Agglutination Metal Festival
{{Short description|Annual metal festival in Basilicata, Italy}}
{{Infobox music festival |
| image = Dark Tranquillity - Agglutination Festival.jpg
| caption = Dark Tranquillity at the Agglutination Metal Festival 2008
| location = Sant'Arcangelo, Italy
Chiaromonte, Italy
Senise, Italy
| years_active= 1995 – 2023
| dates = August
| genre = Metal
| website = [http://www.agglutination.it/ Agglutination.it]
}}
Agglutination Metal Festival was an Italian metal festival held annually in Basilicata, among the towns of Senise, Chiaromonte and Sant'Arcangelo (Potenza). Born in 1995 as an event to promote emerging groups, it was one of the first metal festivals in Italy and one of the most long-lived metal events in Europe.{{Cite web|url=https://metalitalia.com/articolo/agglutination-metal-festival-2018-meet-greet-esclusivo-con-i-death-ss/|title=AGGLUTINATION METAL FESTIVAL 2018: meet & greet esclusivo con i DEATH SS|website=metalitalia.com|language=italian|date=19 July 2018|access-date=2 November 2018}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.metalpit.it/xxiv-agglutination-metal-festival-il-programma-completo-del-festival/|title=XXIV AGGLUTINATION METAL FESTIVAL: il programma completo del festival|website=metalpit.it|language=italian|date=12 June 2018|access-date=2 November 2018}}
It has hosted bands such as Overkill, Cannibal Corpse, Venom, Mayhem, Stratovarius, Carcass, Exodus, Gamma Ray, Dark Tranquillity and Marduk. Among the Italian bands that performed at the Agglutination are Rhapsody of Fire, Bulldozer, Necrodeath, Stormlord, Labyrinth and Theatres des Vampires. Due to the containment measures against the COVID-19 pandemic, the festival was not scheduled in 2020 and 2021. The festival took place in 2022 and 2023 but was discontinued in 2024.{{Cite web|title = Agglutination Festival|url=http://www.agglutination.it/|website = agglutination.it|access-date = October 24, 2024}}
Lineups
=1995=
;August in Chiaromonte: Marshall and other local bands
=1996=
;August in Chiaromonte: White Skull, Lost Innocence and other local bands
=1997=
;12 August in Chiaromonte: Overkill, White Skull, Megora, Aggressive Fear, In Human Memories, Deleterio, Black Sunrise, Flash Terrorist, Stormlord, Lost Innocence, Harem, Funeral Fuck
=1998=
;11 August in Chiaromonte: Athena, Undertakers, Lacrima Christi, Heimdall, Glacial Fear, Inchiuvatu, Hastings, Aura, Memories of a Lost Soul, Unthory, Black Sunrise, Funeral Fuck
=1999=
;13 August in Chiaromonte: White Skull, Moonlight Comedy, Ahriman, Tenebrae Oburiuntur, Obscure Devotion, 3rd, Terremoto, Kiss of Death, Pino Miale
=2000=
;12 August in Chiaromonte: Domine, Vision Divine, Undertakers, Glacial Fear, Stormlord, Art Inferno, Arcadia, Steel Cage, Humanity Eclipse, Eden Shape
=2001=
;11 August in Chiaromonte: Ancient, Thoten, White Skull, Secret Sphere, Highlord, The Black, Natron, Schizo, Glacial Fear, Requiem K626, Brazen, Enemynside, Dark Secret, Rainy Night
=2002=
;12 August Chiaromonte: Destruction, Vicious Rumors, Drakkar, Undertakers, Stormlord, Heimdall, Infernal Poetry, Holy Knights, Adimiron
=2003=
