Klas Magnus Rosén (born 1963 in
Gothenburg
Gothenburg ( ; ) is the List of urban areas in Sweden by population, second-largest city in Sweden, after the capital Stockholm, and the fifth-largest in the Nordic countries. Situated by the Kattegat on the west coast of Sweden, it is the gub ...
) is a Swedish
musician. He was the
bassist of Swedish band
HammerFall from 1997 to 2007.
Magnus Rosén started to play
bass when he was 15 years old. after playing bass for three years he went on his first tour with the band
Kung Sune. After the tour he moved to
Los Angeles
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, where he played in many bands. Returning to Sweden he joined Billionaires Boys Club, where his future HammerFall bandmate,
Anders Johansson, played drums. The band also featured ex-Accept guitarist
Jörg Fischer and
Yngwie Malmsteen's onetime vocalists
Mark Boals and
Göran Edman.
Magnus is also a solo bassist, and recorded several albums of solo material. He occasionally does solo tours in South America, where he donates the profits to charity.
In 2007 Magnus left Hammerfall to focus on his own projects.
In 2008 Rosén was a member of the X-World 5. The group consisted of producer/composer Stefan "Big Swede" Svensson,
Andy LaRocque,
Reeves Gabrels and Nils K. Rue. Together they recorded one experimental album, called ''New Universal Order''.
In November 2009, Magnus joined ex-
Stratovarius
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guitarist
Timo Tolkki
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's new band
Revolution Renaissance.
Rosén played with
Black Sabbath
Black Sabbath are an English rock band formed in Birmingham in 1968 by guitarist Tony Iommi, drummer Bill Ward (musician), Bill Ward, bassist Geezer Butler, and vocalist Ozzy Osbourne. After adopting the Black Sabbath name in 1969 (the band ...
vocalist
Tony Martin's live band, Tony Martin's Headless Cross. The band played their debut show on 27 July 2012 at The Asylum in Birmingham, UK.
In 2015, Rosén was announced as the new bassist for Brazilian heavy metal band
Shadowside. In 2017, he also joined Spanish band
Avalanch
Rosén also played with
Joe Lynn Turner in 2017 on a Scandinavian tour.
Rosén is also a member of
The Senior Management, featuring
Göran Edman, Henrik Zetterlund and Dennis Heltorp.
Discography
Solo
*''Imagine a Place'' (2001)
*''Reminiscence'' (2002)
*''Empty Room'' (2003)
*''Arose'' (2006)
*''Set Me Free'' (2007)
*''Past Future'' (2010)
*''Empower Duo'' (2012)
*''Art With Bass'' (2013)
*''Bass For Relax'' (2013)
Hammerfall
*''
Legacy of Kings'' (1998)
*''
Heeding the Call'' (1998) - EP
*''
I Want Out'' (1999) - EP
*''
The First Crusade'' (1999) - VHS and DVD
*''
Renegade'' (2000) - single
*''
Renegade'' (2000)
*''
Always Will Be'' (2001) - single
*''
The Templar Renegade Crusades'' (2002) - VHS and DVD
*''
Hearts on Fire'' (2002) - single
*''
Crimson Thunder'' (2002)
*''
One Crimson Night'' (2004) - CD and DVD
*''
Blood Bound'' (2005) - single
*''
Chapter V: Unbent, Unbowed, Unbroken'' (2005)
*''
Threshold'' (2006)
Avalanch
*''El Ángel Caído 2017'' (2017)
*''Hacia La Luz - Directo desde Madrid'' (2018)
Shadowside
*''Shades of Humanity'' (2017)
The Senior Management
*''Heart & Soul'' (2018)
Other
*
Shame
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Definition
Shame is a discrete, basic emotion, d ...
- ''Shame'' (1980)
*
Kung Sune - ''
Sunes bar och grill'' (1982)
*Von Rosen - ''Like a Dream'' (1987)
*Von Rosen - ''
Someone Like You'' (1988)
*
Billionaires Boys Club - ''Something Wicked Comes'' (1993)
*
Keegan - ''
Mind No Mind'' (1995)
*
Jorn - ''
Out to Every Nation'' (2004)
*
X-World/5 - ''
New Universal Order'' (2008)
*
Revolution Renaissance - ''
Trinity
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'' (2010)
References
External links
*
Myspace site
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1963 births
Living people
Musicians from Gothenburg
Swedish male musicians
Avalanch members
Revolution Renaissance members
HammerFall members