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70,000 Tons of Metal - Metal Cruise


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Oddly enough, this works out cheaper than flying to the UK for bloodstock ,where the flights alone are more expensive than the cruise cabin, and the bands IMO are better than the last few years of Bloodstock, and instead of camping in the mud and rain you're on a boat. Which might end up being better. With a limited amount of people, there's more opportunity to meet the band and it seems there's some good locations to get a high view of the stage -- a really big perk for someone as short as me. Can't tell you how many times I've spent a gig staring at some dude's back. I might do this. They allow paying in installments! :D

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Open air shows are great but I'm not sure how seeing these bands on a cruse liner would work. Bands I want to see: Carcass, Dark Tranquillity Swallow the Sun Bands I wouldn't mind seeing: Finntroll, Leaves' Eyes Overkill Septic Flesh Xandria It would be cool wander around and meet your heroes but in such a small crammed area it might be a bit much.

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Whoa! Looks like the only spaces left are over a thousand bucks each. I don't have that lying around at the moment. :) I won't be able to go' date=' then, but hats off to those who do get to. What fun that's going to be![/quote'] I'm sure it will cost me that much for Maryland Deathfest, and that doesn't include all of the money I would be spending on merch. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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Don't get in the hot tubs at MDF; leather pants or not' date=' bad things have been known to happen.[/quote'] People I've known have said that there are tons of crust fans that frequent the show for the grind stage, so I would definitely want to avoid being part of some filth stew in the hot tub. Sent from my HTC PH39100 using Tapatalk 2
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