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Ahoy, Cruisaders!

Grab your cold drinks out of the cooler and get ready for the next hit in the Mediterranean: the band lineup for Full Metal Cruise XIII is officially complete, and our framework program is hitting the deck at full force!

Who ever said vampires were afraid of water? With WISBORG, the spearhead of Modern Goth and Alternative Rock signs onto the Full Metal Cruise to inject Part II of our voyage with a heavy dose of dark elegance. Pack your waterproof eyeliner, hoist the black flag, and dance the darkest dance of your life on the open ocean!

But that's far from all - away from the main stage slots, we're keeping the crew on their toes and the ship right on course. The entertainment program is as wild as ever: Maschine reads from his life - or chats away without a single minute of sleep. Things get equally unfiltered at the Behind the Scenes Q&A, where the crew opens the doors straight into the engine room, while Danko Jones parries your questions with his trademark sharp tongue during his Ask-Me-Anything session. Radio legend Uwe Bahn takes you on charming backstage journeys, tattoo artist Nori shares his weirdest Tattoo Tales, and cocktail mixing with JM & Heidi is guaranteed to stray from the original recipe. Plus, you'll learn at the Wacken Foundation how our scene is being supported sustainably.

If you want to roll up your sleeves yourself, get ready to break a sweat on the wooden planks. The demolition duo Evil Jared & Krogi guarantees absolute entertainment madness between DJ sets and live drumming, while Sophie Wachter kicks your hangover out of your bones with Metal Karate. Aspiring axe-slingers can watch the pro up close at the Guitar Clinic hosted by Andrey Smirnov. On the musical front, things get intimate with acoustic sets from Henry Rauhbein and our System of a Down Tribute. At Full Metal Karaoke, you take the helm at the microphone yourselves, while the FMC Fashion Show showcases the freshest threads on the catwalk, and the Meet & Greets completely eliminate the safety distance to your heroes.

For the cozier evening hours at sea, we're firing up the onboard cinema: enjoy the W:O:A success story in the documentary Hearts Full of Metal, dive unvarnished into the world of thrash giants with The Art of Destruction, or indulge in the honest musician film What Time Couldn’t Kill. The metal sea awaits - cast off!