Person · Male
Snowy Shaw
- From
- Gothenburg, Sweden
- Since
- 1968–present
- Releases
- 7
- metal
- gothic metal
About
Snowy Shaw (born Tommie Mike Christer Helgesson; 25 July 1968) is a Swedish musician 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, and Memento Mori. He founded the band Notre Dame.
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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.
Member of
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King Diamond drums (drum set)
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Mercyful Fate drums (drum set)
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Memento Mori drums (drum set)
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Notre Dame lead vocals, electric bass guitar, electric guitar, drums (drum set), keyboard
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Kee Marcello’s K2 drums (drum set)
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Dream Evil drums (drum set)
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XXX lead vocals, electric guitar, drums (drum set)
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Dimmu Borgir electric bass guitar
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Cans drums (drum set)
Discography
Singles
Compilations
Links
Listen
Official
Buy
Instrumental supporting musician
Involved with
Vocal supporting musician
Also known as
Tommy Helgesson
Identifiers
- MusicBrainz
- 7861a19e-0a77-4e1a-b5b0-3690edb3cc70
- ISNI
- 0000000131811410
- IPI
- 00244952259
Data from MusicBrainz, saved 12 Nov 2026. Photo from Wikimedia Commons, covers from the Cover Art Archive and Apple Music.