Bang Your Head!!!

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, 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. Acts that have performed at this festival include: W.A.S.P., DIO, Motörhead, Deep Purple and Twisted Sister.

Line-Ups

2014

July 11-12, 2014 Messegelände, Balingen, Germany

Twisted Sister Europe 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 July 10, 2014

Grave Digger Victory Storm Warrior Bullet Dynamite

2009

June 26-27, 2009 Messegelände, 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

June 27-28, 2008 Messegelände, 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

June 22-23 at Messegelände, 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:

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 (band)

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: Shadowkeep Falconer