Karlsson ropes in ex Sabbath and Deep Purple men

By Stef Lach
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Primal Fear guitarist working on second solo album with a little help from his friends

Former members of Black Sabbath and Deep Purple are set to appear on Magnus Karlsson’s next solo album.

The Primal Fear and former Allen/Lande guitarist’s last solo effort was 2013’s Free Fall which featured guest appearances from Russell Allen, Tony Harnell and Mark Boals among others.

Karlsson is now working on the follow-up, Free Fall II, and has confirmed former Sabbath singer Tony Martin and ex Deep Purple and Rainbow vocalist Joe Lynn Turner will be involved. Drummer Jaime Salazar is also on board.

Karlsson says: “Very happy to be in the studio with the one and only Jaime Salazar of Allen/Lande and Last Tribe. He is the drummer on Free Fall II and it sounds just amazing.”

Primal Fear’s latest album Delivering The Black was released in early 2014.

Stef Lach

Stef wrote close to 5,000 stories during his time as assistant online news editor and later as online news editor between 2014-2016. An accomplished reporter and journalist, Stef has written extensively for a number of UK newspapers and also played bass with UK rock favourites Logan. His favourite bands are Pixies and Clap Your Hands Say Yeah. Stef left the world of rock'n'roll news behind when he moved to his beloved Canada in 2016, but he started on his next 5000 stories in 2022.