In addition to the concerts, there are the usual amenities on board a cruise ship: a gym, a spa, a casino, several fee-included restaurants, pools, hot-tubs (some very close to the pool-deck stage), plus a basketball court, body-slides and a climbing wall for recreation.

At first the cruise company and the ship's crew were skeptical about their unusual traveling party, however due to the unexpectedly friendly and well-behaved guests and the economic success of the entire festival, their opinion changed fundamentally.

The most prestigious media to report on the cruise in 2013 were Aardschok, Blick.ch, CNN, Lingener Tagespost, Metal Hammer, Rock Hard, Spiegel Online and Süddeutsche Zeitung.

Artists: Agent Steel, Amon Amarth, Arsis, Blackguard, Blind Guardian, Circle II Circle, Cripper, Dark Tranquility, Death Angel, Destruction, Dusk Machine, Ensiferum, Epica, Exodus, Fear Factory, Finntroll, Forbidden, Gamma Ray, Iced Earth, Korpiklaani, Malevolent Creation, Marduk, Moonspell, Nevermore, Obituary, Rage, Raven, Sabaton, Sanctuary, Saxon, Sodom, Sonata Arctica, Swashbuckle, The Absence, Trouble, Twilight of the Gods (Performing Bathory Masterpieces), Týr, Uli Jon Roth, Unleashed, Voivod, Witchburner.

[9] Countries represented: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States The 70,000 Tons of Metal received a great deal of national and international press coverage.

Artists: Alestorm, Amorphis, Annihilator, Atheist, Candlemass, Cannibal Corpse, Channel Zero, Children of Bodom, Coroner, Crowbar, Dark Funeral, Diamond Plate, Edguy, Eluveitie, Exciter, God Dethroned, Grave Digger, HammerFall, In Extremo, Kamelot, Kataklysm, Massacre, Megora, Moonsorrow, My Dying Bride, Nightwish, Orphaned Land, Overkill, Pestilence, Pretty Maids, Riot, Samael, Sapiency, Stratovarius, Suffocation, Tankard, Therion, Tristania, Venom, Vicious Rumors, Virgin Steele, Whiplash.

[11] Countries represented: Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kyrgyzstan, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Sierra Leone, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela As in 2011, numerous journalists, both from scene magazines and general press, attended 70000 Tons of Metal in 2012 to cover the event.

Artists: 3 Inches of Blood, Anaal Nathrakh, Anacrusis, Angra, Arkona, Cryptopsy, Delain, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, Doro, DragonForce, Ektomorf, Ensiferum, ETECC, Evergrey, Fatal Smile, Flotsam and Jetsam, Gotthard, Heidevolk, Helloween, Helstar, Holy Grail, Immolation, In Flames, Inquisition, Kreator, Lacuna Coil, Lizzy Borden, Metal Church, Nightmare, Nile, Onslaught, Rage and Lingua Mortis Orchestra, Sabaton, Sinister, Steel Engraved, Subway to Sally, Threat Signal, Tiamat, Turisas, Týr, Unexpect.

[14] The classical Ukrainian pianist, Vika Yermolyeva (aka "vkgoeswild"), was also featured in 2013, performing popular heavy metal piano covers such as "Raining Blood" by Slayer[15] and "Nothing Else Matters" by Metallica.

[17] Countries represented: Andorra, Argentina, Aruba, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Czech Republic, Denmark, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Gibraltar, Greece, Honduras, Hungary, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, South Korea, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Suriname, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States As in previous years, numerous journalists from scene magazines and regular press attended 70000 Tons of Metal.

Other than the contribution of CNN, which is a short video documentary,[18] the majority of press coverages was made in the form of written reports and photo galleries for print magazines or webzines.

Artists: Atrocity, Bonfire, Carcass, Cripper, Cynic, Dark Tranquility, Death Angel, Death, D.R.I., Fear Factory, Finntroll, Freedom Call, Gloryhammer, Haggard, Hatesphere, Izegrim, Keep of Kalessin, Leaves' Eyes, Massacre, Nekrogoblikon, Novembers Doom, Obituary, Orphaned Land, Overkill, Poltergeist, Raven, Rising Storm, Satyricon, Septicflesh, Soilwork, Swallow the Sun, Swashbuckle, Symphony X, Terrorizer, Pungent Stench, The Haunted, Twilight of the Gods, Unearth, Vicious Rumors, Victory, Xandria.

The fifth edition of 70000 Tons of Metal took place on January 22–26, 2015, sailing from Port Everglades, Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Ocho Rios, Jamaica on board the Royal Caribbean Liberty of the Seas.

70000 Tons of Metal 2015 also hosted Exclusive World Album Premieres for Apocalyptica's Shadowmaker; Blind Guardian's, Beyond the Red Mirror; Korpiklaani's Noita; and Venom's From the Very Depths.

