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.
It 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. Following prolonged financial and organizational difficulties, the event staged its final edition in 2023, though no official announcement concerning its permanent closure was ever made by the organization.
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 ChiaromonteVader were scheduled to perform before Virgin Steele, but they missed their plane 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 Vision Divine, Sinister, Majesty, Dark Lunacy, Marshall, Pandaemonium, Kragens, Aleph, Infernal Angels, Megawatt
2007
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
9 August in Sant'Arcangelo Cannibal Corpse, Korpiklaani, Pino Scotto, Handful of Hate, Airborn, Marshall, Ver Sacrum, Solisia
2011 20 August in Chiaromonte Bulldozer, Majesty, Bömbers (feat. Abbath), Node, PTSD, Tyrannizer Order, Aura, Stige
2012
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 6 August in Senise Asphyx, Nargaroth, Vanexa, Fulci, Sailing To Nowhere, Napoli Violenta, Funeral, Mirko Gisonte, Eyelids
2023 12 August in Chiaromonte Carcass, Nocturnal Depression, Sacrilege, Plakkaggio, Xenos, Essenza, Coexistence
References
External links
Official website