonight, right?

SOOOOOON

by **X-Thor** » Sun Aug 17, 2014 5:54 pm

EpidemicReign wrote:Didn't Andy say in that Blog of Rock interview that we'd have another announcement before the week is out? That's like... tonight, right?

SOOOOOON

I'm gonna keep my expectations low and guess next announcement will be in September.

by **Warphine** » Sun Aug 17, 2014 9:19 pm

I'm so excited that we're going to get announcements tomorrow... for Maryland Deathfest!

by **Warphine** » Sun Aug 17, 2014 9:22 pm

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by **Jotunheimr** » Sun Aug 17, 2014 10:06 pm

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by **NuuX** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 1:23 am

cowboy71 wrote:
onenight wrote:Hopefully it's Savatage!

Its been mentioned numerous times that Jon would never do a cruise.

So yeah it would be a REALLY big surprise if it was Savatage

But, I'd actually much rather Trans Siberian Orchestra :)

Zach can sing instead of Jon

by **cowboy71** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 3:01 am

I'd be down with that :)

I would even settle for Circle II Circle being on broad again!!

by **Sgt. B** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 9:08 am

Warphine wrote:I'm so excited that we're going to get announcements tomorrow... for Maryland Deathfest!

Bloodbath, Amorphis doing "Tales From A Thousand Lakes," Conan and Razor among many others.

by **Stained Class** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 9:19 am

Sgt. B wrote:
Warphine wrote:I'm so excited that we're going to get announcements tomorrow... for Maryland Deathfest!

Bloodbath, Amorphis doing "Tales From A Thousand Lakes," Conan and Razor among many others.

Bloodbath may have just convinced me to go.

by **Warphine** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 9:58 am

Bloodbath at MDF is a dream come true. NO WAY I'm missing that!

Good luck trying to top that lineup UMC. I hope you do though

by **EpidemicReign** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 11:47 am

Stained Class wrote:
Sgt. B wrote:
Warphine wrote:I'm so excited that we're going to get announcements tomorrow... for Maryland Deathfest!

Bloodbath, Amorphis doing "Tales From A Thousand Lakes," Conan and Razor among many others.

Bloodbath may have just convinced me to go.

Same. Plus Tales from the Thousand Lakes... I'm seriously thinking about doing MDF for the first time right after doing 70k for the first time!

by **deathmetalpat** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 1:37 pm

Warphine wrote:Bloodbath at MDF is a dream come true. NO WAY I'm missing that!

Good luck trying to top that lineup UMC. I hope you do though

Bloodbath played one song in 2011 in Baltimore ,Eaten!,I was there and this will be my second (unofficial ) show .Amorphis,Bloodbath,Metal Church and Triptykon alone beats UMC line-up this year.

I live 45 minutes from MDF also so I am super happy about this.Here is Ewe's Blog of Rock interview btw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4xquixyk4Q technically 22 August would be a week but only newbies and street teamers believe anymore lol!.

by **Warphine** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 3:05 pm

deathmetalpat wrote:
Warphine wrote:Bloodbath at MDF is a dream come true. NO WAY I'm missing that!

Good luck trying to top that lineup UMC. I hope you do though
Bloodbath played one song in 2011 in Baltimore ,Eaten!,I was there and this will be my second (unofficial ) show .Amorphis,Bloodbath,Metal Church and Triptykon alone beats UMC line-up this year. I live 45 minutes from MDF also so I am super happy about this.Here is Ewe's Blog of Rock interview btw https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F4xquixyk4Q technically 22 August would be a week but only newbies and street teamers believe anymore lol!.

I remember hearing about that and being insanely jealous.

by **Andy** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 5:13 pm

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by **Razor Ramon** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 5:54 pm

I wish I could get something from my list...

by **deathmetalpat** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 6:00 pm

Never heard of them but having 4 extra girls on the ship is good,4 Swedish girls makes it great!They have all their stuff on Spotify and it sounds decent enough.Another Dragon Production band http://www.dragon-productions.eu/bands/ ,so I have big guess for the special band from the blog of rock post.The Gathering with Anneke van Giersbergen and current singer.The band is supposed to do a reunion show later this year and maybe UMC can't say anything until then.This would be a big announcement!

by **acidbasement** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 6:17 pm

Razor Ramon wrote:I wish I could get something from my list...

Dammit, I was just going to post "In before Razor Ray moans", but I was too late.

I'll probably catch a set if it works in the schedule. Just checked them on youtube and they seem like a decent party band.

by **cowboy71** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 7:24 pm

Yeah I used to listen to CB but haven't in years.

They will be entertaining live and I will definitely catch one set if not both!

by **Pommesgabel** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 9:59 pm

Missed him at Summerbreeze, but he could announce Machine Head...

by **SaraMarie** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 10:23 pm

I really can't stand this band. I want to see more women in metal, but not girl groups with gimmicks and songs like "sell my kids for rock and roll." Heard that line at SB and cringed really, really hard, and I hate kids.

