70,000 Tons of Metal (2013)

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The Majesty of the Seas

The 70,000 Tons of Metal Music Festival (in short: 70,000 Tons ) was held for the third time in 2013. As with the previous times and the Barge to Hell in December 2012, the venue was the cruise ship Majesty of the Seas . The trip led from January 28, 2013 to February 1, 2013 from Miami ( Florida ) to Cockburn Town on Grand Turk Island ( Turks Islands ) and back again. A total of 41 different metal bands from the most diverse metal genres performed. As the event was again fully booked, there were around 3500 people on board, including the crew, the bands and their technical crews.

For more information about the background of the festival, the price development and more, see:

prehistory

In June 2012, the first ten bands for 2013 were announced. The other bands were released in groups until January 26, 2013. On June 29, 2012, advance ticket sales started exclusively for all guests who had already participated in 2011 and 2012, using the access code they received personally. All visitors who only participated in 2012 were able to book cabins with their code from July 3rd, and all new interested parties from July 10th, 2012. On Sunday, January 27, 2013, a pre-party for the event took place on a stretch of beach parallel to Ocean Drive, which was attended by around 300 to 400 visitors.

Itinerary 2013

Monday January 28th

Route of the Majesty of the Seas at the 70,000 Tons of Metal 2013

Check-in for the Majesty of the Seas began at 12:00 noon local time. The mandatory safety briefing for all guests followed at 3 p.m. and the ship was able to leave on time at around 5 p.m. The festival program was opened by Helstar in the Spectrum Lounge and shortly afterwards by Sabaton in the Chorus Line Theater. The pool stage was only opened at 1:00 a.m. by Metal Church , for whom the gig was their reunion show after the breakup in 2009.

Tuesday January 29th

Traditionally, Tuesday was the first of two “days at sea”, when the focus was on the bands' performances from late morning onwards. From 12 noon, official meet & greets with the bands present were held inside the ship .

Wednesday January 30th

On this day we went ashore on the Turks Island Grand Turk Island . At around 8:00 am, the Majesty of the Seas anchored off the island's capital, Cockburn Town ; from 9 a.m. you could then take a tender boat to the island. Once there, you could either stay at the beach bars or book various leisure activities such as an off-road vehicle safari or go horse riding, snorkeling and diving as well as kayaking, cycling, buggy or catamaraning and petting manta rays. The participants had to be back on board at 3.30 p.m., and the ship left the island in the early evening. The musical evening program opened on that day Subway to Sally .

Thursday January 31st

As on Tuesday, the focus on Thursday was on the bands' performances. A total of 28 bands performed that day. On the pool deck, the playing time for an official "belly smack competition" with an award ceremony was suspended between 2:00 am and 2:30 am. In the afternoon there was a pre-listening session for the upcoming Turisas album for the trade press present as well as an official press conference in which the captain, hotel manager and organizer Andy Piller reported statistical information on the trip.

The last band of the 70,000 of Metal in 2013 on the pool deck were Sabaton . Before the last song, organizer Andy Piller stepped on stage and gave a speech of thanks. During the last song, Sabaton singer Joakim Brodén let himself be carried over the hands of the fans into the pool, as he did in 2011. The other band members of Sabaton as well as several ship employees followed him.

Friday February 1st

As usual, the actual festival program lasted until the early hours of Friday morning. The ship had to be left at around 9 a.m. and left again on the same evening after the festival equipment was dismantled.

Line-up and performance situation

A total of 41 bands played over the four days, spread over three stages, with each band performing two times. The line-up consisted of the following bands:

3 Inches of Blood , Anaal Nathrakh , Anacrusis , Angra (with Fabio Lione ), Arkona , Cryptopsy , Delain , Die Apokalyptischen Reiter , Doro , DragonForce , Ektomorf , Ensiferum , Etecc, Evergrey , Fatal Smile , Flotsam and Jetsam , Gotthard , Heidevolk , Helloween , Helstar , Holy Grail , Immolation , In Flames , Inquisition , Kreator , Lacuna Coil , Lizzy Borden , Metal Church , Nightmare , Nile , Onslaught , Rage and Lingua Mortis Orchestra, Sabaton (with Snowy Shaw, Ex- Therion ), Sinister , Steel Engraved , Subway to Sally , Threat Signal , Tiamat , Turisas , Týr and Unexpect . Special features were the performances of the band Rage, which appeared with a 15-piece orchestra and was part of the Cruise for the second time after 2011. It was also not the first time that Ensiferum and Sabaton were part of the 70,000 Tons of Metal, both of which appeared in 2011. As a special, Jeff Waters was booked by Annihilator for the trip, who together with other musicians, u. A. Doro, Christina Scabbia (Lacuna Coil), Petri Lindroos (Ensiferum) and Victor Smolski (Rage), held a jam session on the ship called Jamming With Waters in International Waters . The other musicians could vote on the Facebook page of 70,000 Tons of Metal. The performance by the Ukrainian pianist Viktoriya Yermolyeva , who covered well-known metal songs on the grand piano in the ship's foyer, was also exceptional.

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. For the latter, a pool will be drained and covered to make room for the audience. In 2012, the “Poolside Stage” was also much larger and more professional than the previous year.

