Mike Terrana

Mike Terrana
Background information
Born	January 21, 1960 (1960-01-21) (age 51), Buffalo, New York
Genres	Instrumental rock, power metal, neo-classical metal, heavy metal, progressive metal, jazz fusion
Occupations	Drummer, musician, songwriter
Instruments	Drums
Years active	1978–present
Labels	Dockyard 1
Associated acts	Masterplan, Tarja Turunen, Axel Rudi Pell, Savage Circus, Rage, Steve Lukather, Yngwie Malmsteen, Tony Macalpine
Website	terrana.com
Notable instruments
DrumCraft, Meinl Percussion cymbals, Vic Firth sticks, Trick BassDrum Pedals, Remo Drum Heads

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.

In 1997 Terrana moved to Europe, first in the Netherlands for six months and then Germany (where he now owns a cattery).^[2] He worked with the German bands Rage, Gamma Ray, Axel Rudi Pell, Roland Grapow (Masterplan, ex-Helloween guitar player), Savage Circus.^[3]

He is currently a recording and touring member for Tarja Turunen band and has recently recorded her latest solo release entitled What Lies Beneath on Universal Records.^[4] Terrana is also engaged in projects in the instrumental fusion genre and performs drum clinics around the world for DrumCraft and Meinl Percussion cymbals.^[5]

He is also the drummer of melodic power metal band Masterplan since 2006. Mike currently lives in Hamburg, Germany.

Discography

Artension

• Into the Eye of the Storm (1996)
• Phoenix Rising (1997)
• Sacred Pathways (2001)
• New Discovery (2002)
• Future World (2004)

Axel Rudi Pell

• 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)

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

• Kaleidoscope (1999)

Haggard

• Tales of Ithiria (2008) (as narrator)

Hanover Fist

• Hungry Eyes (1985)

Tony Hernando

• The Shades of Truth (2002)
• Ill (2005)
• VII (2008)

Kuni

• Looking for Action (1988)

Kiko Loureiro

• No Gravity (2005)
• Fullblast (2009)

Tony MacAlpine

• Freedom to Fly (1992)
• Evolution (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)

Razorback

• Deadringer (2007)

Rage

• Ghosts (1999)
• Welcome to the Other Side (2001)
• Best of Rage / The G.U.N. Years
• Unity (2002)
• Soundchaser (2003)
• Speak of the Dead (2006)

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

• My Winter Storm (2007)
• What Lies Beneath (2010)

The Dogma

• Black Roses (2006)

Tracy G

• Deviating from the Set List (2003)

John West

• Mind Journey (1997)

Zillion

• Zillion (2004)

Theodore Ziras

• Superhuman (2008)

Terrana solo CDs

• Shadows of the Past (1998)
• Man of the World (2005)
• Sinfonica (2011)

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)

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)

Terrana solo DVDs

• “Rhythm Beast Performance DVD” (2007)^[6]
• "Double Bass Mechanics DVD" (1996)
• "Beginning Rock Drums DVD" (1995)

References

1. ^ "Hanover Fist on MusicMight". Musicmight.com. http://www.musicmight.com/linkto/artist/{F1A9C79F-737A-4BE2-9806-A6025B7. Retrieved 2011-10-29. 
2. ^ "NME Mike Terrena Biography". Nme.com. http://www.nme.com/artists/mike-terrana#biography. Retrieved 2011-10-29. 
3. ^ "Savage circus line up completed - official website news". Savagecircus.de. http://www.savagecircus.de/news.php?misc=search&subaction=showfull&id=1188906390&archive=&cnshow=news&ucat=1&start_from=&. Retrieved 2011-10-29. 
4. ^ "Tarja Turunen's Warm Up Concerts 2007 line up and dates". Roadrunnerrecords.com. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=83825. Retrieved 2011-10-29. 
5. ^ "Personal page on Meinl official website". Meinlcymbals.com. http://meinlcymbals.com/artists/artist/ARTIST/mike_terrana.html?cHash=eab9c91efb. Retrieved 2011-10-29. 
6. ^ "Drummer MIKE TERRANA To Release 'The Rhythm Beast - In Session' DVD news". Roadrunnerrecords.com. http://www.roadrunnerrecords.com/blabbermouth.net/news.aspx?mode=Article&newsitemID=77815. Retrieved 2011-10-29. 

External links

• Mike Terrana official site
• Masterplan official page
• Tarja Turunen official page
• Tarja Turunen Universal Records official record company page
• Lords of Metal, monthly e-zine, November 2007
• Metal Zone video interview
• Dockyard 1 Terrana DVD release
• Drummer Zone

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