Artists: 1349, Alestorm, Amorphis, Annihilator, Anvil, Apocalyptica, Arch Enemy, Artillery, Behemoth, Blind Guardian, Cannibal Corpse, Chimaira, Crucified Barbara, D-A-D, Dark Sermon, Divided Multitude Einherjer, Ensiferum, Equilibrium, Gama Bomb, God Dethroned, Grave Digger, Heathen, In Extremo, Jungle Rot, Kataklysm, Korpiklaani, Lake of Tears, Michael Schenker's Temple of Rock, Monstrosity, Municipal Waste, Napalm Death, Origin, Pretty Maids, Primal Fear, Refuge, Riot V, Soulfly, Tank, Therion, Threshold, Triosphere, Trollfest, Trouble, Venom, Whiplash, Wintersun Countries represented: Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Mexico, Moldova, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Thailand, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates, United States, Uzbekistan, Venezuela Again, a huge number of journalists from all around the world were on board, for example Age of Metal (US), Aardschok (Netherlands), Abort (Canada), Bravewords (Canada), Metallian (France), Metal Hammer (Spain, Germany, UK), MetalSucks (US), Rock Hard (Germany, Italy), Terrorizer (UK).

The sixth edition of 70000 Tons of Metal took place on February 4–8, 2016, sailing from Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Falmouth, Jamaica on board the Royal Caribbean Independence of the Seas.

Other special events included an acoustic pub jam by Swiss folk metal band Eluveitie, an exclusive listening party for Delain's then unreleased album Lunar Prelude, the annual Belly Flop contest, a live screening of the Super Bowl, and clinics hosted by select artists.

Artists: Abinchova, Ancient Rites, Arkona, At the Gates, Aura Noir, Belphegor, Bloodbath, Carach Angren, Children of Bodom, Cradle of Filth, Dead Cross, Delain, Dia de los Muertes, Diamond Head, Distillator, DragonForce, Eluveitie, Epica, Fallujah, Firewind, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Gamma Ray, Ghoul, HammerFall, Holy Moses, Iced Earth, Incantation, Insomnium, Jag Panzer, Katatonia, Koyi K Utho, Krisiun, Lacuna Coil, Manilla Road, Moonspell, My Dying Bride, Nervosa, No Raza, Novembers Doom, Painful, Paradise Lost, Raven, Rhapsody of Fire, Rotting Christ, Samael, Skálmöld, Sodom, Squealer, Starkill, Stratovarius, Subway to Sally, Susperia, Thyrfing, Tsjuder, Turisas, Twilight Force, Týr, Vader, Vallenfyre, Visions of Atlantis.

[40] Countries represented: Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Jordan, Kyrgyzstan, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Palestine, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela As in previous years, numerous journalists from scene magazines and regular press attended 70000 Tons of Metal.

Artists: Allegaeon, Amaranthe, Amorphis, Angra, Annihilator, Anthrax, Arch Enemy, Avatarium, Axxis, Cattle Decapitation, Cruachan, Cryptex, Cryptopsy, Dalriada, Death Angel, Demolition Hammer, DevilDriver, Draconian, Dying Fetus, Edenbridge, Equilibrium, Ghost Ship Octavius, Grave, Grave Digger, Haggard, Kalmah, Kamelot, Månegarm, Marduk, Misery Loves Co., Moonsorrow, Mors Principium Est, Nightmare, Omnium Gatherum, Orden Ogan, Orphaned Land, Overkill, Pain, Powerglove, Psycroptic, Revocation, Saltatio Mortis, Scar Symmetry, Serenity, Stam1na, Striker, Stuck Mojo, Suffocation, Testament, Therion, Total Death, Trauma, Trollfest, Touch the Sun, Uli Jon Roth, Unleashed, Vreid, Witchtrap, Xandria[45] Countries represented: Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Moldova, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Panama, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Qatar, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Venezuela As in previous years, journalists and photographers from a huge number of countries around the world attended 70000 Tons of Metal.

The eighth edition of 70000 Tons of Metal set sail on February 1–5, 2018 from Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Cockburn Town, Turks and Caicos Islands and back on board the Royal Caribbean Independence of the Seas.

Artists: Aborted, Aeternam, Alestorm, Amberian Dawn, Battle Beast, Belphegor, Benediction, Benighted, Beyond Creation, Cannibal Corpse, Dark Tranquillity, Destruction, Diablo Blvd, Die Apokalyptischen Reiter, Enslaved, Evergrey, Evertale, Exciter, Exhumed, Exodus, Freedom Call, Goatwhore, Gyze, In Extremo, In Mourning, Insomnium, Internal Bleeding (band), Kataklysm, Korpiklaani, Kreator, Leaves' Eyes, Majestic Downfall, Masterplan, Meshuggah, Metal Church, Metsatöll, Naglfar, Necrophobic, Obscura, October Tide, Primal Fear, Psychostick, Rhapsody, Sabaton, Samael, Septicflesh, Sepultura, Seven Kingdoms, Seven Spires, Sinister, Sirenia, Sonata Arctica, Swallow the Sun, Threshold, Triosphere, Voivod, Witchery, Witherfall, Wolfchant, Wolfheart Countries represented: Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lebanon, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, United States, Venezuela, Vietnam The ninth edition of 70000 Tons of Metal set sail on January 31 to February 4, 2019, from Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Labadee, Haiti and back.

