Bang Your Head!!! was 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,Bang Your Head festival information Bang Your Head!!! has since moved to Balingen, growing into a multi-day event attracting 1,800 people in 1998, 18,000 people in 1999 and 20,000 in 2005.Festival information from Touring in Germany Acts that have performed at this festival include W.A.S.P., Dio, Motörhead, Deep Purple, and Twisted Sister.
The festival was discontinued in 2023.
Lineups 2014 Held on 11 and 12 July at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany.
Twisted Sister Europe Axel Rudi Pell & FriendsFestival announcement including Axel Rudi Pell & Friends 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 10 July: Grave Digger Victory Storm Warrior Bullet Dynamite
2009 Held on 26 and 27 June 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 Lȧȧz Rockit Alestorm Cloven Hoof Hatstik
2008 Held on 27 and 28 June 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 22 and 23 June at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany.
Heaven and Hell Edguy HammerFall Amon Amarth Amorphis Archer Nation 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': Mike Tramp's White Lion Hanoi Rocks
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 Doomsword Omen
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 Mägo de Oz S.A. Adams
Warm-up gig: Titan Force Wizard Powergod
Aftershow: Shadowkeep Falconer
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