associated_acts years_active article_title name background birth_date instrument genre image origin birth_name occupation
dimmu nasty , mercyful fate , dream evil , therion , borgir cans , notre dame , memento mori , illwill , , nightrage , sabaton king diamond , loud n ' 1989 -- present snowy shaw
 snowy shaw solo_singer 25 july 1968 drums , guitar , bass , keyboards , vocals heavy gothic metal , power metal , punk rock , shock metal rock , black metal , symphonic metal , snowy shaw , london , december 2007.jpg gothenburg , sweden snowy tommie mike christer shaw musician
snowy shaw

snowy shaw , born on 25 july 1968 , is a swedish heavy metal musician -lrb- primarily a drummer -rrb- , 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 .
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 .
on 24 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 .
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 , wolf , dream evil , amon amarth , aggressive chill , medusa , k2 , xxx , hardcore superstar .
in 2012 and 2013 snowy shaw is on tour with sabaton , replacing the current drummer robban bäck due to parental leave .
