The 70000 Tons of Metal Cruise. Wow. If you can afford the $915 per person (they get you by saying “it’s only $666 plus fees and taxes”) and can afford to be away for five days than you might want to go about seeing if you could be one of the lucky 2,000 that will embark in January 2011 on the cruise. 40 bands have been secured for the five-day, four-night cruise including Amon Amarth, Exodus, Testament and Sodom to name a few. The $915, which if you have cruised before you know that is not as steep as they come, will get you a room, all on-board entertainment, meals and non-alcoholic and non-carbonated drinks.

By my calculations, you’re looking at watching 8 bands, dropping $183 (plus drinks), and getting about four (if you're lucky) hours of rest a day for five days in the middle of January. Factor in the time spent chasing around Chuck Billy in there and chances are you're going to need to take another cruise right after this one just to wind down.

Tickets are on sale right now at 70000tons.com -- you can't book single cabins and all the $666 cabins are booked up so you're now looking at dropping $1,015 - $3,248 for a spot on the cruise. Not very metal-friendly if you ask me.

Slayer and Megadeth and Testament! Oh my!

 

That's right folks.  Starting July, for the first time in almost 20 years, Slayer and Megadeth (with special guest Testament) will be taking to the road for a limited tour across North America -- including six dates in Canada and nineteen in the US.  The fun doesn't stop there because Slayer has announced they will be playing their 1990 release ‘Seasons in the Abyss’ in its entirety on all stops of the tour.  Never to be undersold, Megadeth will also play their 1990 record, ‘Rust in Peace’ in entirety as well.  This is pretty huge, regardless of whether the tour will make a stop in/near your hometown.  Having two of the big four on tour is one step closer to every thrash fan's wet dream: a Big Four of Thrash Tour.  

If you can secure yourself a ticket and a ride, do it -- this tour is sure to be pretty spectacular.  With tickets starting at only $10 the question you have to ask yourself is “How could I possibly afford not to go?”  You can check out the complete dates and venues after the jump. 
 

Slayer and Megadeth are thrilled to announce the new, confirmed routing for the American Carnage North American Tour, which will commence with the rescheduled Canadian Carnage East dates in Quebec City on Friday, July 23.  Slayer will then head to Europe for a run of festival dates, returning to kick off the American Carnage leg in Albany, NY on August 11.  American Carnage will play 26 dates across the United States and Eastern Canada up to the Labor Day weekend, ending in Portland, OR on September 4.  Testament will be Special Guest on all shows.  Tickets purchased for the American Carnage shows when they first went on sale late last year will be honored for these rescheduled dates.

Complete information regarding ticket sales can be found at www.slayer.net • www.megadeth.com • www.testamentlegiions.com. 

Or you can skip to the Tour Dates.

Light This City From: San Francisco, USA
  Discography:  “The Hero Cycle” (2003), “Remains of the Gods” (2005), “Facing the Thousand” (2006), “Stormchaser “(2008)   Light This City was a melodic, death metal band with thrash elements. The band was signed to Prosthetic Records and when they broke up in early 2008 they had the following members:   Laura Nichol- vocals Brian Forbes- guitar Ryan Hansen- guitar John Frost- bass Ben Murray- drums.   Light This City, may they rest in piece, was one of my favorite bands back in the day. They had a simplistic and straightforward approach to metal- something we don’t see often enough. Light This City always knew how to pack a punch with guest musicians on their albums from Trevor Strnad (The Black Dahlia Murder) to Chuck Billy (Testament). Most of the members of LTC have since gone on to do other musical projects so keep your eyes peeled for that.

Links: www.myspace.com/lightthiscity