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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|01|21}}
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1960|01|21|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Buffalo, New York]]
| birth_place = [[Buffalo, New York]]
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| genre = {{hlist|[[Instrumental rock]]|[[power metal]]|[[neoclassical metal]]|[[heavy metal music|heavy metal]]|[[progressive metal]]|[[jazz fusion]]}}
| genre = {{hlist|[[Instrumental rock]]|[[power metal]]|[[neoclassical metal]]|[[heavy metal music|heavy metal]]|[[progressive metal]]|[[jazz fusion]]}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Drummer|musician|songwriter}}
| occupation = {{hlist|Drummer|songwriter}}
| instrument = drums
| instrument = drums
| years_active = 1978–present
| years_active = 1978–present
| associated_acts = {{hlist|[[Axel Rudi Pell]]|[[Rage (German band)|Rage]]|[[Artension]]|[[Tony Macalpine]]|[[Tarja Turunen]]|[[Yngwie Malmsteen]]|[[Masterplan (band)|Masterplan]]|[[Kiko Loureiro]]|[[Metalium]]|[[Roland Grapow]]|[[Savage Circus]]| [[Avalanch]]|[[Vision Divine]]|[[Kreyson]]|[[Hardline (band)|Hardline]]}}
| associated_acts = {{hlist|[[Axel Rudi Pell]]|[[Rage (German band)|Rage]]|[[Artension]]|[[Tony Macalpine]]|[[Tarja Turunen]]|[[Yngwie Malmsteen]]|[[Masterplan (band)|Masterplan]]|[[Kiko Loureiro]]|[[Metalium]]|[[Roland Grapow]]|[[Savage Circus]]| [[Avalanch]]|[[Vision Divine]]|[[Kreyson]]|[[Hardline (band)|Hardline]]}}
| website = {{URL|http://www.terrana.com}}
| website = {{URL|terrana.com}}
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'''Mike Terrana''' (born 21 January 1960) is an American [[hard rock]] and [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] drummer. His first professional work was in 1984 with the [[MCA Records|MCA]] band [[Hanover Fist]] from [[Toronto]], Canada,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicmight.com/artist/canada/ontario/toronto/hanover+fist |title=Hanover Fist on MusicMight |publisher=Musicmight.com |access-date=2011-10-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827201528/http://musicmight.com/artist/canada/ontario/toronto/hanover+fist |archive-date=2011-08-27 }}</ref> 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]], and [[Steve Lukather]], and bands like Kuni and Beau Nasty.


