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Snowy Shaw

Swedish heavy metal musician

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Snowy Shaw
Shaw in 2016
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.net

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 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]

• The Eye (1990)^[5]

• Time (1994)

• Rhymes of Lunacy (1993)
• Life, Death, and Other Morbid Tales (1994)

• 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)

• 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)

• No One Rocks Like You (2007; produced by Snowy Shaw)

• Gothic Kabbalah (2007)
• Live Gothic (2008)
• Sitra Ahra (2010)
• Les Fleurs du Mal (2012)
• Live in Atlanta Adulruna Rediviva and Beyond (2007)

• Abrahadabra (2010)

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.

• Moonlight Waltz (2011)

• 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)

• †1614 (2012)
• Death on a Pale Horse (2021)^[6]

• Journey to Madness (2013)
• Hang High (2015)

• The call of the wolves (2017)
• Dark Heavy Metal (2023)

• Self-titled (2017)
• Kråksång & Rävspel (2017)

• Poison Pill (2017)

• Be Kind to Animals or I'll Kill You (2018)

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