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 Terrana performing in 2012 | |
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| Born | January 21, 1960 Buffalo, New York, U.S. |
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| Occupation(s) | Drummer |
| Years active | 1978–present |
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| Website | terrana |
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 Toronto, Canada. [1] Between 1987 and 1997, he was based in Los Angeles and worked with various guitarists, including Yngwie Malmsteen, Tony Macalpine, and Steve Lukather, and bands like Kuni and Beau Nasty.[ citation needed ]
In 1997, Terrana moved to Europe—first to the Netherlands for six months and then Germany. [2] He worked with German bands and artists such as Rage, Gamma Ray, Savage Circus, Axel Rudi Pell, Roland Grapow, and Masterplan. [3]
Since 2007, he has played for the German band Razorback. [4]
In 2016, Terrana joined the Italian heavy metal band Vision Divine. [5] In 2017, he joined the metal bands Avalanch (Spain) and Kreyson (Czechia). [6] [7]
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.
Since 2020, he has been posting drumming videos on TikTok. As of April 2024, he has over 500,000 followers. [8]
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Avalanch
Beau Nasty
Ferdy Doernberg
Downhell
Driven
Emir Hot
Empire
Jean Fontanille
Hanover Fist
Tony Hernando
Kuni
Marco Iacobini
Razorback
Damir Simic
Stuart Smith
Squealer
Taboo Voodoo
The Dogma
John West
Zillion
Theodore Ziras
The Ferrymen
Other releases
Tony Hernando
Tarja Turunen
Terrana solo DVDs
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