[MuzakMaker]

2015: 3 (Australia, Colombia, Poland)

Who played from Australia in 2015? I know Wikipedia is not accurate, but I do not see an australian band in that year's lineup

Claim the Throne from Perth
(Unless there is another Claim the Throne, I wasn't on that year so it's possible I grabbed the wrong band with the same name)

[cowboy71]

2015: 3 (Australia, Colombia, Poland)

Who played from Australia in 2015? I know Wikipedia is not accurate, but I do not see an australian band in that year's lineup

Claim the Throne from Perth
(Unless there is another Claim the Throne, I wasn't on that year so it's possible I grabbed the wrong band with the same name)

Nah absolutely correct - the lads and lass from Claim the Throne were already in the US for a tour IIRC, and were literally going to be cruisers on 70k ANYWAY, so begged and pleaded and got to play :)

[dws515]

2015: 3 (Australia, Colombia, Poland)

Who played from Australia in 2015? I know Wikipedia is not accurate, but I do not see an australian band in that year's lineup

Claim the Throne from Perth
(Unless there is another Claim the Throne, I wasn't on that year so it's possible I grabbed the wrong band with the same name)

Ne Obliviscaris played in 2019, they're Aussies

[MuzakMaker]

Who played from Australia in 2015? I know Wikipedia is not accurate, but I do not see an australian band in that year's lineup

Claim the Throne from Perth
(Unless there is another Claim the Throne, I wasn't on that year so it's possible I grabbed the wrong band with the same name)

Ne Obliviscaris played in 2019, they're Aussies

Yes, but this was specifically about the FIRST time a country was represented on board

[Downvod]

I do feel strongly that Alien Weaponry would likely get their own announcement...

[toby]

Claim the Throne from Perth
(Unless there is another Claim the Throne, I wasn't on that year so it's possible I grabbed the wrong band with the same name)

Ne Obliviscaris played in 2019, they're Aussies

Yes, but this was specifically about the FIRST time a country was represented on board

I think that just adds to the point that Oz has been represented before.

[Yippee38]

Ukraine - Ignea, (Jinjer would be cool too but they are ruled out)

After the crap with Vektor, I can't see Andy doing anything remotely controversial. So I wouldn't count on a Ukrainian announcement, at least, not this year.

[cegr80]

Ne Obliviscaris played in 2019, they're Aussies

Yes, but this was specifically about the FIRST time a country was represented on board

I think that just adds to the point that Oz has been represented before.

And it guarantees that Be'lakor will NOT be announced in the following trifecta. I think Andy's messing with my head and will announce it as the 60th band

[mooyagi]

Myrath, Chthonic and Sur Austru (haven't had a romanian band, right?) please.

[cowboy71]

Myrath, Chthonic and Sur Austru (haven't had a romanian band, right?) please.

So Tunisia (definitely a chance), Taiwan (would be a nice surprise) and Romania (definitely none so far!).

All entirely possible!

Saw-but-didnt-see Myrath at Sabaton Open Air last year. They were the band RIGHT before Sabaton and playing on the second stage. So I wanted to get front of stage for Sabaton and sorta 'missed' Myrath.

I mean I could hear them clearly and sorta JUST see them, but didn't get to experience the full show. Certainly sounded amazing though!

[mooyagi]

Myrath, Chthonic and Sur Austru (haven't had a romanian band, right?) please.

So Tunisia (definitely a chance), Taiwan (would be a nice surprise) and Romania (definitely none so far!).

All entirely possible!

Does French Polynesia count for France in Andy's mind? Because we need Te Ruki also.

[eddie_beast]

The Hu could be an option, right?

[cowboy71]

The Hu could be an option, right?

Mongolia? ABSOLUTELY possible.

Think French Polynesia would count as a separate country to France too so a chance.

[toby]

Yes, but this was specifically about the FIRST time a country was represented on board

I think that just adds to the point that Oz has been represented before.

And it guarantees that Be'lakor will NOT be announced in the following trifecta. I think Andy's messing with my head and will announce it as the 60th band

I know it would make a lot of us happy. Seems to be one of those band that always is on lots of wish lists.

[Downvod]

I think that just adds to the point that Oz has been represented before.

And it guarantees that Be'lakor will NOT be announced in the following trifecta. I think Andy's messing with my head and will announce it as the 60th band

I know it would make a lot of us happy. Seems to be one of those band that always is on lots of wish lists.