Accommodation, visitors and statistics

Price list of the 70,000 clay 2013

2037 (2011: 2038, 2012: 2051) visitors from a total of 55 countries or autonomous regions took part in the festival. Of these, 36% were female and 64% were male, with an age range from one to 71 years. The following nations were represented: Andorra , Argentina , Aruba , Australia , Belgium , Bolivia , Bosnia and Herzegovina , Brazil , Bulgaria , Chile , People's Republic of China , Costa Rica , Denmark , Germany , Faroe Islands , Finland , France , Gibraltar , Greece , Great Britain , Honduras , India , Ireland , Italy , Japan , Canada , Liechtenstein , Luxembourg , Mexico , Netherlands , New Zealand , Norway , Austria , Panama , Peru , Poland , Portugal , Puerto Rico , Romania , Russia , Saudi Arabia , Sweden , Switzerland , Slovakia , Slovenia , Spain , South Africa , South Korea , Suriname , Trinidad and Tobago , Czech Republic , Ukraine USA and United Arab Emirates . Most of the visitors on board were Germans for the first time, followed by Americans, Canadians, Finns, Dutch, Mexicans, Australians, Belgians, British and Colombians.

In addition, there were 466 people who belonged to bands or their technical crews, as well as the 892-strong ship's crew, so that the total person capacity was 3395 people.

Compared to 2011, the prices this year have fallen by up to $ 200 (superior ocean view, 2 people, deck 9) per cabin. As usual, it was only necessary to book a cabin. The price already included food, non-alcoholic and non-carbonated drinks and admission to all performances. The cheapest tickets (4-person inside cabin, deck 2) were available for $ 666 per person, the most expensive (2-person grand suit with large balcony, deck 10) for $ 3333, also per person. In addition, there was an additional $ 289 per passenger for taxes, port fees and other administrative costs. In addition to the concerts, there was also a fitness studio, casino , basketball court and climbing wall available for leisure activities . New this year were the Pools Girls, who were there as hostesses . They wore bikinis from the trendy brand Toxic Vision and handed out free sunscreen.

reception

As in previous years, numerous journalists, both from the trade press and the general press, attended the 70,000 Tons of Metal to cover it. The most important formats this year were Aardschok , Blick.ch , CNN , the Lingener Tagespost , Metal Hammer , Rock Hard , Spiegel Online and the Süddeutsche Zeitung . With the exception of the contribution by CNN, which is a short video documentation, all other print and webzines published written reports of the festival as well as some picture galleries.

Documentation

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Volker, Ulrike: "70,000 Tons of Metal 2013" , lalasreisen.de, accessed on March 9, 2013
  2. ↑ a b 2012/06/29 Sales Dates For 70000TONS OF METAL 2013 ( Memento of May 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) , 70000tons.com, accessed on March 9, 2013
  3. ↑ Conny Schiffbauer: 70,000 Tons Of Metal - Logbook. Log entry January 28, 2013  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.rockhard.de   , rockhard.de, accessed on March 12, 2013
  4. ↑ Conny Schiffbauer: 70,000 Tons Of Metal - Logbook. Logbook entry January 27, 2013 - Miami Beach - The weekend before the cruise ( memento of February 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) , rockhard.de, accessed on March 12, 2013
  5. ↑ a b c d e f 70000 tons ov Metal 2013 Report , allmetalfest.com, accessed on May 15, 2013
  6. ↑ Volker, Ulrike: "70,000 Tons of Metal 2013 - Grand Turk" , lalasreisen.de, accessed on March 12, 2013
  7. ↑ Conny Schiffbauer: 70,000 Tons Of Metal - Logbook. Log entry January 30, 2013 ( memento from March 6, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) , rockhard.de, accessed on March 12, 2013
  8. ↑ a b c Volker, Ulrike: "70,000 Tons of Metal 2013 - 4th Night" , lalasreisen.de, accessed on March 12, 2013
  9. ↑ a b c Conny Schiffbauer: 70,000 Tons Of Metal - Logbook. Log entry January 31, 2013 ( memento from March 12, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) , rockhard.de, accessed on March 12, 2013
  10. ↑ a b Volker, Ulrike: "70,000 Tons of Metal 2013 - 2nd Day" , lalasreisen.de, accessed on March 12, 2013
  11. ↑ Volker, Ulrike: "70,000 Tons of Metal 2013 - 1st Night" , lalasreisen.de, accessed on March 12, 2013
  12. ↑ LINGUA MORTIS ORCHESTRA - Live debut at 70,000 Tons Of Metal, first details about the album , nuclearblast.de, accessed on March 12, 2013
  13. ↑ Volker, Ulrike: "70,000 Tons of Metal 2013 - Uli´s Konzertkritik" , lalasreisen.de, accessed on March 12, 2013
  14. ↑ Marco Götz: 70,000 Tons Of Metal: All-Star Jam with Jeff Waters - Jamming With Waters In International Waters (December 20, 2012) , metal-hammer.de, accessed on March 12, 2013
  15. ↑ a b c d e f Volker, Ulrike: "70,000 Tons of Metal 2013 - Statistics" , lalasreisen.de, accessed on March 12, 2013
  16. ↑ News archive of the festival ( Memento from February 18, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) , 70000tons.com, accessed on March 12, 2013 (English)
  17. ↑ All publications of the national and international press about the 70k 2013 can be viewed here free of charge and in full: Press Features 2013 ( Memento from February 9, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) , 70000tons.com, accessed on March 12, 2013