70,000 Tons of Metal -- Miami, FL/Cozumel, Mexico -- January 24th-28th, 2011

[jhdeity]

Cool review man. Definitely need to add that to the ole' bucket list. Bad ass Carnivore shirt too.

[300%_Density]

If all goes well w/ graduating school in the summer/fall I am guranteed this will be my graduation present. Hope to god it comes back next year!!!!

[Derelict]

Originally Posted by IrritatedTrout

Sounds awesome, how many bands did you watch?

Everyone played twice, I'd say I saw at least 20-25 once.

[ImmortalEmperor]

Originally Posted by Derelict

It's hard to explain exactly how awesome and surreal this was. I'm hearing they are doing it again next year, I can't recommend it strongly enough for anyone who wants to go.

+1 - very highly recommended

Here are the setlists for Saxon & Raven:

Saxon (01/25):

2320 - 0035

01. Motorcycle Man
02. Stand Up and Be Counted
03. See the Light Shining
04. Suzie Hold On
05. Street Fighting Gang
06. 747 (Strangers in the Night)
07. Machine Gun
08. Freeway Mad
09. Wheels of Steel
10. Dogs of War
11. Solid Ball of Rock
12. Demon Sweeney Todd
13. Crusader
14. Power and the Glory
15. And the Bands Played On

Saxon (01/26):

2315 - 0020

01. Heavy Metal Thunder
02. To Hell and Back Again
03. Strong Arm of the Law
04. Metalhead
05. The Thin Red Line
06. Taking Your Chances
07. Sixth Form Girls
08. Hungry Years
09. Dallas 1 P.M.
10. 20,000 Ft
11. Denim and Leather (Dedicated to RJD)
12. Princess of the Night

Biff was on the tour of the Mayan ruins. I asked him if they could play "Sailing to America" (seemed appropriate) that night but he said they hadn't rehearsed it - nice to get the "Wheels of Steel" and "Strong Arm of the Law" albums in full...

Raven (01/26)

0330 - 0420

01. Take Control
02. Live at the Inferno
03. All for One
04. Breaking You Down
05. Rock Until You Drop
06. Speed of the Reflex
07. Mind Over Metal
08. Break the Chain (including classic rock medley)
09. Crash Bang Wallop!

Raven (01/27)

1530 - 1620

01. Take Control
02. For the Future
03. Lambs to the Slaughter
04. The Bulldozer
05. Rock Until You Drop
06. Speed of the Reflex
07. Mind Over Metal
08. On and On
09. Break the Chain (including classic rock medley)

Good times...

[jhdeity]

Saxon = EPIC!

Raven - Where is Into the Jaws of Death or any of the great songs off Nothing Exceeds like Excess?

[JuuKun]

Originally Posted by Derelict

Moonspell busted out Wolfheart almost in its entirety (they didnt do erotic alchemy)

I would love to see them play Love Crimes or Of Dreams and Drama.

[treghet]

Sounds awesome. I wish I was able to go. I like about 3/4s of the bands, soooo...

[Maiden33]

Fucking Saxon. Play more newer shit. For a band that's 32 years into their career, they're still releasing awesome shit and have been for years, but lately they've really been ignoring most of it.

[Dextrimental]

Looked fucking awesome, Metalsucks.net were there too, and they reported on how well behaved everyone was, and how downright smoothly the whole thing went. I would imagine the amount of alcohol consumed would actually up the chances of this happening again, I mean the company who own the cruise ship must have made an absolute killing. If I manage to get a job for the Summer, I am saving up to go to this, with a cheaper cabin I should be able to manage it!

[treghet]

If you do that, make sure to get a cabin early. The cheap ones went pretty quick.