Swedish metal ACT Sabaton has announced that they have recruited
current DragonForce bassist Frédéric Leclercq to take over the band's
guitar duties for its forthcoming European tour. Leclercq will be
filling for Sabaton guitarist Rikard Sundén who is taken a short hiatus
from the band for the birth of his first child. Sabaton commented on the
addition of Leclercq by saying:
Of course, it's the highest Wish of Sabaton to tour with all Six
members, but this time Rikard wanted to pass and to ensure that the fans
that come to these shows will get a good show we wanted to bring in a
person with both great musical talent as well as a great stage ACT
together with a chemistry that we know fits in Sabaton. We are sure that
Frédéric is that person. This is, of course, a temporary situation,
Frédéric is still a full member of DragonForce and Rikard is still the
guitar player of Sabaton. For the American tour that starts in April,
Rikard will be on stage again, ready to rock and a hopefully a bit
richer in life."