Snowy Shaw

Snowy Shaw
Musician Info
Born	25 July 1968 Gothenburg, Sweden
Died	'
Years-Active	1989 - Present
Genre	Heavy metal black metal symphonic metal gothic metal power metal punk rock shock rock
Notable Instruments	Drums guitar bass keyboards vocals
Labels	'
Associated acts	Dimmu Borgir King Diamond Loud N' Nasty Mercyful Fate Dream Evil Therion Cans Notre Dame Memento Mori IllWill Nightrage Sabaton
Website	'

Tommie Mike Christer Helgesson (otherwise known as Snowy Shaw) was born on 25 July 1968 and is a Swedish heavy metal drummer and guitarist from the port city of Gothenburg, Sweden. He has played in the bands King Diamond, Dream Evil, Mercyful Fate, IllWill, Notre Dame and Memento Mori. Snowy is currently adept at playing the guitar and drums and is a primary songwriter for the band Dream Evil.

Discography

With King Diamond

1. The Eye (1990) – Contrary to belief a drum machine was NOT used on the eye, snowy used drum pads (info taken from a King diamond skype conversation)

With Mercyful Fate

1. In the Shadows and The Bellwitch (1993) (credited)
2. Time (1994)

With Memento Mori

1. Rhymes of Lunacy (1993)
2. Life, Death, and Other Morbid Tales (1994)

With Notre Dame

1. Coming Soon to a Théatre Near you!!! (1998)
2. Le Théâtre du Vampire (1999)
3. Nightmare Before Christmas (1999)
4. Abattoir, Abattoir du Noir (2000)
5. Coming Soon To A Theatre Near You, The 2nd (2002)
6. Demi Monde Bizarros (2004)
7. Creepshow Freakshow Peepshow (2005)

With Dream Evil

1. Dragonslayer (2002)
2. Evilized (2003)
3. Children of the Night (EP, 2003)
4. The First Chapter (EP, 2004)
5. The Book of Heavy Metal (2004)
6. Gold Medal in Metal (2005)

With Loud 'N' Nasty

1. No One Rocks Like You (2007)

Produced by Snowy Shaw

With Therion

1. Gothic Kabbalah (2007)
2. Live Gothic (2008)
3. Sitra Ahra (2010)
4. Les Fleurs du Mal (2012)
5. Live in Atlanta Adulruna Rediviva and Beyond (2007)

With Dimmu Borgir

• Abrahadabra (2010)

With XXX (pronounced Triple X)

Currently Snowy Shaw works with the band XXX making glitter rock. Their debut album, 'Heaven, Hell or Hollywood' has been recorded, mixed and mastered by Andy La Rocque in the Sonic Train Studios. They have been signed by King Records/Japan. Licensed to Perris Records U.S.A via Snowy Shaw Productions .

With Theatres des Vampires

• Moonlight Waltz (2011)

With Snowy Shaw

• Snowy Shaw is Alive! (2011)
• The Liveshow: 25 Years of Madness in the Name of Metal (2014)
• Live in hell! (2015)

With Opera Diabolicus

• †1614' (2012)

With Mad Architect

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