Mike Terrana is an American drummer, principally in the hard rock genre. His first professional work was in 1984 with the MCA band Hanover Fist, after which he recorded and toured with various bands, playing various styles of music in Western New York state. Between 1987 and 1997, he was based in Los Angeles, working with bands like Yngwie Malmsteen, Tony Macalpine, Steve Lukather (Toto), Kuni, and Beau Nasty.

In 1997 Terrana moved to Europe, first in Holland for six months and then Germany. He worked with Gamma Ray, Rage, Axel Rudi Pell, Roland Grapow (ex-guitar player Helloween), Savage Circus.

He currently lives in Copenhagen, Denmark, and is a recording and touring member of Masterplan; he also tours with Tarja Turunen . He is engaged in projects in the instrumental fusion genre and performs drum clinics around the world for Ddrum and Meinl Percussion cymbals .

Discography

Artension

• "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" (1999)
• "Shadow Zone" (2002)
• "Knights Live" (2002)
• "Kings and Queens" (2004)
• "The Ballads III" (2005)
• "Mystica" (2006)
• "Diamonds Unlocked" (2007)

Beau Nasty

• "Dirty but Well Dressed" (1989)

Ferdy Doernberg

• "Storytellers Rain" (2001)
• "Till I run Out of Road" (2004)

Driven

• "Self-Inflicted" (2001)

Emir Hot

• "Sevdah Metal" (2007)

Empire

• "Chasing Shadows" (2007)

Roland Grapow

• "Kaleidoscope" (1999)

Hanover Fist

• "Hungry Eyes" (1985)

Tony Hernando

• "The Shades of Truth" (2002)
• "Ill" (2005)

Kuni

• "Kuni" (1988)

Kiko Loureiro

• "No Gravity" (2005)

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)

Masterplan

• "MKII" (2007)

Metalium

• "Millennium Metal" (1999)

Razorback

• "Deadringer" (2007)

Rage

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

Damir Simic

• "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)

The Dogma

• "Black Roses" (2006)

Tracy G

• "Deviating from the Set List" (2003)

John West

• "Mind Journey" (1997)

Zillion

• "Zillion" (2004)

Terrana solo CDs

• "Shadows of the Past" (1998)
• "Man of the World" (2005)

Other releases

• Yngwie Malmsteen - "The Seventh Sign"(1998)
• Yngwie Malmsteen - "Best of" (2000)
• Yngwie Malmsteen - "Archive Box" (2001)
• Tribute to Accept (Metalium track "Burning")(1999)
• "Holy Dio - A Tribute to The Voice of Metal : Ronnie James Dio" (1999)

Videography

Axel Rudi Pell

• "Axel Rudi Pell Knight Treasures DVD" (2002)
• "Live Over Europe DVD" (2008)

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)

Rage

• "Metal Warriors DVD" (1999)
• "From the Cradle to the Stage DVD" (2004)
• "Full Moon in St Petersburg DVD" (2007)

Terrana solo DVDs

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

References

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