Frédéric Leclercq

Frédéric Alexandre "Fred" Leclercq (born June 23, 1978) is a French musician and producer, best known as the former longtime bassist for British power metal band DragonForce.[1] He is currently the guitarist and main songwriter in the death metal supergroup Sinsaenum, the guitarist and vocalist in Maladaptive, and the bassist of German thrash metal group Kreator[2] and French death metal band Loudblast[3]. He is a session musician for various other bands, including George Lynch's Souls of We.[4][5] He is also a former member of power metal band Heavenly and played several shows with Carnival in Coal and Sabaton.

Frédéric Leclercq
Leclercq performing at the Nova Rock Festival in June 2013
Background information
Birth nameFrédéric Alexandre Leclercq
Born (1978-06-23) 23 June 1978
OriginCharleville-Mézières, Grand Est, France
Genres
Occupation(s)Musician
Instruments
Years active1992–present
Labels
Associated acts

Playing influences

Leclercq is influenced by various guitarists such as Uli Jon Roth, Adrian Smith, Trey Azagthoth, and Marty Friedman.

Kreator

On 16 September 2019, Kreator announced that Frédéric would replace Christian Giesler on Bass after having spent 25 years with the band.

Equipment

Leclercq uses ESP bass guitars and has a signature model, the LTD FL-600, with five other bassists (the others being Gabe Crisp, Frank Bello, Pancho Tomaselli, Tom Araya and Henkka Seppälä). He uses ESP ARROW FL SIN-6B and ANTELOPE custom baritone scale models for Sinsaenum. Whilst performing in Sabaton, he used an ESP horizon electric guitar. For amplification, he uses Peavey Tour 700 bass amps and 8x10 bass cabinets, along with a Samson UHF Wireless System.[6]

Notable bands and projects
  • Hors Normes (fusion) 1994 - 1996; 2000
  • Memoria (heavy-black metal) 1997 - 1999; 2000 – 2001
  • Heavenly (power metal) 2000 - 2004
  • DragonForce (power metal) 2005 - 2019
  • Sinsaenum (blackened death metal) 2016 – present
  • Kreator (thrash metal) 2019 – present

References
  1. Kevin Johnson. "Frédéric Leclercq Leaves DragonForce". No Treble. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  2. Kreator (16 September 2019). "HORDES! Please raise your horns in honour of our new bass player - Frédéric Leclercq of legendary decent from power metallers Dragonforce". Retrieved 27 November 2019 – via Twitter.
  3. "LOUDBLAST: Unleash New Album, "Manifesto", In September". Metal Temple. Retrieved 30 July 2020.
  4. "SOULS OF WE Featuring GEORGE LYNCH, LONDON LEGRAND: Audio Samples Available". Blabbermouth. 9 May 2008. Archived from the original on 7 September 2012.
  5. "Let the Truth Be Known by George Lynch @ ARTISTdirect.com". ARTISTdirect. Retrieved 8 March 2010.
  6. "Frédéric Leclercq - DragonForce". Retrieved 25 June 2010.
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