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After more than 20 years professionally in the music business with countless bands and projects Snowy Shaw has earned a reputation as a multi talented artist and instrumentalist. As well as composer, lyricist, designer and visionarie madman in general. <\/p>\n
It was bound to happen sooner or later, and many are the fans and followers who have waited for this one-of-a-kind character to go solo, and finally, here he is !<\/p>\n
Starting off by delivering a kick ass show the world has never witnessed before with an unmatched repertoir of classics and hits when Snowy together his band play \u201dAll his favorite songs\u00a0 – By All his former bands\u201d\u00a0\u00a0
King Diamond, Notre Dame, Mercyful Fate,\u00a0 illwill, Dream Evil, Therion, Dimmu Borgir, XXX, Memento Mori etc\u2026<\/p>\n
The Snowy Shaw line up:
Kristian Niemann – Lead Guitar\u00a0\u00a0 ( ex Therion )
Mannequin De Sade III \u2013 drums ( ex Notre Dame )
And female bassist\/vocalissa Hellinor
( now replaced by Vicky Valkyria )<\/p>\n
Snowy himself – lead vocals, drums, guitars, bass and keyboards.<\/p>\n
This live album was captured on the world premiere showcase gig of his solo show that took place in the hometown of Gothenburg, Sweden on May 27th 2011.<\/p>\n
For this special occasion Snowy invited some good old friends for guest appearances :
Andy La Rocque \u2013 King Diamond, Illwill, Death
Mike Wead \u2013 Mercyful Fate, Memento Mori, King Diamond,
Hal Patino \u2013 King Diamond, Maryann Cotton
Mats Lev\u00e9n \u2013 Therion, Krux, Yngwie Malmsteen
Kee Marcello \u2013 Europe, Easy Action, K2
Thomas Vikstr\u00f6m \u2013 Therion,\u00a0 Candlemass<\/p>\n
Snowy just recently decided due to the astonishing response and many offers from festivals promotors and booking agencies to postpone the much anticipated live DVD release with the intention of having even more material filmed and included from the upcoming shows. <\/p>\n
Good news! This means that with a little bit of luck you might have a chance to\u00a0 attend one of the shows and experiencing this spectacular, incredible show of Snowy Shaw first hand., in real life.<\/p>\n
Vinyl? Yes, there are current plans of releasing\u00a0 Snowy Shaw is Alive! as an exclusive super deluxe limited edition vinyl double live album in the beginning of 2012.<\/p>\n
A very merry heavy X-Mas!
Available on Itunes worldwide just a few days before X-Mas!\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Artwork by Snowy Shaw. Illustration by Andrej Bartulovic.<\/p>\n
The brand new Snowy Shaw website & webshop will be launched before the end of 2011 : www.snowyshaw.net<\/p>\n
The Appetizer preview : http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=n3tG5w8bjbM<\/p>\n
Source: www.snowyshaw.net<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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