Visit our BYH!!! shop for tickets, merch and much more!
Finally, our internet store is set up for international visitors, too!
Visit the official BANG YOUR HEAD!!! online shop to order your tickets or search for BYH!!! and ROCK OF AGES merchandise and souvenirs of any kind...
Festival impressions at YouTube
We're just about to set up our very own YouTube channel. Until it gets launched, you might have a look at these video impressions our friend Oliver "Bomber" Barth has put together from material he shot at the BANG YOUR HEAD!!! fest back in 2009...
First held in 1996, the BANG YOUR HEAD!!! has grown to become one of the most prominent metal festivals in central Germany, drawing an audience of thousands from all over the world.
It all started with a one-day indoor event in the Stefan-Hartmann-Halle in Tübingen. Three years later, the 1999 edition of the BANG YOUR HEAD!!! was the first one of many to folow to be held as a two-day open air festival. 18.000 people joined the shows of an overall of 17 bands including renowned acts like W.A.S.P., DIO, MOTÖRHEAD or rock veterans DEEP PURPLE.
Over the years, the crowd kept growing and growing - right until the BANG YOUR HEAD!!! was sold out for the first time in 2005, celebrating its 10th anniversary with a killer band lineup including many old friends and fans' faves. 20.000 visitors showed up each day and - despite a massive thunderstorm devestating both the camping and the festival ground - joined an awesome festival experience headlined by the mighty TWISTED SISTER.
Until today, legends like WHITESNAKE, FOREIGNER, HEAVEN & HELL feat. Dio, Iommi, Butler & Appice (aka BLACK SABBATH, of course), JUDAS PRIEST, JOURNEY or NAZARETH came to Balingen, as well as uprising top acts like IN FLAMES, EDGUY, HAMMERFALL and AMON AMARTH, flanked by rare shows by the likes of RIK EMMETT, LETHAL, WARRIOR or POWERMAD - just to name a few. Just take a look at all the years' band line ups so far:
ICED EARTH
STRATOVARIUS
GRAVE DIGGER
KAMELOT
NASTY SAVAGE
TANK
BRAINSTORM
BLACK SYMPHONY
GLENMORE
WARDOG
WICKED ANGEL
1999
DEEP PURPLE
MOTÖRHEAD
DIO
HAMMERFALL
W.A.S.P.
GRAVE DIGGER
PRETTY MAIDS
DESTRUCTION
LIZZY BORDEN
RIOT
PINK CREAM 69
METALIUM
TEMPLE OF THE ABSURD
STEEL PROPHET
MARSHALL LAW
LABYRINTH
GET ANIMAL
2000
SCORPIONS
RUNNING WILD
DORO
DEMONS & WIZARDS
SAXON
JAG PANZER
RAGE
KROKUS
U.D.O.
VIRGIN STEELE
WATCHTOWER
PRIMAL FEAR
AXXIS
MANILLA ROAD
JACOB'S DREAM
EDGUY
EXCITER
DESTINY'S END
LEFAY
EVERGREY
RAWHEAD REXX
CHINCHILLA
2001
DEE SNIDER
JUDAS PRIEST
SAVATAGE
STRATOVARIUS
MEGADETH
URIAH HEEP
ROSE TATTOO
AXEL RUDI PELL
ARMORED SAINT
SIX FEET UNDER
KREATOR
COMPANY OF SNAKES
VICIOUS RUMORS
KAMELOT
HELSTAR
ANVIL
BRAINSTORM
SOLITUDE AETERNUS
SQEALER
EIDOLON
TIERRA SANTA
COURAGOUS
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
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
2004
ICED EARTH
ALICE COOPER
QUEENSRYCHE
SEBASTIAN BACH
GOTTHARD
TESTAMENT
CHILDREN OF BODOM
U.F.O.
ANTHRAX
MAGNUM
PRIMAL FEAR
DEATH ANGEL
BLAZE
LILLIAN AXE
KINGDOM COME
OMEN
SHOK PARIS
ANGEL
RUFFIANS
BALLISTIC
CAGE
MAJESTY
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
2006
WHITESNAKE
IN FLAMES
FOREIGNER
STRATOVARIUS
HELLOWEEN
Y&T
PRETTY MAIDS
RIK EMMETT
JON OLIVA'S PAIN
DEATH ANGEL
UNLEASHED
ARMORED SAINT
FLOTSAM AND JETSAM
VENGEANCE
ANVIL
LEATHERWOLF
RAVEN
VICTORY
COUNT RAVEN
COMMUNIC
POWERWOLF
HELLFUELED
QUEENSRYCHE
SAXON
ICED EARTH
GREAT WHITE
WHITE LION
RAGE
GRAVE DIGGER
TANKARD
AGENT STEEL
ENSIFERUM
OBITUARY
FORBIDDEN
YNGWIE MALMSTEEN
LIZZY BORDEN
HARDCORE SUPERSTAR
KORPIKLAANI
ONSLAUGHT
SECRECY
TYR
BREAKER
AGE OF EVIL
CONTRACRASH
2009
BLIND GUARDIAN
JOURNEY
U.D.O.
W.A.S.P.
LITA FORD
Y&T
TESLA
SODOM
EXODUS
PRIMORDIAL
SACRED REICH
HARDCORE SUPERSTAR
VOIVOD
ROSS THE BOSS
POWERWOLF
LÄÄZ ROCKIT
WARRIOR
DRIVER
CLOVEN HOOF
KISSIN' DYNAMITE
ALESTORM
HATSTIK
This should give you an idea what to expect from this year's BANG YOUR HEAD!!! as well: Simply the best in Hardrock and Heavy Metal! Take a look at the bands
we could get for this year's event and decide yourself if your metal
heart can afford to miss 'em...
See you at the BANG YOUR HEAD!!! 2010!
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VIP arrangements
for BYH!!! 2010
Due to many requests, our friends from Rosegarden Entertainment and Golden Store offer you very special VIP arrangements for this year's BANG YOUR HEAD!!! as well. If you're looking for some extraordinary festvial experience, take a look at their offer and get a get a glimpse behind the scenes. You might even meet and greet your personal faves....
Find all further information here...
ROCK OF AGES festival
If you appreciate the less metalized BYH!!! acts and enjoyed your stay at Balingen, you may join us at our other festival as well: On July 30 and 31, the fifth edition of of ROCK OF AGES will take place at Seebronn near Rottenburg/Germany. Find more information at the ROCK OF AGES-website.
