BECOME PART OF THE
HEADBANGERS NIGHT TICINO
ON WORLD MUSIC DAY: 21st JUNE 2026
WHO CAN PARTICIPATE ON STAGE:
Every act is allowed to perform max. 3 songs. You can choose from 3 categories – see this website below. Bands from (music) schools are allowed to play any songs as long as they are related to Hard Rock or Heavy Metal.
HARD ROCK & HEAVY METAL BANDS
ARTISTS & BANDS FROM ANY OTHER MUSIC GENRE
BANDS FROM (MUSIC) SCHOOLS
APPLICATION FORM
SOME INSPIRATIONAL EXAMPLES:
1
CATEGORY: ANY GENRE to METALYou can cover any non-metal song the way you like.
Any Given Day – Diamonds (Rihanna Metal Cover)
Leo Morachhioli – Ti Amo (Umberto Tozzi Cover)
In Flames – Everything Counts (Depeche Mode cover)
Our Last Night – Look What You Made Me Do (Taylor Swift Cover)
In This Moment – In The Air Tonight (Phil Collins Cover)
EXIT EDEN – A Question Of Time (Depeche Mode Cover)
ChuggaBoom – Bohemian Rhapsody (Queen Cover)
Malevolence – Left Outside Alone (Anastacia Cover)
Children Of Bodom – Oops I Did It Again! (Britney Spears Cover)
ARTAS – Gangstas Paradise (Coolio Cover)
Diablo – Dancing Queen (ABBA Cover)
Mnemic – Wild Boys (Duran Duran Cover)
Star Wars Main Theme by Galactic Empire
2
CATEGORY: METAL to ANY OTHER GENREIf you are not metalheads (yet) you are free to choose any metal song and perform in your own non-metal genre. If you like to get some support in choosing a song we are happy to help. Just contact us HERE.
The Heimatdamisch – Sweet Child o’ Mine (Guns n’ Roses Cover)
Robyn Adele Anderson – Enter Sandman (Metallica Swing Cover)
2CELLOS – Thunderstruck (AC/DC Cover)
Tropavibes – Still Loving You (Scorpions Reggae Cover)
paccatum – Blood Red Skies (Judas Priest Cover)
A TRIBO – Nothing Else Matters (Metallica Cover)
Moyun – Thunderstruck (AC/DC Cover)
Tulia – Nothing Else Matters (Metallica Cover)
Epic Orchestra – Numb (Linkin Park Cover)
VoicePlay – Nothing Else Matters (Metallica Acapella Cover)
3
CATEGORY: METAL CROSS-GENREIf you are a METAL BAND and you want to play a metal cover it should at least a cross-genre cover. That means as a metalcore band you can´t play a metalcore cover.
Heaven Shall Burn – Valhalla (Blind Guardian Cover)
Killswitch Engage – Holy Diver (DIO Cover)
Alessia Cara & The Warning – Enter Sandman (Metallica Cover)
Thomas Hogue – Master of Puppets (Metallica Death Metal Cover)
Arch Enemy – Symphony of Destruction (Megadeth Cover)
FEUERSCHWANZ – Warriors of the World United (Manowar Cover)
The HU – The Trooper (Iron Maiden Cover)
4
CATEGORY: NO LIMITS FOR (MUSIC) SCHOOL BANDSAs a band from a (music) school you are free to choose any song as long as it somehow refers to HEAVY METAL MUSIC. But we can´t promise that SLASH is showing up…
SCHOOL OF ROCK – Sweet Child `o Mine (Guns´n´Roses Cover)
WJMtheband – TNT (AC/DC Cover) ++
Lil Rock – Welcome to the Jungle (Guns´n´Roses Cover) ++
MixedUpEverything – Killing In The Name (RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE Cover)
O’Keefe Music Foundation – Du hast (RAMMSTEIN Cover)
HIGH VOLTAGE – TNT (AC/DC Cover and more) – this band played on the HEADBANGERS NIGHT #1 !