{{Short description|Flemish metal band}}
thumb | right '''Fleddy Melculy''' is a Flemish metal band.
Fleddy Melculy started as a joke band created by Jeroen Camerlynck, who was active in the rock band ''De Fanfaar''. The name (a play on Freddie Mercury) was deliberately silly.<ref name="Wilri">{{cite news |last1=Wilri |first1=Wim |title=Fleddy Melculy, meer dan een uit de hand gelopen grap |url=https://www.demorgen.be/muziek/fleddy-melculy-meer-dan-een-uit-de-hand-gelopen-grap-be8ada6f/ |accessdate=31 January 2019 |work=De Morgen |date=20 August 2016 |language=Dutch}}</ref>
Their debut single ''T-shirt van Metallica'' was an immediate success, and the band signed with Sony Music.<ref name="Humo">{{cite news |title="Als een metalband mainstreamsucces krijgt, denk ik: één van ons is er geraakt!" |url=https://www.demorgen.be/muziek/-als-een-metalband-mainstreamsucces-krijgt-denk-ik-een-van-ons-is-er-geraakt-bb2b6949/ |accessdate=31 January 2019 |work=De Morgen |agency=Humo |date=13 December 2018 |language=Dutch}}</ref> In 2016 their first ep ''Wat de fok?'' and first album, ''Helgië'', appeared, and the band played on Pukkelpop.<ref name="Wilri"/> In 2017 they played as opening act for Guns N' Roses at TW Classic.
Their debut album peaked at number two in the charts in 2016 and their second album, ''De kerk van Melculy'', reached number one on the official Flemish charts in February 2018.<ref name="Ultratop">{{cite web |title=Fleddy Melculy |url=https://www.ultratop.be/nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Fleddy+Melculy |publisher=Ultratop |accessdate=12 September 2021}}</ref> Their concert that year at Graspop was released as a live album.
==Discography== '''Studio albums''' * ''Helgië'' (2016) – No. 2 Belgium (Flanders)<ref name="Ultratop"/> * ''De kerk van Melculy'' (2018) – No. 1 Belgium (Flanders)<ref name="Ultratop"/> * ''Sabbath Fleddy Sabbath'' (2020) – No. 2 Belgium (Flanders)<ref name="Ultratop"/> * ''And Just Niks for All'' (2021) – No. 4 Belgium (Flanders)<ref name="Ultratop"/> * ''Antichlist'' (2023) – No. 1 Belgium (Flanders)<ref name="Ultratop"/>
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==External links== *[https://www.fleddymelculy.com/ Official site]
Category:Belgian heavy metal musical groups Category:Belgian comedy rock musical groups Category:Musical groups established in 2016 Category:Dutch-language Belgian musical groups