Bang Your Head!!! was a heavy metal and hard rock festival held annually in Germany.
| Bang Your Head!!! | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Heavy metal, hard rock |
| Dates | June/July |
| Location(s) | Balingen, Germany |
| Years active | 1996–2022 |
| Website | www.bang-your-head.de |
First held in 1996 as a one-day indoor event in the Stefan-Hartmann-Halle in Tübingen with a crowd of 600 people,[1] 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.[2] Acts that have performed at this festival include W.A.S.P., Dio, Motörhead, Deep Purple, and Twisted Sister.[3]
The festival was discontinued in 2023.[4]
Lineups
edit2014
editHeld on 11 and 12 July at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany.
- Twisted Sister
- Europe
- Axel Rudi Pell & Friends[5]
- 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
editHeld on 26 and 27 June at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany.
2008
editHeld on 27 and 28 June at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany.
2007
editHeld on 22 and 23 June at Messegelände in Balingen, Germany.
2006
edit2005
edit+ 'Very special guests':
2004
edit- 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
editWarm-up show
2002
edit- 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:
References
edit- ^ Bang Your Head festival information
- ^ Festival information from Touring in Germany
- ^ "Official website - historical overview". Archived from the original on 24 May 2012. Retrieved 2 July 2014.
- ^ "Bang Your Head!!! Open Air Festival". bang-your-head.de. Retrieved 24 September 2023.
- ^ Festival announcement including Axel Rudi Pell & Friends