Mike Terrana (born January 21, 1960) is an American

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and heavy metal drummer.

Career

His first professional work was in 1984, with the MCA band Hanover Fist from

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, Canada. Between 1987 and 1997, he was based in Los Angeles and collaborated with various guitarists, including Yngwie Malmsteen, Tony Macalpine, and Steve Lukather, as well as bands like Kuni and Beau Nasty. In 1997, Terrana relocated to Europe—first to the Netherlands for six months and then to Germany. He worked with German bands and artists such as Rage,

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, Savage Circus,

Axel Rudi Pell Axel Rudi Pell (born 27 June 1960) is a German hard rock guitarist. Career Pell commenced his musical career with Steeler (German band), Steeler (1984–88) before leaving in 1988 for a solo career. During this time, he has played with such dr ...

, Roland Grapow, and Masterplan. Since 2007, he has performed with the German band Razorback. In 2016, Terrana joined the Italian heavy metal band

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. In 2017, he became a member of the metal bands Avalanch (Spain) and Kreyson (Czechia). Since 2020, he has been sharing drumming videos on

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. As of April 2024, he has over 500,000 followers.

Timeline

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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)

* ''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 ''Tales of the Crown'' is the thirteenth album by Germany, German speed metal, speed/power metal guitarist Axel Rudi Pell. It released on 24 October 2008 by SPV GmbH, Steamhammer/SPV records. The album was #56 on the Sweden charts and #81 on the S ...

'' (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) Ferdy Doernberg * ''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) Roland Grapow * ''

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'' (1999) Haggard * ''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) Kiko Loureiro * '' No Gravity'' (2005) * '' Fullblast'' (2009) Marco Iacobini * ''The Sky There'll Always Be'' (2013) Tony MacAlpine * '' Freedom to Fly'' (1992) * ''

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'' (1995) * '' Violent Machine'' (1996) * '' Live Insanity'' (1997) Yngwie Malmsteen * '' The Seventh Sign'' (1993) * '' I Can't Wait'' (1994) * ''Best Of'' (2000) * ''Archive Box'' (2001) Masterplan * '' MK II'' (2007) * '' Time to Be King'' (2010) Metalium * '' Millennium Metal – Chapter One'' (1999)

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* ''Deadringer'' (2007) Rage * '' 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) Savage Circus * '' 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)

Tarja Turunen Tarja Soile Susanna Turunen-Cabuli (born 17 August 1977), known professionally as Tarja Turunen or simply Tarja, is a Finnish Heavy metal music, heavy metal singer, best known as the former lead vocalist of Nightwish. Turunen studied lyrical ...

* '' 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) Tracy G * ''Deviating from the Set List'' (2003) John West * ''Mind Journey'' (1997)

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* ''Zillion'' (2004) Theodore Ziras * ''Superhuman'' (2008) Kee Marcello * ''Judas Kiss'' (2013) The Ferrymen * ''The Ferrymen'' (2017) * ''A New Evil'' (2019) * ''One More River to Cross'' (2022) Other releases * ''Tribute to Accept'' ( Metalium track "Burning") (1999) * ''Holy Dio – A Tribute to the Voice of Metal: Ronnie James Dio'' (1999)

Videography

Axel Rudi Pell * '' Knight Treasures (Live and More)'' (2002) * '' Live Over Europe'' (DVD, 2008) * '' One Night Live'' (DVD, 2010) * '' Live on Fire'' (DVD, 2012) 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'' (2007) * ''Double Bass Mechanics'' (1996) * ''Beginning Rock Drums'' (1995)

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Terrana, Mike 1960 births Living people American heavy metal drummers Musicians from Buffalo, New York American expatriates in Germany 20th-century American drummers American male drummers American people of Italian descent Masterplan (band) members Savage Circus members Hardline (band) members Metalium members Vision Divine members Rage (German band) members Avalanch members 20th-century American male musicians Yngwie J. Malmsteen's Rising Force members Drummers from New York (state)