But it's just this one, so whatever. Just don't bring Kitty on next.

by **Memnoch** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 10:55 pm

deathmetalpat wrote:Never heard of them but having 4 extra girls on the ship is good,4 Swedish girls makes it great!They have all their stuff on Spotify and it sounds decent enough.Another Dragon Production band http://www.dragon-productions.eu/bands/ ,so I have big guess for the special band from the blog of rock post.The Gathering with Anneke van Giersbergen and current singer.The band is supposed to do a reunion show later this year and maybe UMC can't say anything until then.This would be a big announcement!

The Gathering with both Anneke and Silje would get me to book. Definitely. Sucks that the tickets for the 25th anniversary show in the Netherlands sold out in a heartbeat. I guess announcing just Anneke with her own band would be plenty for me. Just saw her at Summer Breeze and she was amazing like always.

by **EpidemicReign** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 11:29 pm

Memnoch wrote:
deathmetalpat wrote:Never heard of them but having 4 extra girls on the ship is good,4 Swedish girls makes it great!They have all their stuff on Spotify and it sounds decent enough.Another Dragon Production band http://www.dragon-productions.eu/bands/ ,so I have big guess for the special band from the blog of rock post.The Gathering with Anneke van Giersbergen and current singer.The band is supposed to do a reunion show later this year and maybe UMC can't say anything until then.This would be a big announcement!

The Gathering with both Anneke and Silje would get me to book. Definitely. Sucks that the tickets for the 25th anniversary show in the Netherlands sold out in a heartbeat. I guess announcing just Anneke with her own band would be plenty for me. Just saw her at Summer Breeze and she was amazing like always.

Anneke + Devin Townsend

NOW how much would you pay?

by **EpidemicReign** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 11:30 pm

SaraMarie wrote:I really can't stand this band. I want to see more women in metal, but not girl groups with gimmicks and songs like "sell my kids for rock and roll." Heard that line at SB and cringed really, really hard, and I hate kids.

But it's just this one, so whatever. Just don't bring Kitty on next.

Kitten > Kittie

google it

by **Memnoch** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 11:34 pm

EpidemicReign wrote:Anneke + Devin Townsend

NOW how much would you pay?

Nah, never cared for Devin. Although I did just see them at Summer Breeze, and I liked the show more than I thought I would. Mostly because Anneke sang in almost every song, of course.

by **EpidemicReign** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 11:36 pm

deathmetalpat wrote:Never heard of them but having 4 extra girls on the ship is good,4 Swedish girls makes it great!They have all their stuff on Spotify and it sounds decent enough.Another Dragon Production band http://www.dragon-productions.eu/bands/ ,so I have big guess for the special band from the blog of rock post.The Gathering with Anneke van Giersbergen and current singer.The band is supposed to do a reunion show later this year and maybe UMC can't say anything until then.This would be a big announcement!

The whole "The Gathering" reunion thing would be a big announcement for you and me both, but I would have to say that even so The Gathering is quite "niche-ey". Something that probably wouldn't be a big deal to MOST cruisers. I think Andy is referring to something subjectively "bigger".

(and I kinda want it to be Babymetal but I'm not going to get my hopes up

)

by **EpidemicReign** » Mon Aug 18, 2014 11:39 pm

Memnoch wrote:
EpidemicReign wrote:Anneke + Devin Townsend

NOW how much would you pay?

Nah, never cared for Devin. Although I did just see them at Summer Breeze, and I liked the show more than I thought I would. Mostly because Anneke sang in almost every song, of course.

Ahh, personally I think those two are a match made in Heaven, so to speak. "Addicted" is one of my all-time favorite albums for that very reason.

by **SaraMarie** » Tue Aug 19, 2014 12:17 am

Memnoch wrote:
EpidemicReign wrote:Anneke + Devin Townsend

NOW how much would you pay?

Nah, never cared for Devin. Although I did just see them at Summer Breeze, and I liked the show more than I thought I would. Mostly because Anneke sang in almost every song, of course.

That wasn't even one of his best performances. Really, I think smaller venues are better for him, and also longer sets.

I really like Anneke. I missed her solo performance for some reason, can't really remember the exact reason. The Gathering was good with her in it, too, though not my usual kind of music. It made me pretty happy to see Anneke with him on stage, which I know I'll never see at a smaller US show.

EpidemicReign wrote:
deathmetalpat wrote:Never heard of them but having 4 extra girls on the ship is good,4 Swedish girls makes it great!They have all their stuff on Spotify and it sounds decent enough.Another Dragon Production band http://www.dragon-productions.eu/bands/ ,so I have big guess for the special band from the blog of rock post.The Gathering with Anneke van Giersbergen and current singer.The band is supposed to do a reunion show later this year and maybe UMC can't say anything until then.This would be a big announcement!

The whole "The Gathering" reunion thing would be a big announcement for you and me both, but I would have to say that even so The Gathering is quite "niche-ey". Something that probably wouldn't be a big deal to MOST cruisers. I think Andy is referring to something subjectively "bigger".

(and I kinda want it to be Babymetal but I'm not going to get my hopes up )

I'm... sort of interested in seeing Babymetal, but maybe only if we can get Chthonic on as well, since they've gotten on stage together before. Also, I just really want Chthonic.

I also realized that I misspelled Kittie earlier. Whatever. My ass is still beat from this weekend. I'm a wimp.

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