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Snowy Shaw | |
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 Shaw in 2016 | |
| Background information | |
| Birth name | Tommie Mike Christer Helgesson |
| Born | 25 July 1968 |
| Origin | Gothenburg, Sweden |
| Genres | Heavy metal, black metal, doom metal, symphonic metal, gothic metal, power metal, punk rock, shock rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, songwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Drums, guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals |
| Years active | 1989–present |
| Website | snowyshaw |
Snowy Shaw (born Tommie Mike Christer Helgesson; 25 July 1968) is a Swedish musician based in the port city of Gothenburg in the west coast of Sweden. He has played with many heavy metal bands, like King Diamond, Dream Evil, [1] Mercyful Fate, [2] IllWill, [3] and Memento Mori.
Contents
- Discography
- With King Diamond
- With Mercyful Fate
- With Memento Mori
- With Notre Dame
- With Dream Evil
- With Loud 'N' Nasty
- With Therion
- With Dimmu Borgir
- With XXX (pronounced Triple X)
- With Theatres des Vampires
- With Snowy Shaw
- With Opera Diabolicus
- With Mad Architect
- With Dark Embrace
- With Barndoom med Snömannen & Hans Vänner
- With Poison Pill
- References
- External links
Snowy is adept at playing guitar as well as drums. He is a primary songwriter in Dream Evil. In October 2006, Snowy joined the symphonic metal band Therion, singing on the Gothic Kabbalah album and participated in the 2007 tour together with already established singer Mats Levén. In August 2010, he was announced as the new bassist and clean vocalist of symphonic black metal band Dimmu Borgir, although he was only officially a member for one day then quit and rejoined Therion. [4]
