70000 Tons Of Metal Confirms First Third Of 2025 Lineup

Band Photo: Sonata Arctica (?)

There are your standard Heavy Metal festivals – and then there’s 70000 Tons Of Metal.

Envision this: Lounging on a Caribbean island, soaking up the sun on a pristine white beach. Later on, you feel the warm wind blowing in your face, now sitting in a hot tub on a giant luxurious cruise ship, in front of The Pool Deck Stage, The World’s Biggest Open Air Structure to Ever Sail the Open Seas. Surrounded by Metal fans from all across the globe (known as the United Nations of Heavy Metal at Sea), you headbang to your favorite band. Sounds perfect? Well, it is. Get ready for 70000 Tons Of Metal 2025!

The thirteenth edition of 70000 Tons Of Metal will take place from January 30th to February 3rd, departing from Miami, Florida – Cruise Capital of the World – to Ocho Rios, Jamaica and back aboard the Independence of the Seas.

This unique festival will once more see 60 Heavy Metal bands from various subgenres taking the four stages on board, with 3000 metalheads from around the world in attendance. Every band will play twice during the trip, ramping the total amount of shows played up to 120! 70000 Tons Of Metal has revealed 20 of the 60 bands for the 2025 lineup:

Arcturus
Benighted
Beyond Creation
Candlemass
Decapitated
Delain
Emperor
Flotsam And Jetsam
Hammerfall
In Extremo
Kalmah
Majestica
Samael
Septicflesh
Sonata Arctica
Stratovarius
Subway To Sally
Tankard
The Kovenant
Unleash The Archers