Mike Terrana
Mike Terrana (January 21, 1960) is an American hard rock and heavy metal drummer. His first professional work was in 1984 with the MCA band Hanover Fist from Toronto,[1] after which he recorded and toured with other bands, playing many styles of music in Western New York state. Between 1987 and 1997, he was based in Los Angeles and worked with various virtuoso guitarists, including Yngwie Malmsteen, Tony Macalpine, Steve Lukather, and bands like Kuni and Beau Nasty.
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| Born | January 21, 1960 Buffalo, New York |
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| Instruments | drums |
| Years active | 1978–present |
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| Website | www |
In 1997 Terrana moved to Europe, first in the Netherlands for six months and then Germany (where he now owns and runs a cattery).[2] He worked with the German bands Rage, Gamma Ray, Savage Circus, Axel Rudi Pell, Roland Grapow and Masterplan.[3] In 2016, Terrana joined Italian heavy metal band Vision Divine.[4] In 2017, Terrana also joined Spanish band Avalanch and Czech band Kreyson.[5][6]
In addition, Mike has his own three-piece hard rock band, "TERRANA", and a live musical project that combines classical and rock music with operatic vocals, "Beauty of the Beat", which started at the time he was playing with Finnish vocalist Tarja Turunen, with the name Beauty and the Beat.
Style
Terrana is known for his powerful and technical drumming with many metal and rocks bands and for his exciting drum solos.
Equipment
Terrana is currently endorsed by pdp drums, a sub brand of dw, Remo drumheads, Vic Firth drumsticks with whom he has his own signature model, and Paiste cymbals, currently favoring the 900s and 900 Colorsound series. In the past he also endorsed Paiste's Signature and 2002 series. Other past equipment and endorsements include Premier drums, Drum Craft drums and Meinl cymbals.
Discography
- Terrana solo CDs
- Shadows of the Past (1998)
- Man of the World (2005)
- Sinfonica (2011)
- Into the Eye of the Storm (1996)
- Phoenix Rising (1997)
- Sacred Pathways (2001)
- New Discovery (2002)
- Future World (2004)
- The Ballads II (1999)
- The Wizard's Chosen Few (2000)
- The Masquerade Ball (2000)
- Shadow Zone (2002)
- Knights Live (2002)
- Kings and Queens (2004)
- The Ballads III (2004)
- Mystica (2006)
- Diamonds Unlocked (2007)
- Tales of the Crown (2008)
- The Best of Axel Rudi Pell: Anniversary Edition (2009)
- The Crest (2010)
- The Ballads IV (2011)
- Circle of the Oath (2012)
- 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)
- Storytellers Rain (2001)
- Till I Run Out Of Road (2004)
- Downhell
- A Relative Coexistence (2008)
- Driven
- Self-Inflicted (2001)
- Emir Hot
- Sevdah Metal (2008)
- Empire
- Chasing Shadows (2007)
- Jean Fontanille
- Unknown Parameter Value (2008)
- Kaleidoscope (1999)
- Tales Of Ithiria (2008) (as narrator)
- Hanover Fist
- Hungry Eyes (1985)
- Tony Hernando
- The Shades Of Truth (2002)
- Ill (2005)
- TH III-Live! CD/DVD (2006)
- "Actual Events" (2009)
- Kuni
- Looking For Action (1988)
- No Gravity (2005)
- Fullblast (2009)
- Marco Iacobini
- The Sky There'll Always Be (2013)
- Freedom To Fly (1992)
- Evolution (1995)
- Violent Machine (1996)
- Live Insanity (1997)
- The Seventh Sign (1993)
- I Can't Wait (1994)
- Best Of (2000)
- Archive Box (2001)
- MK II (2007)
- Time To Be King (2010)
- Razorback
- Deadringer (2007)
- Welcome to the Other Side (2001)
- Best of – All G.U.N. Years (2001)
- Unity (2002)
- Soundchaser (2003)
- From The Cradle To The Stage (2004)
- Speak of the Dead (2006)
- Full Moon In St. Petersburg (2007)
- When All The Heroes Are Dead (2019)
- Of Doom and Death (2009)
- Damir Simic
- The Quest (1998)
- Live In Zagreb (2002)
- Demomstratus (2004)
- Stuart Smith
- Heaven & Earth (1998)
- Squealer
- Made For Eternity (2000)
- Under The Cross (2002)
- Taboo Voodoo
- Somethin's Cookin' (2003)
- What Lies Beneath (2010)
- Act I: Live in Rosario (2012)
- Colours in the Dark (2013)
- Beauty and the Beat (2014)
- Luna Park Ride (2015)
- The Shadow Self (2016)
- The Dogma
- Black Roses (2006)
- Deviating From The Set List (2003)
- John West
- Mind Journey (1997)
- Zillion
- Zillion (2004)
- Theodore Ziras
- Superhuman (2008)
- Judas Kiss (2013)
- The Ferrymen
- The Ferrymen (2017)
- A New Evil (2019)
- Other releases
- Tribute To Accept (Metalium track "Burning")(1999)
- Holy Dio - A Tribute To The Voice Of Metal : Ronnie James Dio (1999)
Videography
- "Knight Treasures (Live and More)" (2002)
- "Live Over Europe DVD" (2008)
- "One Night Live DVD" (2010)
- "Live on Fire DVD" (2012)
- "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)
- "Starlicks Master Session VHS" (1992)
- "Live in L.A. DVD" (1997)
- "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)[7]
- Double Bass Mechanics DVD (1996)
- Beginning Rock Drums DVD (1995)
References
- "Hanover Fist on MusicMight". Musicmight.com. Archived from the original on 2011-08-27. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
- 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 2011-10-03. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
- "Ladies and gentleman....our new drummer!". Vision Divine Facebook page. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
- "Avalanch anuncia nueva formación y gira mundial". Avalanch Net. Retrieved February 7, 2017.
- "KREYSON Ládi Křížka má Terranu a Grapowa". Spark Rock Magazine. Retrieved May 9, 2017.
- "Drummer MIKE TERRANA To Release 'The Rhythm Beast - In Session' DVD news". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on 2011-06-07. Retrieved 2011-10-29.
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