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Snowy Shaw (born Tommie Mike Christer Helgesson; 25 July 1968) is a Swedish heavy metal musician (primarily a drummer) 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.
Snowy Shaw
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Shaw in 2016
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Tommie Mike Christer Helgesson |
| Born | (1968-07-25) 25 July 1968 (age 55) |
| 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 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]
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.
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