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  Background solo_singer
  Birth Name Tommie Helgesson
  Born 1969
  Origin Gothenburg , Sweden
  Instrument Drums , Guitar , Bass , Keyboards , Vocals
  Genre Heavy Metal <br> Black Metal <br> Glam Metal <br> Gothic Metal <br> Punk Rock <br> Horror-shock Metal
  Occupation Musician
  Years Active 1989 -present
  Associated Acts King Diamond , Mercyful Fate , Dream Evil , Therion , Cans , Notre Dame , Memento Mori , Illwill
  URL http://wwwsnowyshawcom/


Snowy Shaw, born '''Tommie Helgesson''' in 1969 , 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 , Mercyful Fate , IllWill , Notre Dame and Memento Mori . He is currently working solo, after a split from Dream Evil in January 2006.

Snowy is adept at playing Guitar as well as drums and laterally featured as a primary Songwriter in Dream Evil.

In October 2006 Snowy joined the Symphonic Metal band Therion , singing on the '' Gothic Kabbalah '' album and participating in the 2007 tour together with already established singer Mats Levén .

Snowy also works as a photographer and designer for bands and artists, and has arranged promotional shoots for bands such as Falconer , Easy Action , Engel , Loud N´Nasty , Passenger , Therion , The Crown , Hellfueled , Nightrage and Wolf .


TIMELINE

1989 - Snowy Shaw joined King Diamond, touring America and Europe.

1992 - Formed the band Memento Mori with Mike Wead and the Messiah Marcolin .

1993 - Joined Mercyful Fate , worked on solo project called Shamens and then Wakan Tanka.

1994 - Quit all previous band involvements to focus on IllWill .

1997 - Quit all previous band involvements to focus on his own band Notre Dame , where he did not play the drums but played guitar,bass, keyboards and sang. Another noted member of Notre Dame was ''Vampirella'', a supposed former girlfriend of Shaw's

2000 - Was asked by producer and guitarist Fredrik Nordström to join new power/melodic metal band Dream Evil . Refused, but agreed to do some session drumming for the band's first album Dragonslayer .

2001 - Snowy is hired as session drummer for the solo album of former Europe and Easy Action guitarist Kee Marcello

2002 - Decided to join Dream Evil as a full member, and toured Europe and Japan with the band. Worked with Them Sluts! , as well as keeping up with his own band Notre Dame .

2004 - Notre Dame was disbanded after one last show on Halloween

2005 - Quit Dream Evil to work solo. ''CREEPSHOW FREAKSHOW PEEPSHOW'', a live recording of Notre Dame in Göteborg (Gothenburg) in 2000 is released by Shaw's own indie label, White Trash Records.

2006 - Produced and in general offered his help to his friends in the Swedish glam/sleaze band Loud N´Nasty . He played drums on the recording and a few shows. Was hired as singer in Therion . Apart from his singing duties Snowy is hired to design and manufacture everything visual for the stage act and photo.

2007 - Therion release Gothic Kabbalah and tour worldwide on their 20th anniversary.


DISCOGRAPHY


With King Diamond


#'' The Eye '' (1990)


With Mercyful Fate


#'' In The Shadows '' (1993)
#'' The Bell Witch EP '' (1993)
#'' Time '' (1994)


With Memento Mori


#'' Rhymes Of Lunacy '' (1993)
#''Life, Death, and Other Morbid Tales]]'' (1994)


With IllWill


#'' Evilution '' (1999)


With Notre Dame


#''Le Théâtre du Vampire'' (1999)
#''Nightmare Before Christmas'' (1999)
#''Coming Soon To A Theatre Near You, The 2nd'' (2002)
#''Demi Monde Bizarros'' (2004)
#''Creepshow Freakshow Peepshow'' (2005)


With Dream Evil


#'' Dragonslayer '' (2002)
#'' Evilized '' (2003)
#'' Children Of The Night '' (EP, 2003)
#'' The Book Of Heavy Metal '' (2004)


With Loud 'N' Nasty

#'' No One Rocks Like You '' (2007)


With Therion


#'' Gothic Kabbalah '' (2007)


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