Jens Carlsson (born in 1980) is a Swedish metal singer and guitar player. He''s the lead vocalist of Persuader, Savage Circus and Dark Empire. At the age of 11, he started to play the drums. He did that for a couple of years, then he grabbed the guitar and shortly after that he began to sing. Since then, he''d been circling in some local bands and ended up in Persuader.