Tuesday, March 11, 2025

Atreyu, The Struts, Parkway Drive & More: A Full-Throttle Day 5 on ShipRocked

Thursday, day 5 of ShipRocked was a day spent at sea. We started our day again with Sea Day Brunch on Carnival Magic with our favorite breakfast in the formal dining room of french toast, bacon, banana cream pie and a diet coke. The meal was a perfect way to start a busy day of performances, meet and greets, and jamming out. 

In The Northern Lights Dining Room, fans got to participate in the third meet and greet onboard with bands Hollywood Undead, Jinjer, Buckcherry, and Flat Black.

Photo Credit: Amy Harris/The Travel Addict

A Full-Throttle Day 5 on ShipRocked

Diamante kicked off the deck stage at noon. The 28-year old singer who goes by her first name only started her career as an alternative rock artist back in 2014. Since then, she has supported artists such as Bad Wolves and Breaking Benjamin. Her debut appearance went well and she looked amazing up on stage performing as fans rocked out. 

An afternoon meet and greet took place at 1:30 p.m. in The Northern Lights Dining Room with The Struts, P.O.D., The Ghost Inside, and The Stowaways.

Photo Credit: Amy Harris/The Travel Addict
A Full-Throttle Day 5 on ShipRocked
Photo Credit: Amy Harris/The Travel Addict
Photo Credit: Amy Harris/The Travel Addict
A Full-Throttle Day 5 on ShipRocked
Photo Credit: Amy Harris/The Travel Addict

At 1:45 p.m., band DED took over the deck stage. The nu-metal group from Arizona is on ShipRocked for their third appearance. The band is composed of lead vocalist Joe Cotela, drummer Matt Reinhard, bassist Kyle Koelsch, and guitarist Alex Adamcik. They kicked off their set with their latest single “Rockstar” and performed some of their heavy rock favorites like “Kill Beautiful Things,” “Hate Me,” and ended with their most popular song “Anti-Everything.”

Photo Credit: Amy Harris/The Travel Addict
A Full-Throttle Day 5 on ShipRocked
Photo Credit: Amy Harris/The Travel Addict
Photo Credit: Amy Harris/The Travel Addict
A Full-Throttle Day 5 on ShipRocked
Photo Credit: Amy Harris/The Travel Addict

A few hours later, DED hosted a meet and greet in the Music Experience at 4:30 p.m. where fans got to ask questions and take photos with the band members. 

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Atreyu played the theater at 6:45 p.m. with one of the longest setlists yet. The band is composed of clean vocalist Brandon Saller, guitarists Dan Jacobs and Travis Miguel, and bassist and unclean vocalist Marc “Porter” McKnight. They performed popular songs like “Becoming the Bull” and “Ex’s and Oh’s.” To mix it up a bit, the group included a few covers including Audioslave’s “Like A Stone,” Bon Jovi’s “You Give Love a Bad Name,” and Whitney Houston’s “I Wanna Dance With Somebody (Who Loves Me).” 

Andy Wood put on a show and showed why he is one of the top guitarists in the world in the Aft Lounge at 7:30 p.m. Wood has released four solo albums with songs from all different genres, putting on display his versatility and immense talent. He has toured alongside artists like Rascal Flatts, Scott Stapp, Gary LeVox, LOCASH, and Sebastian Bach. He plucked out some of his instrumental tunes for fans as they vibed along.

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10 Years took over the deck stage at 8 p.m.. For songs “Now Is The Time (Ravenous)” and “Wasteland,” the band was joined by the guitarist of Breaking Benjamin, Keith Wallen. The performance culminated with lead singer Jesse Hasek climbing up the side of the stage continuing to sing “Shoot It Out”, hanging from the stage scaffolding high in the air. 

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British rock band The Struts played the deck stage at 9:15 p.m. Lead vocalist Luke Spiller was incredible in an all black outfit, a pearl necklace, and white boots as he took over the stage with his groundbreaking vocals. The band opened with the tongue-trill filled song “Primadonna Like Me” and closed with the powerful “Could Have Been Me.”

A Full-Throttle Day 5 on ShipRocked
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Photo Courtesy of ShipRocked

Parkway Drive performed on the deck stage to an absolutely packed crowd, closing out day five of ShipRocked. The metalcore band from Byron Bay Australia performed 14 songs with lead vocalist Winston McCall screaming out his tunes on every part of the stage. They performed a wide array of songs from their discography including the uber-popular “The Void,” intense “Carrion,” “Vice Grip,” and ended with guitar-fuelled “Wild Eyes.”

A Full-Throttle Day 5 on ShipRocked
Photo Credit: Amy Harris/The Travel Addict
Photo Credit: Amy Harris/The Travel Addict
A Full-Throttle Day 5 on ShipRocked
Photo Credit: Amy Harris/The Travel Addict

Stay tuned for our look into the last day on ShipRocked 2025!

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