Mike Terrana (born 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

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, Canada, 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,

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, 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. He worked with German bands and artists such as Rage,

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, Savage Circus, Axel Rudi Pell,

Roland Grapow Roland Grapow (born 30 August 1959 in Hamburg) is a German professional guitarist and music producer. Grapow is best known for his time in the power metal band Helloween, with which he played for 12 years after replacing founding member Kai Han ...

, and Masterplan. In 2016, Terrana joined Italian heavy metal band Vision Divine. In 2017, he also joined Spanish band Avalanch and Czech band Kreyson. 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 working on the project '' Beauty and the Beat'' with Finnish singer Tarja Turunen.

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) Axel Rudi Pell * ''The Ballads II'' (1999) * '' The Wizard's Chosen Few'' (2000) * ''

The Masquerade Ball Axel Rudi Pell (born 27 June 1960) is a German heavy metal guitarist. Career Pell commenced his musical career with Steeler (1984–88) before leaving in 1988 for a solo career. During this time, he has played with such drummers as Jörg Micha ...

'' (2000) * ''

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'' (2002) * '' Knights Live'' (2002) * '' Kings and Queens'' (2004) * ''The Ballads III'' (2004) * '' Mystica'' (2006) * ''

Diamonds Unlocked ''Diamonds Unlocked'' is the twelfth album by German guitarist Axel Rudi Pell. It is a cover album released in September/October 2007. The album consists of 10 cover tracks and 1 self-written introduction track. Axel Rudi Pell attempted to make co ...

'' (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) 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)

* ''

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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)

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* '' No Gravity'' (2005) * '' Fullblast'' (2009) Marco Iacobini * ''The Sky There'll Always Be'' (2013)

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* '' Freedom to Fly'' (1992) * ''

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'' (1995) * '' Violent Machine'' (1996) * '' Live Insanity'' (1997) Yngwie Malmsteen * ''

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'' (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 * '' Welcome to the Other Side'' (2001) * ''Best of – All G.U.N. Years'' (2001) * ''

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'' (2002) * ''

Soundchaser ''Soundchaser'' is the 17th studio album by the German heavy metal band Rage, released in 2003 by SPV/Steamhammer. This is a concept album featuring a science fiction/horror story about the Soundchaser, Rage's mascot. A biomechanoid creature, ...

'' (2003) * ''From the Cradle to the Stage'' (2004) * '' Speak of the Dead'' (2006) * '' Full Moon in St. Petersburg'' (2007) Vision Divine * ''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 * ''

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'' (2010) * '' Act I: Live in Rosario'' (2012) * ''

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'' (2013) * '' Beauty and the Beat'' (2014) * ''

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'' (2015) * ''

The Shadow Self ''The Shadow Self'' is the sixth studio album released by Finnish vocalist Tarja Turunen. The record was released on 5 August 2016. The record produced two singles. Background The songwriting started just after the release of '' Colours in th ...

'' (2016) The Dogma * ''Black Roses'' (2006)

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* ''Deviating from the Set List'' (2003) John West * ''Mind Journey'' (1997) Zillion * ''Zillion'' (2004) Theodore Ziras * ''Superhuman'' (2008)

Kee Marcello Kee Marcello (born Kjell Hilding Lövbom, 20 February 1960 in Ludvika, Sweden) is a Swedish guitarist/vocalist, best known as the former guitarist in the hard rock bands Europe and Easy Action. He is currently pursuing his solo career. Caree ...

* ''Judas Kiss'' (2013) The Ferrymen * ''The Ferrymen'' (2017) * ''A New Evil'' (2019) * ''One More River to Cross '' (2022) Other releases * ''Tribute to

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'' ( 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 ''Live On Fire'' is the third live album by the German guitar-player Axel Rudi Pell. Track listing CD Version: Disc 1 (Essigfabrik, Cologne, Germany (October 18, 2012)) # "The Guillotine Suite (Intro)" (from '' Circle of the Oath'') # "Ghost ...

'' 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)

* ''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) * ''Double Bass Mechanics DVD'' (1996) * ''Beginning Rock Drums DVD'' (1995)

References

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* {{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