Jörg Michael
Jörg Michael is a German drummer who is known for playing with numerous groups, including the power metal band Stratovarius, with whom he played from 1995 to 2011, and Saxon. He was a founding member of the German power metal band Rage. He has also been a member of Mekong Delta, and many more heavy metal bands.
Biography
Michael left Stratovarius in 2011 for "personal reasons". Around the same time he was diagnosed with thyroid cancer, from which he later made a full recovery.He is currently a member of Heavatar, a German power metal band founded in 2013.
Michael is considered to be one of the most important and influential power metal drummers.
Discography
;Avenger;Rage
;Der Riss
- They All Do What Their Image Says
- 100 Names
- Going Down to Death Valley
- The Rebel Years
- Metal Sword
- Mekong Delta
- The Music of Erich Zann
- Toccata
- The Principle of Doubt
- Dances of Death (and Other Walking Shadows)
- Classics
- X-Mas Project
- Ein Schöner Tag
- Wild Obsession
- Nasty Reputation
- Eternal Prisoner
- The Ballads
- Between the Walls
- Black Moon Pyramid
- Magic
- Oceans of Time
- The Ballads II
- Laos
- We Want It
- More than a Feeling
- Come Tomorrow
- Parody of Life
- A Bizarre Gardening Accident
- Rebirth
- Parasite Of Society
- Third Album
;Running Wild
;Glenmore
- For the Sake of Truth
- Turn of the Tide
- Psychosphere
- Mindfailure
- Absorbed
- Achterbahn Fahrn
- Episode
- Visions
- Live! Visions of Europe
- Destiny
- The Chosen Ones
- Infinite
- Intermission
- Elements Pt. 1
- Elements Pt. 2
- Stratovarius
- Black Diamond: The Anthology
- Polaris
- Elysium
- Enigma: Intermission 2
- Mystic Places
- Seid Glücklich Und Mehret Euch
- Pussy!
;Saxon
;Kaledon
- Chapter 3: The Way of the light
- Devil's Train
- Devil's Train 2
- All My Kingdoms
- ''The Annihilation''