29/03/2026
LINEUP LINEUP LINEUP - that’s right folks, the DDSIII lineup drop is here!
Featuring international, national and local heavy metal acts, DDSIII brings the goods yet again to Kirup this November 20-21st!
**Blast beat roll** Featuring:
Demente - Mexico City (Death Gore Thrash)
Kűntsquad - Naarm Melbourne, VIC (Unholy crusty death metal)
Iniquitous Monolith - Perth, WA (Brutal Death Metal)
Nembutolik - Frankston, VIC (Extreme/Death/Groove)
iNFeCTeD - Perth, WA (Industrial Death Metal)
Vanadium B.C. - Fremantle, WA (Thrash)
Enforce - Perth, WA (Melodic Death/Thrash metal)
Psychonaut - Bridgetown, WA (Horror Thrash)
Oceans & Omens - Perth, WA (Metalcore)
Deadcode - Perth, WA (Death metal)
Psytopia - Perth, WA (Thrash/metalcore)
Greedy Bunch of Parasites - Adelaide, SA (Groove metal)
Terror Adaptors - Perth, WA (Interstellar industrial prog metal)
FistDead - Perth, WA (Grindcore)
Undeniable - Perth, WA (Melodic/classic metal)
Prophetic Ex*****on - Perth, WA (Death/Grindcore)
Deathcap Dinner Party - Perth, WA (Stoner doom metal)
FUXION - Perth, WA (Grunge metal)
Hungry to cement themselves in the Australian metal scene, Demente from Mexico City bring a new flavour of metal to DDS with a stage show to match - promising a theatrical gore-ridden performance that fans will never forget.
Along with three national acts - Nembutolik, Kűntsquad and Greedy Bunch of Parasites - DDS is attracting heavy metal talent from all over Australia, all keen to get their toe in the door of the thriving WA metal scene.
DDS is also very excited and humbled to have three legacy WA metal bands in iNFeCTeD, Vanadium B.C. and ENFORCE on the lineup. These bands represent the best of WA metal from as far back as the early 1990’s, having played alongside the likes of Allegiance and Fear Factory, they are very popular and very well respected in our metal community.
Local Perth brutal death metal band Iniquitous Monolith will also headline DDSIII on Friday 20th November. Iniquitous Monolith are inarguably one of WA’s best and most hard-working heavy metal acts. We're stoked to have them!
All of these, supported by South Australia’s Greedy Bunch of Parasites and WA’s awesome locals Oceans & Omens, Psychonaut, Psytopia, Undeniable and Terror Adaptors. DDS will also bring the best emerging talent to really showcase how good WA heavy metal artists are - including FistDead, Prophetic Ex*****on, Deathcap Dinner Party and FUXION.
FREE camping on site
Food & coffee vans
BYO - no glass
Merch store
Family friendly
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DDS WEBSITE https://www.darkdownsouth.tilda.ws/
Dark Down South III Open Air Metal Festival 20-21st November 2026, in Kirup, Western Australia features 18 acts, BYO, free camping, family friendly.
