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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) EXTERNAL LINKS |
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