Artists

Hailing from Auckland New Zealand, Ross McDougall gained notoriety within the punk rock and hardcore music scene playing for Hardcore heavyweights Evil Priest and Antagonist A.D. Having toured extensively throughout New Zealand and Australia, Ross McDougall has also had career highlights such as headline tours throughout South East Asia and Japan, main stage appearances at Big Day Out, main local support for the Taste Of Chaos tour.

Ross McDougall currently plays for two of New Zealands premier metal bands, Molest The Episcopate and In Dread Response. 

Cruel, cold and perverse, Molest The Episcopate employ a lurid, libertine approach to aggressive death metal. Formed in Auckland, New Zealand in early 2010, the quintet fuse blistering blast rhythms, serrated tech riffs, thunderous breakdowns and vulgar, spewing vocals. Molest The Episcopate have now released their debut album Socialistica Nervosa. Featuring 9 tracks of nasty, unforgiving death metal, the album was mixed and engineered by bass player Johnny Keirle and mastered by Zeuss (Whitechapel, Hatebreed, The Red Chord) at Planet Z Studios in Massachusetts, USA.

In late 2010 Ross McDougall joined In Dread Response who, over the last few years, have earned their title as the zealous flag bearers of heavy metal in New Zealand. In Dread Response set out to create an ambitious amalgamation of doom, thrash, and death metal underscored by a dark, dynamic atmosphere with an unmistakably cinematic quality. With a Juice TV award for best New Zealand metal video in 2010, support slots with Slash, Jennifer Batten and Hail and a debut at #13 on the JB Hi Fi New Zealand national sales charts for their sophomore album ‘Embers In The Spiritless Void’, In Dread Response are now set to bring their relentless energy and live to metal fans worldwide.  

Ross uses:

B.C Rich Warlock NJ Deluxe, fitted with EMG 81 and 85 pickups

B.C Rich Gunslinger Retro, fitted with an EMG 81 pickup

Line 6 POD HD500

Line 6 G50 Digital Wireless

Blackstar Artisan 4x12 Cabinet