Bang Your Head!!!
| Bang Your Head!!! | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Heavy metal, Hard rock |
| Dates | June/July |
| Location(s) | Balingen, Germany |
| Years active | 1996 – present |
| Website | |
| www.bang-your-head.de | |
Bang Your Head!!! is a heavy metal and hard rock festival held annually in Germany.
First held in 1996, as a one-day indoor event in the Stefan-Hartmann-Halle in Tübingen with a crowd of 600 people.[1] Since then Bang Your Head has moved to Balingen and has grown to an event spanning multiple days and drawing in 1.800 people in 1998, 18.000 people in 1999 and 20.000[2] in 2005. Bands and acts that performed on this festival over the years include: W.A.S.P., DIO, Motörhead, Deep Purple and Twisted Sister.[3]
Lineups
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2014
Held on July 11 and July 12 at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany.
- Twisted Sister
- Europe
- Axel Rudi Pell & Friends[4]
- Anthrax
- Sebastian Bach
- Unisonic
- Michael Schenker's Temple of Rock
- Stryper
- Obituary
- Exodus
- Rob Rock
- Ektomorf
- Kissin' Dynamite
- Grave
- Schirenc Plays Pungent Stench
- Riot V
- Delain
- Omen
- Warlord
- Mad Max
- Atlantean Kodex
- Hirax
- Evocation
- The Exalted Piledriver
- More
- Accu§er
- Vain
- Warrant
Warm up show on July 10:
- Grave Digger
- Victory
- Storm Warrior
- Bullet
- Dynamite
2009
Held on June 26 and June 27 at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany.
- Blind Guardian
- Journey
- W.A.S.P.
- U.D.O.
- Y&T
- Lita Ford
- Exodus
- Sodom
- Hardcore Superstar
- Sacred Reich
- Warrior
- Primordial
- Pink Cream 69
- Voi Vod
- Driver
- Ross the Boss
- Powerwolf
- Kissin' Dynamite
- Lääz Rockit
- Alestorm
- Cloven Hoof
- Hatstik
2008
Held on June 27 and June 28 at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany.
- Judas Priest
- Queensrÿche
- Saxon
- Tramp's White Lion
- Hardcore Superstar
- Great White
- Yngwie Malmsteen's Rising Force
- Obituary
- Rage
- Grave Digger
- Agent Steel
- Tankard
- Onslaught
- Ensiferum
- Korpiklaani
- Lizzy Borden
- Breaker
- Týr
- Age of Evil
- Contracrash
- Secrecy
- Forbidden
2007
Held on June 22 and June 23 at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany.
- Heaven and Hell
- Edguy
- HammerFall
- Amon Amarth
- Amorphis
- Archer
- Brainstorm
- Dark Tranquillity
- Evergrey
- Finntroll
- Girlschool
- Mercenary
- Mystic Prophecy
- Nazareth
- Powermad
- Praying Mantis
- Steelheart
- Thunder
- Vicious Rumors
- Violent Storm
- W.A.S.P.
- Wolf
2006
- Whitesnake
- In Flames
- Foreigner
- Stratovarius
- Helloween
- Y&T
- Quiet Riot
- Rik Emmett
- Jon Oliva's Pain
- Unleashed
- Death Angel
- Exodus
- Armored Saint
- Flotsam and Jetsam
- Vengeance
- L.A. Guns
- Leatherwolf
- Victory
- Count Raven
- Powerwolf
- Hellfueled
2005
- Twisted Sister
- Motörhead
- Dio
- Saxon
- Doro
- U.D.O.
- Sebastian Bach
- Gamma Ray
- Nevermore
- Krokus
- Axel Rudi Pell
- Destruction
- Virgin Steele
- Amon Amarth
- Tankard
- Candlemass
- Jag Panzer
- Morgana Lefay
- Exciter
- Nasty Savage
- Vicious Rumors
- Demon
+ Very Special Guests:
2004
- Iced Earth
- Alice Cooper
- Queensrÿche
- Sebastian Bach
- Gotthard
- Testament
- Children of Bodom
- UFO
- Anthrax
- Magnum
- Primal Fear
- Death Angel
- Blaze
- Lillian Axe
- Kingdom Come
- Omen
- Doomsword
- Shok Paris
- Angel
- Ruffians
- Ballistic
- Cage
- Majesty
2003
- Twisted Sister
- Dio
- Thin Lizzy
- HammerFall
- U.D.O.
- Sodom
- Overkill
- Hypocrisy
- Y & T
- Dokken
- TNT
- Annihilator
- Masterplan
- Amon Amarth
- Brainstorm
- Axxis
- Pink Cream 69
- Rob Rock
- Bitch
- Angel Witch
- Destructor
- Hirax
Warm-up Show
2002
- Slayer
- Saxon
- Halford
- Nightwish
- Doro
- Fozzy
- Gamma Ray
- Nevermore
- Rawhead Rexx
- Iron Savior
- Candlemass
- Titan Force
- Bonfire
- Shakra
- Jag Panzer
- Vanden Plas
- Rhapsody
- Tankard
- Rival
- Mago De Oz
- S.A. Adams
Warm-up gig:
- Titan Force
- Wizard
- Powergod
Aftershow: