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Cédric "Cede" Dupont is mainly known as a former guitarist for German metal acts Freedom Call, Symphorce and Downspirit. Currently he plays guitar in Silent Circus, a modern metal band from Switzerland. He started playing music by the age of 12 when he got his first guitar.
Cédric Dupont - Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives. Real/full name: Cédric Dupont. Age: 45 (born Mar 22nd, 1979) Place of birth: Switzerland. Gender: Male. Trivia. Released one album with Downspirit: 2010 - "Point of Origin". Released a solo album: 2010 - "Melodrama". Active Bands. Past Bands. Guest/Session. Misc. staff. Links.
Cédric Dupont Age: 41 (born Mar 22nd, 1979) Place of origin: Switzerland Gender: Male
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Background
Freedom Call's frontman Chris Bay gained a lot of his vocal ability from his grandfather, an opera singer with the Berlin State Opera, and his mother, who was a sought-after chorus singer. When only seven he began to play the guitar and by the time he was ten had tried his hand at the piano. Having played in various local rock bands, Bay moved to Hamburg in 1990 and got his first serious gig when he worked with Zed Yago. From 1993 to 1996 Chris was a member of former Victoryguitarist Hermann...
Founding
In 1998 Chris Bay and old friend Daniel Zimmermann formed Freedom Call during an off-period for the latter's main band, Gamma Ray with the stated goal of making "Happy Metal". The two had started writing songs together towards the end of 1997. They eventually completed a six-song demo Freedom Call with well-known producer Charlie Bauerfeind, who offered the tape to several record companies. At the same time, the Freedom Call line up was completed by Ilker Ersin on bass guitar and Sascha Gerst...
Stairway to Fairyland and Crystal Empire
Freedom Call's debut album, Stairway to Fairyland was released on 7 May 1999 by NTS Records. Stairway to Fairyland would sell over 35,000 copies. On 25 May 1999 Freedom Call made their live debut during a tour of France as support band for Angra and Edguy. At the end of August, Freedom Call commenced recording of the five-track mini LP Taragon. Taragon featured new songs, a cover version of Ultravox's "Dancing With Tears in My Eyes", a new version of "Stairway to Fairyland", a new version of...
Chris Bay – vocals, guitar, keyboards (1998–present)Lars Rettkowitz – guitar (2005–present)Francesco Ferraro – bass (2019–present)Ramy Ali – drums (2013–2018, 2023–present)Studio albums
1. Stairway to Fairyland(1999) 2. Crystal Empire(2001) 3. Eternity(2002) 4. The Circle of Life(2005) 5. Dimensions(2007) 6. Legend of the Shadowking(2010) 7. Land of the Crimson Dawn(2012) 8. Beyond(2014) 9. Master of Light(2016) 10. M.E.T.A.L.(2019) 11. Silver Romance(2024)
Live albums
1. Live Invasion(2004) 2. Live in Hellvetia(2011) 3. The M.E.T.A.L.Fest(2023)
Special releases
1. Ages of Light(Compilation) (2013) 2. 666 Weeks Beyond Eternity(Eternity re-release and remastered with bonus material) (2015)
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It was the arrival of guitarist Cédric "Cede" Dupont and bassist Dennis Wohlbold, that gave the band an entire new sound. A year later, in 2000, their combined songwriting resulted in the second album Sinctuary .
5 ott 2010 · I melodic metaller SYMPHORCE, che hanno in formazione il chitarrista Cédric "Cede" Dupont e il cantante Andy B. Franck (BRAINSTORM), pubblicheranno "Unrestricted", il 15 ottobre via AFM Records. Questa la tracklist: 01. The Eternal 02. Until It’s Over 03. Sorrow In Our Hearts 04. Whatever Hurts 05. The Waking Hour 06. Visions 07 ...
