He uses ESP ARROW FL SIN-6B and ANTELOPE custom baritone scale models for Sinsaenum. 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). It also features shakuhachi player Kifu Mitsuhashi, and guest performances by Elize Ryd and Sean Reinert. Amahiru's self-titled debut album was released on 27 November 2020, and features British vocalist Archie Wilson, Dutch keyboardist Coen Janssen, and American drummer Mike Heller. The two first met in 2015 when Saki's band, Mary's Blood, opened for DragonForce in Hong Kong. Saki performs lead guitar, while Leclercq plays lead, rhythm and bass guitar.
In 2020, Leclercq formed the musical project Amahiru with Japanese guitarist Saki. On 16 September 2019, Kreator announced that Leclercq would replace Christian Giesler on Bass after having spent 25 years with the band. Guitarist Herman Li once said," I didn't want to get Fred because he is such a phenomenal guitarist." He later parted with the band due to wanting to pursue other types of music on his own. In 2005 Leclercq joined Dragonforce as a replacement to Adrian Lambert on the Sonic Firestorm tour. Leclercq is influenced by various guitarists such as Uli Jon Roth, Adrian Smith, Trey Azagthoth, and Marty Friedman. He is also a former member of power metal band Heavenly and played several shows with Carnival in Coal and Sabaton. He is a session musician for various other bands, including George Lynch's Souls of We.
He is currently the guitarist and main songwriter in the death metal supergroup Sinsaenum, the guitarist and vocalist in Maladaptive, the bassist and a guitarist in Amahiru, and the bassist of German thrash metal group Kreator and French death metal band Loudblast. We also made the decision to re-record the song "Betrayed By Thy King" from our 2007 EP to better express these influences and how they came to be a part of our music and to reintroduce our fans to our earlier material.Frédéric Alexandre "Fred" Leclercq (born 23 June 1978) is a French musician and producer, best known as the former longtime bassist for British power metal band DragonForce. These bands brought us together as musicians and brothers to build CRIMSON SHADOWS to what it has become. We journeyed back to the music and bands that inspired us in our youth and put together two covers, STRATOVARIUS’s "Against the Wind" and DRAGONFORCE’s "Blackfire". The band’s skill is evident as they attack their cover of “Blackfire” and pay homage to power metal greats DRAGONFORCE, leading up to prominent EP closer “Against The Wind”, originally performed by STRATOVARIUS. The Resurrection EP introductory track “Betrayed By Thy King” begins softly with intricate guitars emphasized by metallic accents before skyrocketing into a racing power metal-influenced extravaganza! Pleasing harmonic melodies surround a chorus that will have listeners singing along in no time. This marks the new age of CRIMSON SHADOWS! The Resurrection EP is available for pre-order now HERE.Ĭheck out a brand new teaser of “Betrayed By Thy King” HERE The EP features a reimagining of the band’s 2007 track, “Betrayed By Thy King”, as well as blistering covers of STRATOVARIUS’s "Against The Wind" and DRAGONFORCE’s "Blackfire". Canadian melodic power/death metal quintet CRIMSON SHADOWS have returned with their powerful new digital EP, The Resurrection, set for release on Mavia Napalm Records.
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