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In 1997, Terrana moved to Europe, first in the Netherlands for six months and then Germany (where he now owns and runs a cattery).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lebmetal.com/2010/10/who-is-dream-theater-new-drummer/|title=[Revealed] Who is Dream Theater's new drummer?|first=Rami|last=Rouhana}}</ref> He worked with German bands and artists such as [[Rage (German band)|Rage]], [[Gamma Ray (band)|Gamma Ray]], [[Savage Circus]], [[Axel Rudi Pell]], [[Roland Grapow]], and [[Masterplan (band)|Masterplan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.savagecircus.de/news.php?misc=search&subaction=showfull&id=1188906390&archive=&cnshow=news&ucat=1&start_from=& |title=Savage circus line up completed - official website news |publisher=Savagecircus.de |access-date=2011-10-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003180636/http://www.savagecircus.de/news.php?misc=search&subaction=showfull&id=1188906390&archive=&cnshow=news&ucat=1&start_from=& |archive-date=2011-10-03 }}</ref> In 2016, Terrana joined Italian heavy metal band [[Vision Divine]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/visiondivineofficial/posts/10156877615680254 |title=Ladies and gentleman....our new drummer! |publisher= Vision Divine Facebook page |access-date=July 17, 2016}}</ref> In 2017, he also joined Spanish band [[Avalanch]] and Czech band [[Kreyson]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.avalanch.net/2017/01/avalanch-anuncia-nueva-formacion-y-gira-mundial/ |title=Avalanch anuncia nueva formación y gira mundial |publisher= Avalanch Net |access-date=February 7, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spark-rockmagazine.cz/kreyson-ladi-krizka-ma-terranu-a-grapowa/ |title=KREYSON Ládi Křížka má Terranu a Grapowa |publisher= Spark Rock Magazine |access-date=May 9, 2017}}</ref>
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'''Mike Terrana''' (born January 21, 1960) is an American [[hard rock]] and [[heavy metal music|heavy metal]] [[drummer]]. His first professional work was in 1984 with the [[MCA Records|MCA]] band [[Hanover Fist]] from [[Toronto]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.musicmight.com/artist/canada/ontario/toronto/hanover+fist |title=Hanover Fist on MusicMight |publisher=Musicmight.com |access-date=2011-10-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110827201528/http://musicmight.com/artist/canada/ontario/toronto/hanover+fist |archive-date=2011-08-27 }}</ref> 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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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 he was playing on Finnish vocalist [[Tarja Turunen]]'s album ''[[Beauty and the Beat (Tarja album)|Beauty and the Beat]]''.
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In 1997 Terrana moved to Europe, first in the Netherlands for six months and then Germany (where he now owns and runs a cattery).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lebmetal.com/2010/10/who-is-dream-theater-new-drummer/|title=[Revealed] Who is Dream Theater's new drummer?|first=Rami|last=Rouhana}}</ref> He worked with the German bands [[Rage (German band)|Rage]], [[Gamma Ray (band)|Gamma Ray]], [[Savage Circus]], [[Axel Rudi Pell]], [[Roland Grapow]] and [[Masterplan (band)|Masterplan]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.savagecircus.de/news.php?misc=search&subaction=showfull&id=1188906390&archive=&cnshow=news&ucat=1&start_from=& |title=Savage circus line up completed - official website news |publisher=Savagecircus.de |access-date=2011-10-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111003180636/http://www.savagecircus.de/news.php?misc=search&subaction=showfull&id=1188906390&archive=&cnshow=news&ucat=1&start_from=& |archive-date=2011-10-03 }}</ref> In 2016, Terrana joined Italian heavy metal band [[Vision Divine]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.facebook.com/visiondivineofficial/posts/10156877615680254 |title=Ladies and gentleman....our new drummer! |publisher= Vision Divine Facebook page |access-date=July 17, 2016}}</ref> In 2017, Terrana also joined Spanish band [[Avalanch]] and Czech band [[Kreyson]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.avalanch.net/2017/01/avalanch-anuncia-nueva-formacion-y-gira-mundial/ |title=Avalanch anuncia nueva formación y gira mundial |publisher= Avalanch Net |access-date=February 7, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.spark-rockmagazine.cz/kreyson-ladi-krizka-ma-terranu-a-grapowa/ |title=KREYSON Ládi Křížka má Terranu a Grapowa |publisher= Spark Rock Magazine |access-date=May 9, 2017}}</ref>

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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 (Tarja album)|Beauty and the Beat]]''.


==Style==
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Revision as of 20:35, 21 December 2020

Mike Terrana
Background information
Born (1960-01-21) 21 January 1960 (age 64)
Buffalo, New York
Genres
Occupations
  • Drummer
  • songwriter
Instrumentdrums
Years active1978–present
Websiteterrana.com

Mike Terrana (born 21 January 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, Canada,[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, and 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 and runs a cattery).[2] He worked with German bands and artists such as 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, he also joined Spanish band Avalanch and Czech band Kreyson.[5][6]

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 he was playing on Finnish vocalist Tarja Turunen's album 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)
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
  • Self-Inflicted (2001)
Emir Hot
  • Sevdah Metal (2008)
Empire
  • Chasing Shadows (2007)
Jean Fontanille
  • Unknown Parameter Value (2008)
Roland Grapow
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
Marco Iacobini
Tony MacAlpine
Yngwie Malmsteen
Masterplan
Metalium
Razorback
  • Deadringer (2007)
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
  • Heaven & Earth (1998)
Squealer
  • Made For Eternity (2000)
  • Under The Cross (2002)
Taboo Voodoo
  • Somethin's Cookin' (2003)
Tarja Turunen
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)
Kee Marcello
  • Judas Kiss (2013)
The Ferrymen
  • The Ferrymen (2017)
  • A New Evil (2019)
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)[7]
  • Double Bass Mechanics DVD (1996)
  • Beginning Rock Drums DVD (1995)

References

  1. ^ "Hanover Fist on MusicMight". Musicmight.com. Archived from the original on 27 August 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  2. ^ Rouhana, Rami. "[Revealed] Who is Dream Theater's new drummer?".
  3. ^ "Savage circus line up completed - official website news". Savagecircus.de. Archived from the original on 3 October 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
  4. ^ "Ladies and gentleman....our new drummer!". Vision Divine Facebook page. Retrieved 17 July 2016.
  5. ^ "Avalanch anuncia nueva formación y gira mundial". Avalanch Net. Retrieved 7 February 2017.
  6. ^ "KREYSON Ládi Křížka má Terranu a Grapowa". Spark Rock Magazine. Retrieved 9 May 2017.
  7. ^ "Drummer MIKE TERRANA To Release 'The Rhythm Beast - In Session' DVD news". Roadrunnerrecords.com. Archived from the original on 7 June 2011. Retrieved 29 October 2011.
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