Dragonforce have filled the bass player vacancy which was created last year when Adrian Lambert left to spend more time with his family.

The new member is no stranger to the band as he is the current touring bassist Frederic Leclercq.
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>Formerly guitarist with French metal outfit Heavenly, Fred is a longtime friend of Dragonforce guitarist Herman Li.

Fred's promotion to full-time status adds even more international colour to the Dragonforce line up. The London-based outfit can now boast a South African frontman (ZP Theart), guitarists from Hong Kong and New Zealand (Herman Li and Sam Totman, respectively), a Ukrainian keyboardsman (Vadim Pruzhanov) and British drummer (Dave Mackintosh).

Dragonforce are currently in mainland Europe, they return to play the following Irish shows in March.

Sat 18th March, Dublin Ambassador Theatre.
Sun 19th March, Belfast Spring & Airbrake.