Artists: Accept, Arkona, Atrocity, Bloodbath, Blood Red Throne, Bodyfarm, Carnation, Chontaraz, Convulse, Coroner, Cyhra, Dark Funeral, Delain, Dragony, Eluveitie, Ensiferum, Exmortus, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Gloryhammer, God Dethroned, Steve Grimmett's Grim Reaper, Heidevolk, In Vain, Internal Suffering, Kalmah, Kamelot, Krisiun, Masacre, Mayan, Mors Principium Est, Napalm Death, Ne Obliviscaris, Nekrogoblikon, Night Demon, Nile, Obituary, Onslaught, Paradise Lost, Perpetual Warfare, Persefone, Pestilence, Rage (feat.

Lingua Mortis Orchestra), Raven, Riot V, Sodom, Soulfly, Subway to Sally, Svartsot, Temperance, The Black Dahlia Murder, Tiamat, Tristania, Twilight Force, Týr, Unleash the Archers, Van Canto, Vicious Rumors, Visions of Atlantis, Vomitory, Warbringer Countries represented: Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Croatia, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Estonia, Faroe Islands, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Lebanon, Luxembourg, Mexico, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Palau, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay, United States, Uzbekistan, Venezuela Round X of 70000 Tons of Metal set sail on January 7 to 11, 2020 from Fort Lauderdale, Florida to Cozumel, Mexico and back.

Artists: Aborted, Aeternam, Æther Realm, Archon Angel (first shows ever), Atheist, At the Gates, Axxis, Bloodbound, Brujeria, Candlemass, Carach Angren, Cattle Decapitation, Cruachan, Dark Matter, Devin Townsend, Edenbridge, Einherjer, Emperor, Epica, Ereb Altor, Exodus, Finntroll, Firstbourne, Flotsam and Jetsam, Ghost Ship Octavius, Grave Digger, Haggard, Havok, Ihsahn, Incantation, Kampfar, Kissin' Dynamite, Leaves Eyes, Michael Schenker Fest, Moonsorrow, No Raza, November's Doom, Omnium Gatherum, Once Human, Origin, Orphaned Land, Possessed, Ross the Boss, Seven Witches, Soen, Sortilege, Spoil Engine, Stam1na, Striker (band), Suffocation, The Agonist, The Faceless, Toxik, Trollfest, Venom, Vio-lence, Whiplash, Wilderun, Wintersun, Without Waves, Zero Theorem Countries represented: Andorra, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bermuda, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Honduras, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iran, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Pakistan, Palau, Panama, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uruguay, United States, Venezuela The 10th anniversary of 70000 Tons of Metal was scheduled to take place from January 7 to 11, sailing to Ocho Rios, Jamaica from Fort Lauderdale (Florida).

Artists: Abysmal Dawn, Amberian Dawn, Amorphis, Atrocity, Batushka, Belphegor, Bodyfarm, Cancer, Cryptosis, Cynic, Dark Tranquility, Dear Mother, Deathless Legacy, Destruction, DragonForce, Edge of Paradise, Eleine, Empress, Elvenking, Eshtadur, Evergrey, Fallujah, Feuerschwanz, Fractal Universe, Freedom Call, God Dethroned, He'ian, Hideous Divinity, Hypocrisy, Insomnium, Internal Bleeding (band), Iron Savior, Isole (band), Jungle Rot, Kamelot, Keep of Kalessin, Korpiklaani, Kreator, Manegarm, Melechesh, Nightmare, Nightwish, Nothgard, Novembre, Nuclear (band), Obscura, Oceans of Slumber, Osyron, Rotting Christ, Sight of Emptiness, Sirenia, Skiltron, The Crown, Uli Jon Roth, Vicious Rumors, Visions of Atlantis, Vreid, Warbringer, Wolfchant, Wormed[53] Countries represented: Argentina, Australia, Austria, Belarus, Belgium, Bolivia, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Ecuador, Egypt, El Salvador, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Guatemala, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, New Zealand, Nicaragua, Norway, Pakistan, Palau, Peru, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Puerto Rico, Romania, Russia, Saudi Arabia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, South Africa, South Korea, Spain, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Trinidad and Tobago, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uruguay, United States, Venezuela, Vietnam Round 12 of 70000 Tons of Metal took place between January 29 and February 2, sailing from Miami to Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic on board the Freedom of the Seas.