Destination For 70000TONS OF METAL 2013 Revealed!

We have arrived in Cockburn Town on Grand Turk, the Capital of the beautiful Turks and Caicos Islands. This will be the destination 70000TONS OF METAL 2013 will be sailing to in exactly 6 months from today.

In January 2013, 40 Heavy Metal bands and 2,000 fans from all over the World will go to the Caribbean to take over the luxury cruise ship "Majesty of the Seas" for 5 days and 4 nights.

The following 15 out of 40 bands have already been announced:

ANACRUSIS

DIE APOKALYPTISCHEN REITER

DORO

DRAGONFORCE

ENSIFERUM

FLOTSAM AND JETSAM

HELSTAR

IMMOLATION

IN FLAMES

LACUNA COIL

NILE

RAGE and LINGUA MORTIS ORCHESTRA

SABATON

SUBWAY TO SALLY

TURISAS

You can Book your cabin now at: http://70000tons.com/ to take advantage of the convenient monthly payment plan and be part of Heavy Metal History made in the Caribbean once again on 70000TONS OF METAL, The World's Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise!

70000TONS OF METAL, considered, The World's Biggest Heavy Metal Cruise, will sail Monday, January 28, 2013 aboard the Royal Caribbean “Majesty of the Seas” from Miami, FL to Cockburn Town on Grand Turk Island, and will not return you to the real world for four days until Friday, February 1, 2013.

Ticket prices start at US$666 plus US$299 taxes and fees per person... You might even need a vacation from this vacation when all is said and done! Check out http://www.70000tons.com/ for more information.

AMON AMARTH: Surtur Rising Album Art + Track Listing Revealed

Band To Appear On 70,000 Tons Of Metal Cruise Later This Month

Sweden's AMON AMARTH are currently gearing up to unleash, Surtur Rising, the eighth studio offering in their critically revered pantheon of Viking-inspired death metal. 

Named in tribute to Surtur, leader of the fire giants of Muspelheim (“flame land”) and the oldest being in the nine worlds of Norse mythology, the record, which was listed among Decibel Magazine's most anticipated albums of 2011, features 10 tracks of sword-wielding, fist-pumping,  hyper climactic battle anthems. The followup to 2008's monolithic Twilight Of The Thunder God full-length, was recorded, mixed and mastered at Fascination Street Studios Örebro, Sweden with Jens Bogren and features strikingly brutal cover art by Tom Thiel.

Check it out HERE.  

Surtur Rising Track Listing:

01. War of the Gods"

02. Töck's Taunt - Loke's Treachery Part II

03. Destroyer of the Universe

04. Slaves of Fear

05. Live Without Regrets

06. The Last Stand of Frej

07. For Victory or Death

08. Wrath of the Norsemen

09. A Beast Am I

10. Doom Over Dead Man

As an unofficial kick off to its release, AMON AMARTH will make a live appearance on the long anticipated 70000 Tons Of Metal cruise, scheduled to take place from January 24th - 28th. The voyage will begin in  Miami, Florida, make its way to Cozumel, Mexico and play host to 40 bands including Voivod, Sodom, Iced Earth, Fear Factory and Obituary. For more info, visit:http://www.70000tons.com.

Surtur Rising will be released in North America on March 29, 2011 via Metal Blade Records.