I would love so much to be wrong, but I don’t think the low cabin sales and high cost of travel from Australia make this a likely year for us to finally see Be’lakor. It would be like $13k in flights along for the whole band to come over.

[cowboy71]

I would love so much to be wrong, but I don’t think the low cabin sales and high cost of travel from Australia make this a likely year for us to finally see Be’lakor. It would be like $13k in flights along for the whole band to come over.

I think they would need to be a 'we're doing a US (or south american) tour conveniently around the time of 70K' band. They are doing a lot of Euro fests this year but nothing US that I know of.

Which makes me wonder out of curiosity - I wonder how that works for an Australian band? They are doing 5 festivals in Europe at the start of August. Does one festival pay for their flights and the others just are 'lucky'? Does the band pay for the flights out of their appearance fee for all the festivals? I guess I'll never know

[cegr80]

Which makes me wonder out of curiosity - I wonder how that works for an Australian band? They are doing 5 festivals in Europe at the start of August. Does one festival pay for their flights and the others just are 'lucky'? Does the band pay for the flights out of their appearance fee for all the festivals? I guess I'll never know

Those five appearances, including Brutal Assault where I am finally catching them, are super tight. Like, every other day or so

[toby]

I would love so much to be wrong, but I don’t think the low cabin sales and high cost of travel from Australia make this a likely year for us to finally see Be’lakor. It would be like $13k in flights along for the whole band to come over.

I think they would need to be a 'we're doing a US (or south american) tour conveniently around the time of 70K' band. They are doing a lot of Euro fests this year but nothing US that I know of.

Which makes me wonder out of curiosity - I wonder how that works for an Australian band? They are doing 5 festivals in Europe at the start of August. Does one festival pay for their flights and the others just are 'lucky'? Does the band pay for the flights out of their appearance fee for all the festivals? I guess I'll never know

I would assume the band is paying their fare and the festivals are splitting the costs through guarantees/appearance fees.

[cowboy71]

I just saw that THE HU have over ONE MILLION spotify listeners.

That is waaaaay too big for a 'three pack' announcement band

[Sgt. B]

I could go for:
Bouq (Jordan) - black/death metal, similar to Behemoth
Riverwood (Egypt) - progressive/Middle Eastern folk metal
Cidesphere (Turkey) - melodic death metal from Turkey, similar to At the Gates

[MuzakMaker]

Ne Obliviscaris played in 2019, they're Aussies

Yes, but this was specifically about the FIRST time a country was represented on board

I think that just adds to the point that Oz has been represented before.

And I was saying it's irrelevant to the point at hand.

It's just as useful as saying, well it can't be Tankard because we had Kreator on in 2018.

[Andy]

And now we have three bands representing three different genres of metal from three different countries where we never had Artists from before. Please welcome:

NUCLEAR from Chile

SIGHT OF EMPTINESS from Costa Rica

and

SKILTRON from Argentina

onbroad Round 11 of 70000TONS OF METAL, The Original, The World's Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise! With such a diverse range of music from bands representing so many different nations and cultures onbroad we are proud to be global citizens welcoming you to the United Nations of Heavy Metal at Sea once again.

Sailors, we can't tell you how "H"yped up we are and how much we look forward to seeing all of you at the Terminal on January 30th for the ultimate Heavy Metal vacation! The clock is ticking... you don't want to be left stranded shoreside when we depart for our journey, so make sure to reserve your spot now while they still remain!

[cowboy71]

Heard *of* Skiltron but not listened to them. Haven't heard of the others.

H for the 60th - will it be the last? If so it would have to be fairly 'big' and I can't think of anything that fits the bill.

[Yippee38]

Heard *of* Skiltron but not listened to them. Haven't heard of the others.

H for the 60th - will it be the last? If so it would have to be fairly 'big' and I can't think of anything that fits the bill.

H.A.T.E. or Helloween? Haken (ugh)? Hammerfall?

[progsteph]

Guess I was hoping too big for Alien weaponry or myrath…
Now „H“ can’t be helloween unfortunately they are on tour.
Also no Blind Guardian which I was really thinking because they have a new album and haven’t been on since 2015 (while kamelot was 3 times now).
Final name needs to be big and surprise name also

[Downvod]

Heard *of* Skiltron but not listened to them. Haven't heard of the others.

