It looked as though Norwegian symphonic black metallers Dimmu Borgir had snapped up a mighty fine bassist to join the band in the form of Swedish multi-instrumentalist Snowy Shaw.
That is until he left the band only 24 hours later.
On Tuesday August 24, Dimmu Borgir confirmed that they had recruited Shaw to replace bassist/clean vocalist ICS Vortex on the band's upcoming album, Abrahadabra, and world tour.
The new-lineup seemed to be going off without a hitch with Shaw telling Blabbermouth.net, “Yeehaw! I'm so happy and proud to be in the coolest band on the planet (since KISS [circa] 1976)".
However, only a day later and Shaw appears to have had a change of heart and has left Dimmu Borgir to return to Swedish progressive/experimental metallers Therion.
Christofer Johnsson, the creative force behind Therion, has now set the record straight and welcomed Shaw back to the band via the the following statement to Blabbermouth.net:
"We are very happy to announce that Snowy has rejoined Therion. We welcomed him back with open arms, and we will now be making a mix between the new show we had planned, and the last one which involved Snowy. We think the merger between the two concepts will be incredible, and we look forward to taking the band's live performance to the next level."
Snowy appears to have lived up to his name with what can only be described as a case of cold feet…
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