Snowy Shaw
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, Mercyful Fate, IllWill, and Memento Mori. He founded the band Notre Dame.
Snowy Shaw
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- Name
- Snowy Shaw
- Birth Name
- Tommie Mike Christer Helgesson
- Born
- 25 July 1968
- Occupation
- Musician, songwriter
- Full name
- Tommie Helgesson.
- Nationality
- Sweden.
- Fields
- heavy metal music, individual double-skin hourglass-shaped drums, both heads played and singing.
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Biography
Biography
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.
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Snowy Shaw appears in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as a musician.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Snowy Shaw • Birth Name — Tommie Mike Christer Helgesson • Born — 25 July 1968 • Origin — Gothenburg, Sweden • Genre — Heavy metal, black metal, doom metal, symphonic metal, gothic metal, power metal, punk rock, shock rock • Occupation — Musician, songwriter • Instrument — Drums, guitar, bass, keyboards, vocals • Years Active — 1989–present • Associated Acts — Dimmu Borgir, King Diamond, Loud N' Nasty, Mercyful Fate, Dream Evil, Therion, Cans, Notre Dame, Memento Mori, IllWill, Nightrage, Sabaton • Website — snowyshaw.net
With King Diamond
With King Diamond
• The Eye (1990)
With Mercyful Fate
With Mercyful Fate
• Time (1994)
With Memento Mori
With Memento Mori
• Rhymes of Lunacy (1993) • Life, Death, and Other Morbid Tales (1994)
With Notre Dame
With Notre Dame
• Coming Soon to a Théatre Near You!!! (1998) • Le Théâtre du Vampire (1999) • Nightmare Before Christmas (1999) • Abattoir, Abattoir du Noir (2000) • Coming Soon to a Theatre Near You, the 2nd (2002) • Demi Monde Bizarros (2004) • Creepshow Freakshow Peepshow (2005)
With Dream Evil
With Dream Evil
• Dragonslayer (2002) • Evilized (2003) • Children of the Night (EP, 2003) • The First Chapter (EP, 2004) • The Book of Heavy Metal (2004) • Gold Medal in Metal (2005)
With Loud 'N' Nasty
With Loud 'N' Nasty
• No One Rocks Like You (2007; produced by Snowy Shaw)
With Therion
With Therion
• Gothic Kabbalah (2007) • Live Gothic (2008) • Sitra Ahra (2010) • Les Fleurs du Mal (2012) • Live in Atlanta Adulruna Rediviva and Beyond (2007)
With Dimmu Borgir
With Dimmu Borgir
• Abrahadabra (2010)
With XXX (pronounced Triple X)
With XXX (pronounced Triple X)
Currently Snowy Shaw works with the band XXX making glitter rock. Their debut album, Heaven, Hell or Hollywood, was recorded, mixed and mastered by Andy La Rocque in the Sonic Train Studios. They have been signed by King Records/Japan.
With Theatres des Vampires
With Theatres des Vampires
• Moonlight Waltz (2011)
With Snowy Shaw
With Snowy Shaw
• Snowy Shaw is Alive! (2011) • The Liveshow: 25 Years of Madness in the Name of Metal (2014) • Live in Hell! (2015) • White Is the New Black (2018) • Be Kind to Animals or I'll Kill You (2018)
With Opera Diabolicus
With Opera Diabolicus
• †1614 (2012) • Death on a Pale Horse (2021)
With Mad Architect
With Mad Architect
• Journey to Madness (2013) • Hang High (2015)
With Dark Embrace
With Dark Embrace
• The call of the wolves (2017) • Dark Heavy Metal (2023)
With Barndoom med Snömannen & Hans Vänner
With Barndoom med Snömannen & Hans Vänner
• Self-titled (2017) • Kråksång & Rävspel (2017)
With Poison Pill
With Poison Pill
• Poison Pill (2017)
Life and career
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Life and career
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1968
Snowy Shaw born at Gothenburg.
Discography
• Illustration — Snowy Shaw performing at Wacken Open Air 2013
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Torreano, Bradley. Biography: Dream Evil. Allmusic.
- 2.Huey, Steve. Biography: Mercyful Fate. Allmusic.
- 3.Rivadavia, Eduardo. Biography: IllWill. Allmusic.
- 4.Rivadavia, Eduardo. Notre Dame Biography by Eduardo Rivadavia. AllMusic. NETAKTION LLC.
- 5.Roadrunnerrecords.com. Snowy Shaw 'Quits' Dimmu Borgir, Rejoins Therion.
- 6.Diamond, King. King Diamond interview. YouTube.
- 7.OPERA DIABOLICUS – Death on a Pale Horse (FULL ALBUM) 2021 – YouTube. YouTube.
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