70,000 Tons of Metal (2011)

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The Majesty of the Seas

The 70,000 Tons of Metal (short: 70000 Tons ) Metal - Festival 2011 was hosted for the first time. The venue for this biggest metal festival to date on a ship was the cruise ship Majesty of the Seas , which sailed from Miami ( Florida ) to Cozumel ( Mexico ) and back between January 24 and 28, 2011 . A total of 42 different metal bands from a wide variety of metal genres performed. Including the crew, there were around 3500 people on board.

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Itinerary 2011

Monday January 24th

Route of the Majesty of the Seas at 70,000 Tons of Metal

The departure of the ship from the port was planned for 5 p.m. But since a memorial service for two killed police officers took place in Miami that day, large parts of the city area were closed, which resulted in numerous traffic jams. Because a loading crane, which was supposed to lift the stage elements onto the pool deck, arrived three hours later than planned due to the traffic jams, the departure of the ship was delayed by a little more than an hour, so that the ship cast off at around 6.15 p.m. The three stages could nevertheless be set up in a record time of only seven hours. The delay also resulted in additional costs of around 100,000 euros.

The festival opened immediately after the ship left and a brief safety briefing at 7 p.m. local time, with performances by the bands Exodus and Arsis . Spread over the three stages, 13 other bands besides Exodus and Arsis played on that day. The program was rounded off by a karaoke night in the Boleros Lounge.

Tuesday January 25th

Mark Osegueda from Death Angel live on Poolstage

The concert program opened at 10 a.m. with the appearance of the German thrash metal band Cripper , which is significantly earlier than at many other festivals. Another 26 bands followed, spread over the whole day, with "official" meet & greets with the bands from 12 noon until early evening . As on the day before, you could end the evening with karaoke in the Boleros Lounge.

What was unusual about the band Unleashed was that Alan “Naihmass Nemtheanga” Averill from Primordial and Twilight of the Gods was the singer . This was because Unleashed singer Johnny Hedlund had missed getting on board in time, so the Majesty of the Seas had cast off without him.

Wednesday January 26th

On this day we went ashore on the Mexican island of Cozumel . The Majesty of the Seas already called at the port of San Miguel de Cozumel at 7 a.m. The program offered tours to Mayan pyramids in Tulum and other ruins, horse riding , jet skiing and free time in the port city and on the beach. The ship cast off in the evening as planned, punctually at 6.30 p.m. From 7 p.m. on, there were bands again, spread across the ship's three stages.

Since the merchandise of the 70,000 Tons of Metal was already sold out on Tuesday, the festival management had new T-shirts printed at short notice during the night from Tuesday to Wednesday. These should then be flown to Cozumel by helicopter and brought on board there. Due to problems with customs, however, the T-shirts could not be flown to Mexico.

Thursday January 27th

Joakim Brodén, singer of the band Sabaton, while crowd surfing in the pool

As on Tuesday, the focus on Thursday was on the bands' performances. A total of 28 bands performed that day. You could also visit numerous Meet & Greets again. The particularly relaxed interaction between fans and musicians throughout the festival was also evident during the performance of the Swedish power metal band Sabaton on the pool stage. Singer Joakim Brodén settled during the performance of his band at the crowd surfing carry through the audience and then throw in the pool.

Friday January 28th

The actual festival program lasted until the early morning hours of January 28th. A little later, however, at 9 a.m. local time, all festival guests had to leave the ship, which left the same evening.

  • Program Monday

  • Tuesday program

  • Wednesday program

  • Thursday program

Line up

A total of 42 bands played over the four days, spread over three stages, with each band performing two times. The line-up consisted of the following bands:

Agent Steel , Amon Amarth , Arsis , Blackguard , Blind Guardian , Circle II Circle , Cripper , Dark Tranquility , Death Angel , Destruction , DuskMachine , Ensiferum , Epica , Exodus , Fear Factory , Finntroll , Forbidden , Gamma Ray , Iced Earth , Korpiklaani , Malevolent Creation , Marduk , Moonspell , Nevermore , Obituary , Rage , Raven , Sabaton , Sanctuary , Saxon , Sodom , Sonata Arctica , Swashbuckle , Testament , The Absence , Trouble , Twilight of the Gods , Týr , Uli Jon Roth , Unleashed , Voivod and Witchburner .

The main stage was the ship theater “A Chorus Line” on decks 5–7. On deck 8 there was a smaller stage in the “Spectrum” lounge and on deck 12 with the “Poolside Stage” there was also an open air stage. Stage.