H for the 60th - will it be the last? If so it would have to be fairly 'big' and I can't think of anything that fits the bill.

The last 2 cruises has the 60th band in a 3 pack. We know 2020 had 2 more announcements, but 2019 did not. Might be a big name, but also might not. Who knows?

[DrinkMoxie]

This is a pretty solid late in the game triple announcement... If I were going I'd check out all 3 at least once.

Nuclear are total Slayer worship. Nothing more needs to be said

Sight Of Emptiness sound really solid, I'm not fully sold on the vocals, but they're not a total turn off, and they seem like they could be a great live band

Skiltron is a bit too powermetal vocally for the bagpipe heavy folkish vibe I hear in it (for my tastes), BUT still I'm inspired to want to see it live

[eddie_beast]

Heard *of* Skiltron but not listened to them. Haven't heard of the others.

H for the 60th - will it be the last? If so it would have to be fairly 'big' and I can't think of anything that fits the bill.

Skiltron is great Folk Metal with bagpipes that's always a party onboard, actually they are now radicated in UK. The Last one should be The Halo Effect

[Ravenlord]

My money would be on that "H" being either Havok or Heathen

My money would also be on #60 not being the last band

[acidbasement]

Skiltron, fuck yeah!

Filled the bagpipes quota, thank you Skipper!

[mooyagi]

Hypocrisy, finally?

Skiltron should be fun. Will need to check out the other two.

[Ravenlord]

Hypocrisy, finally?

Skiltron should be fun. Will need to check out the other two.

Maybe. Hypocrisy are playing a fest in Denmark on the 4th. So it does leave enough time to get there.

Haven't seen Skiltron in 13 years. It should be a lot of fun.

[slayergeek]

My money would be on that "H" being either Havok or Heathen

My money would also be on #60 not being the last band

Agreed on 61 or 62 bands. Havok would be awesome but they were on in 2020 and Andy appears to be applying the back to back rule for the 2020 bands.

[Phoenix]

I feel like, after Decrepit Earth had to drop, there will only be 60 or 61 bands. Unless Wintersun is bored and down to play again or something.

[toby]

Yes, but this was specifically about the FIRST time a country was represented on board

I think that just adds to the point that Oz has been represented before.

And I was saying it's irrelevant to the point at hand.

It's just as useful as saying, well it can't be Tankard because we had Kreator on in 2018.

If there was doubt as to where the first was from, it just shows that there was at least 1 other is all I'm saying.

[cegr80]

And now we have three bands representing three different genres of metal from three different countries where we never had Artists from before. Please welcome:

NUCLEAR from Chile

SIGHT OF EMPTINESS from Costa Rica

and

SKILTRON from Argentina

onbroad Round 11 of 70000TONS OF METAL, The Original, The World's Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise! With such a diverse range of music from bands representing so many different nations and cultures onbroad we are proud to be global citizens welcoming you to the United Nations of Heavy Metal at Sea once again.

Sailors, we can't tell you how "H"yped up we are and how much we look forward to seeing all of you at the Terminal on January 30th for the ultimate Heavy Metal vacation! The clock is ticking... you don't want to be left stranded shoreside when we depart for our journey, so make sure to reserve your spot now while they still remain!

Meh. Nothing worth my attention...

Let's get the H (probably Heidevolk, but I want Hamferd or Hangman's Chair) and the BONUS band!

[cowboy71]

HOLY MOSES could be a likely H.

Cruise veterans and they are set to retire after this current tour.

[Madkill]

Really hoping "H" is Hypocrisy. All of these 3-pack announcements give me a "pay to play" vibe... anyways, let's make this last announcement worth it.

[Andy]

Let's give a warm welcome to HYPOCRISY as the United Nations of Heavy Metal at Sea is getting ready to take over the Freedom of The Seas in just a few days time to celebrate Round 11 of 70000TONS OF METAL, The Original, The World's Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise!

And there you have it, Sailors! 60 bands from a multitude of Nations will perform 120+ live concerts at Sea and enjoy The Ultimate Heavy Metal vacation that knows no boundaries with you. Are you ready for the best week of the year? My team and I can't wait to welcome you onbroad from wherever you are and see your wide eyed grins as you cross the gangway to the headbanger's floating paradise!

[cowboy71]

"H"uge finish!!