;9 August in Chiaromonte:Vader were scheduled to perform before Virgin Steele, but they missed their plane {{cite web|url=http://www.truemetal.it/news/agglutination-2003-i-vader-si-giustificano-46017 |title=Agglutination 2003: i Vader si giustificano |date=12 July 2003 |publisher=truemetal.it |language= italian|access-date=2015-12-19}} Virgin Steele, Labyrinth, Theatres des Vampires, Beholder, Fire Trails, Elvenking, Marshall, Rosae Crucis, Mantra, Requiem K626, Hunchback
=2004=
;12 August in Chiaromonte: Iron Savior, Marduk, Crystal Ball, Novembre, Centurion, Thy Majestie, Rain, Nameless Crime, Disguise, Walkyrya
=2005=
;13 August in Chiaromonte: Mayhem, Freedom Call, Necrodeath, Mesmerize, Schizo, Valiance
=2006=
;10 August in Chiaromonte (cancelled):Planned for 10 August in Chiaromonte but cancelled because of heavy rain {{cite web|url=http://www.truemetal.it/news/agglutination-festival-annullato-per-maltempo-33918 |title=Agglutination Metal Festival: annullato per maltempo |date=12 August 2006 |publisher=truemetal.it |language= italian|access-date=2015-12-19}} Vision Divine, Sinister, Majesty, Dark Lunacy, Marshall, Pandaemonium, Kragens, Aleph, Infernal Angels, Megawatt
=2007=
File:Gamma Ray - Agglutination 2007.jpg
;11 August in Sant'Arcangelo: Gamma Ray, Infernal Death, Golem, Kaledon, Dark Lunacy, Fire Trails, Tankard
=2008=
;9 August 2008 in Sant'Arcangelo: Dark Tranquility, Vision Divine, Dismember, Domine, Metal Gang with Pino Scotto, DGM, Savior from Anger, Denied, Nefertum
=2009=
;10 August in Sant'Arcangelo: U.D.O., Vader, Extrema, Fabio Lione, Forgotten Tomb, Fratello Metallo, Trick or Treat, Ecnephias, Symbolyc
=2010=
File:Cannibal Corpse - Agglutination 2010.jpg
;9 August in Sant'Arcangelo: Cannibal Corpse, Korpiklaani, Pino Scotto, Handful of Hate, Airborn, Marshall, Ver Sacrum, Solisia
=2011=
=2012=
File:Rhapsody of Fire - Agglutination Festival.jpg
;25 August in Chiaromonte: Dark Tranquillity, Rhapsody of Fire, Rotting Christ, Ecnephias, Vexed, Lunocode, Poemisia, Twilight Gate, Ghost Booster
=2013=
;10 August in Senise: Overkill, Stratovarius, Marduk, Eldritch, Folkstone, Heavenshine, Blind Horizon, Rebürn
= 2014 =
; 23 August in Senise: Carcass, Entombed A.D., Belphegor, Buffalo Grillz, Elvenking, Eversin, Sinheresy, Lehman
= 2015 =
;9 August in Chiaromonte: Obituary, Edguy, Inquisition, Necrodeath, Forgotten Tomb, Arthemis, Feline Melinda, Carthagods
= 2016 =
;21 August in Chiaromonte: Therion, Exodus, Taake, Fleshgod Apocalypse, Nanowar of Steel, Dewfall, De La Muerte, Real Chaos
= 2017 =
;19 August in Chiaromonte: Venom, Sodom, White Skull, In.Si.Dia, Assaulter, Gravestone, Ghost of Mary, Memories of a Lost Soul
= 2018 =
;19 August in Chiaromonte: Death SS, Pestilence, Folkstone, Necrodeath, Witchunter, Ad Noctem Funeriis, Circle of Witches, Rome in Monochrome
= 2019 =
;17 August in Chiaromonte: Napalm Death, Death Angel, Carpathian Forest, Strana Officina, Carthagods, The Black, Scream Baby Scream
= 2022 =
= 2023 =
References
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External links
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- [http://www.agglutination.it/ Official website]
Category:Heavy metal festivals in Italy
Category:1995 establishments in Italy