American drummer (born 1960)
Mike Terrana
Terrana performing in 2012
Born (1960-01-21 ) January 21, 1960 (age 64)
Buffalo, New York , U.S.Genres Occupation(s) Drummer Years active 1978–present Member of Formerly of Website
terrana .com
Musical artist
Mike Terrana (born January 21, 1960) is an American
hard rock and
heavy metal drummer.
Career
His first professional work was in 1984, with the
MCA band Hanover Fist from
Toronto , Canada.
[1] Between 1987 and 1997, he was based in Los Angeles and worked with various guitarists, including
Yngwie Malmsteen ,
Tony Macalpine , and
Steve Lukather , and bands like Kuni and Beau Nasty.[
citation needed ]
In 1997, Terrana moved to Europe—first to the Netherlands for six months and then Germany.
[2] He worked with German bands and artists such as
Rage ,
Gamma Ray ,
Savage Circus ,
Axel Rudi Pell ,
Roland Grapow , and
Masterplan .
[3]
Since 2007, he has played for the German band Razorback.
[4]
In 2016, Terrana joined the Italian heavy metal band
Vision Divine .
[5] In 2017, he joined the metal bands
Avalanch (Spain) and
Kreyson (Czechia).
[6]
[7]
In addition, Terrana has his own three-piece hard rock band, TERRANA, and a live musical project that combines classical and rock music with operatic vocals, titled Beauty of the Beat, which he launched while working on the project
Beauty and the Beat with Finnish singer
Tarja Turunen .
Since 2020, he has been posting drumming videos on
TikTok . As of April 2024, he has over 500,000 followers.
[8]
Timeline
Discography
Solo
Shadows of the Past (1998)
Man of the World (2005)
Sinfonica (2011)
Artension
Into the Eye of the Storm (1996)
Phoenix Rising (1997)
Sacred Pathways (2001)
New Discovery (2002)
Future World (2004)
Axel Rudi Pell
Avalanch
El Ángel Caído 2017 (2017)
Hacia La Luz – Directo desde Madrid (2018)
El secreto (2019)
The Secret (2019)
Beau Nasty
Dirty But Well Dressed (1989)
Ferdy Doernberg
Storytellers Rain (2001)
Till I Run Out of Road (2004)
Downhell
A Relative Coexistence (2008)
Driven
Emir Hot
Empire
Jean Fontanille
Unknown Parameter Value (2008)
Roland Grapow
Haggard
Tales of Ithiria (2008) (as narrator)
Hanover Fist
Tony Hernando
The Shades of Truth (2002)
Ill (2005)
TH III-Live! CD/DVD (2006)
Actual Events (2009)
Kuni
Looking for Action (1988)
Kiko Loureiro
Marco Iacobini
The Sky There'll Always Be (2013)
Tony MacAlpine
Yngwie Malmsteen
Masterplan
Metalium
Razorback
Rage
Vision Divine
When All the Heroes Are Dead (2019)
Savage Circus
Damir Simic
The Quest (1998)
Live in Zagreb (2002)
Demomstratus (2004)
Stuart Smith
Squealer
Made for Eternity (2000)
Under the Cross (2002)
Taboo Voodoo
Somethin's Cookin' (2003)
Tarja Turunen
The Dogma
Tracy G
Deviating from the Set List (2003)
John West
Zillion
Theodore Ziras
Kee Marcello
The Ferrymen
The Ferrymen (2017)
A New Evil (2019)
One More River to Cross (2022)
Other releases
Videography
Axel Rudi Pell
Rage
From the Cradle to the Stage Live DVD (2004)
Full Moon in St. Petersburg Live DVD (2007)
Tony Hernando
Tony Hernando THIII Live DVD (2006)
Tony MacAlpine
Starlicks Master Session VHS (1992)
Live in L.A. DVD (1997)
Yngwie Malmsteen
Live at Budokan DVD (1994)
Tarja Turunen
Act I : Live in Rosario (2012)
Beauty and the Beat (2014)
Terrana solo DVDs
Rhythm Beast Performance DVD (2007)
[9]
Double Bass Mechanics DVD (1996)
Beginning Rock Drums DVD (1995)
References
^
"Hanover Fist on MusicMight" . Musicmight.com. Archived from
the original on August 27, 2011. Retrieved October 29, 2011 .
^ Rouhana, Rami.
"[Revealed] Who is Dream Theater's new drummer?" .
^
"Savage circus line up completed – official website news" . Savagecircus.de. Archived from
the original on October 3, 2011. Retrieved October 29, 2011 .
^
"Razorback – Encyclopaedia Metallum: The Metal Archives" . www.metal-archives.com . Retrieved April 4, 2024 .
^
"Ladies and gentleman....our new drummer!" . Vision Divine Facebook page. Archived from
the original on February 26, 2022. Retrieved July 17, 2016 .
^
"Avalanch anuncia nueva formación y gira mundial" . Avalanch Net. January 10, 2017. Retrieved February 7, 2017 .
^
"Kreyson Ládi Křížka má Terranu a Grapowa" . Spark Rock Magazine. Retrieved May 9, 2017 .
^
"TikTok – Make Your Day" . www.tiktok.com . Retrieved April 4, 2024 .
^
"Drummer MIKE TERRANA To Release 'The Rhythm Beast – In Session' DVD news" . Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from
the original on June 7, 2011. Retrieved October 29, 2011 .
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