Accommodation, visitors and statistics

2038 visitors from a total of 49 countries took part in the festival. Most of them came from the United States, with a share of around 30% . The second largest group of visitors came from Germany with a share of around 17% . Visitors from Canada (12%) and Australia (7%) were also strongly represented . The remaining visitors, who made up 36% of the total number of visitors, came from Argentina , Belgium (34), Bolivia , Bosnia , Brazil , Bulgaria , Chile , People's Republic of China , Costa Rica , Denmark , Dominican Republic , Estonia , Faroe Islands , Finland , France , Greece , Great Britain , Hong Kong , Ireland , Israel , Italy , Japan , Columbia , Luxembourg , Mexico , Netherlands (86), New Zealand , Norway , Austria , Peru , Philippines , Poland , Portugal , Romania , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Slovakia , Slovenia , South Africa , Spain , Sweden , Switzerland , Czech Republic , Turkey and Hungary . In addition, around 100 journalists, the band's technical crews and a good 900-strong crew were on board, so that the total number of people was 3571 participants.

In addition to the concerts, there was also a fitness studio, casino , basketball court and climbing wall available for leisure activities .

At first, the shipping company and the crew were skeptical about the unusual travel audience. For example, the staff was "prepared" in advance for the visitors in an unspecified manner and, for example, the press was initially strictly prohibited from interviewing crew members. The name of the ship and the shipping company was also not allowed, but this changed quickly. This was due on the one hand to the unexpectedly friendly and civil behavior of the guests, and on the other hand to the economic success of the entire festival. Already on the first day, the income from drinks was many times that of what would otherwise be achieved in a whole week. The disproportionately high beer consumption also meant that the first type of beer was sold out on Tuesday and stocks of other types of beer had also shrunk significantly.

reception

The 70,000 Tons of Metal received great national and international press coverage. A total of around 100 journalists from all over the world were on board. In addition to numerous scene magazines, both in print and online, the general press also reported in great detail. In the German-speaking area, this was done by Stern , RTL , Norddeutscher Rundfunk , and ZDF, among others . In addition to a short article for the heute journal , the latter also shot a half-hour documentary for the ZDFinfokanal with the title Heavy Metal on the dream ship .

Documentation

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Information on checking in and out 2011 ( Memento from March 23, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), 70000tons.com, accessed on March 5, 2011 (English)
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g 70000 Tons of Metal Festival report by Rage singer Peavy Wagner , burnyourears.de, accessed on March 7, 2011
  3. ↑ a b c d e Alf Burchardt: Very heavy seas . In: Stern No. 8 February 17, 2011, Gruner + Jahr , Hannover 2011, p. 102 f.
  4. ↑ a b c d Christof Leim: "70000 Tons Of Metal - The Cruise Shuts Off " , Live Blogging, blog.metal-hammer.de, accessed on March 7, 2011
  5. ↑ a b Christof Leim: "70000 Tons Of Metal - The First Evening at Sea" , live blogging, blog.metal-hammer.de, accessed on March 7, 2011
  6. ↑ a b c d Christof Leim: "70000 Tons Of Metal - The Second Day at Sea" , live blogging, blog.metal-hammer.de, accessed on March 7, 2011
  7. ↑ a b Live blog of the 70000 Tons of Metal , metalinjection.net, accessed on March 7, 2011 (English)
  8. ↑ a b Christof Leim: "70000 Tons Of Metal - The third day with shore leave " , live blogging, blog.metal-hammer.de, accessed on March 7, 2011
  9. ↑ Christof Leim: "70000 Tons Of Metal - The Third Evening" , live blogging, blog.metal-hammer.de, accessed on March 7, 2011
  10. ↑ a b Report in the online version of the Berliner Zeitung: A rocker cruise that is beery , bz-berlin.de, accessed on March 7, 2011
  11. ↑ a b c d Christof Leim: "70000 Tons Of Metal - The Fourth and Last Day" , live blogging, blog.metal-hammer.de, accessed on March 7, 2011
  12. ↑ a b Report on the 70,000 Tons: 70,000 Tons Of Metal: Bands And Fans Rock The Boat ( Memento from February 4, 2013 in the web archive archive.today ), thesilvertongueonline.com, accessed on March 7, 2011 (English)
  13. ↑ a b Metal Mike: 70000 Tons of Metal - Metal Rules the Waves (PDF; 1.1 MB). In: Aardschok , March 2011 edition, pp. 21-27 (Dutch).
  14. ↑ News archive of the festival ( Memento from February 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ), 70000tons.com, accessed on March 5, 2011 (English)
  15. ↑ Christof Leim: 70,000 Tons of Metal - Heavy Metal & Light Sailors . In Metal Hammer , April 2011 edition, Axel Springer Mediahouse Berlin GmbH, Berlin 2011, pp. 42–45.