Notre Dame was a Swedish

Sweden

Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 metal band formed in 1997 and disbanded in 2004. Members included Snowy Shaw

Snowy Shaw

Snowy Shaw, born Tommie Helgesson in 25 July 1968, is a Swedish heavy metal 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, Notre Dame and Memento Mori...

 and Vampirella (vocals) and Jean-Pierre de Sade (guitar and bass) and Mannequin de Sade (drums) two brothers who claimed to be descendants of legendary revolutionary writer Marquis de Sade

Marquis de Sade

Donatien Alphonse François, Marquis de Sade was a French aristocrat, revolutionary politician, philosopher, and writer famous for his libertine sexuality and lifestyle...

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The band mixed black metal

Black metal

Black metal is an extreme subgenre of heavy metal music. Common traits include fast tempos, shrieked vocals, highly distorted guitars played with tremolo picking, blast beat drumming, raw recording, and unconventional song structure....

 with elements of electro, horror, gothic

Gothic rock

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 and orchestral themes.

In an interview, Snowy stated, that he performed drums on Notre Dame albums and Mannequin de Sade was actually only a made-up character.

Studio albums

Title	Release date	Label
Vol. 1: Le Théâtre Du Vampire	1999	Osmose Productions, Steamhammer
Nightmare Before Christmas	1999	Osmose Productions, SPV GmbH
Coming Soon To A Theatre Near You, The 2nd	2002	Osmose Productions, Steamhammer
Demi Monde Bizarros Demi Monde Bizarros -Credits:* Snowy Shaw - vocals, guitar and keyboard* Mannekin De Sade - drums* Vampirella - vocals-External Links:http://www.discogs.com/Notre-Dame-Demi-Monde-Bizarros/release/497549...	2004	Osmose Productions

Live album

Title	Release date	Label
Creepshow Freakshow Peepshow	2005	White Trash Records

EP

Title	Release date	Label
Coming Soon To A Théatre Near You	1998	Osmose Productions

Single

Title	Release date	Label
Abattoir, Abattoir Du Noir	2000	Osmose Productions

Demo

Title	Release date	Label
Notre Dame	1998	Independent

Former members

• Tommie "Snowy Shaw
  Snowy Shaw
  Snowy Shaw, born Tommie Helgesson in 25 July 1968, is a Swedish heavy metal 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, Notre Dame and Memento Mori...
  
  " Helgesson - vocals
  Singing
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  , guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
   and keyboard
  Keyboard instrument
  A keyboard instrument is a musical instrument which is played using a musical keyboard. The most common of these is the piano. Other widely used keyboard instruments include organs of various types as well as other mechanical, electromechanical and electronic instruments...
  
   (1997–2004)
• Mannekin De Sade - drums
  Drum kit
  A drum kit is a collection of drums, cymbals and often other percussion instruments, such as cowbells, wood blocks, triangles, chimes, or tambourines, arranged for convenient playing by a single person ....
  
   (1999–2004)
• Jean-Pierre De Sade - guitar
  Guitar
  The guitar is a plucked string instrument, usually played with fingers or a pick. The guitar consists of a body with a rigid neck to which the strings, generally six in number, are attached. Guitars are traditionally constructed of various woods and strung with animal gut or, more recently, with...
  
  , bass
  Bass guitar
  The bass guitar is a stringed instrument played primarily with the fingers or thumb , or by using a pick....
  
   (1997–2002)
• Melissa "Vampirella" Swan - vocals
  Singing
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  (1997–2004)