Mike Terrana


Mike Terrana is an American hard rock and heavy metal drummer.

Career

His first professional work was in 1984, with the MCA band Hanover Fist from Toronto, Canada. Between 1987 and 1997, he was based in Los Angeles and collaborated with various guitarists, including Yngwie Malmsteen, Tony Macalpine, and Steve Lukather, as well as bands like Kuni and Beau Nasty.
In 1997, Terrana relocated to Europe—first to the Netherlands for six months and then to Germany. He worked with German bands and artists such as Rage, Gamma Ray, Savage Circus, Axel Rudi Pell, Roland Grapow, and Masterplan.
Since 2007, he has performed with the German band Razorback.
In 2016, Terrana joined the Italian heavy metal band Vision Divine. In 2017, he became a member of the metal bands Avalanch and Kreyson.
Since 2020, he has been sharing drumming videos on TikTok. As of January 2025, he has over 648,000 followers.

Timeline


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Discography

Solo
  • Shadows of the Past
  • Man of the World
  • Sinfonica
Artension
  • Into the Eye of the Storm
  • Phoenix Rising
  • Sacred Pathways
  • New Discovery
  • Future World
Axel Rudi Pell
  • The Ballads II
  • The Wizard's Chosen Few
  • The Masquerade Ball
  • Shadow Zone
  • Knights Live
  • Kings and Queens
  • The Ballads III
  • Mystica
  • Diamonds Unlocked
  • Tales of the Crown
  • The Best of Axel Rudi Pell: Anniversary Edition
  • The Crest
  • The Ballads IV
  • Circle of the Oath
Avalanch
  • El Ángel Caído 2017
  • Hacia La Luz – Directo desde Madrid
  • El secreto
  • The Secret
Beau Nasty
  • Dirty But Well Dressed
Ferdy Doernberg
  • Storytellers Rain
  • Till I Run Out of Road
Downhell
  • A Relative Coexistence
Driven
  • Self-Inflicted
Emir Hot
  • Sevdah Metal
Empire
  • Chasing Shadows
Jean Fontanille
  • Unknown Parameter Value
Roland Grapow
  • Kaleidoscope
Haggard
  • Tales of Ithiria
Hanover Fist
  • Hungry Eyes
Tony Hernando
Kuni
  • Looking for Action
Kiko Loureiro
  • No Gravity
  • Fullblast
Marco Iacobini
  • The Sky There'll Always Be
Tony MacAlpine
  • Freedom to Fly
  • Evolution
  • Violent Machine
  • Live Insanity
Yngwie Malmsteen
Masterplan
  • MK II
  • Time to Be King
Metalium
  • Millennium Metal – Chapter One
Razorback
  • Deadringer
Rage
Vision Divine
  • When All the Heroes Are Dead
Savage Circus
  • Of Doom and Death
Damir Šimić-Shime
  • The Quest
  • Live in Zagreb
  • Demomstratus
Stuart Smith
  • Heaven & Earth
Squealer
  • Made for Eternity
  • Under the Cross
Taboo Voodoo
  • Somethin's Cookin
Tarja Turunen
  • What Lies Beneath
  • Act I: Live in Rosario
  • Colours in the Dark
  • Beauty and the Beat
  • Luna Park Ride
  • The Shadow Self
The Dogma
  • Black Roses
Tracy G
  • Deviating from the Set List
John West
  • Mind Journey
Zillion
  • Zillion
Theodore Ziras
  • Superhuman
Kee Marcello
  • Judas Kiss
The Ferrymen
Other releases'
  • Tribute to Accept
  • ''Holy Dio – A Tribute to the Voice of Metal: Ronnie James Dio''

    Videography

Axel Rudi Pell
  • Knight Treasures
  • Live Over Europe
  • One Night Live
  • Live on Fire
Rage
  • From the Cradle to the Stage Live
  • Full Moon in St. Petersburg Live
Tony Hernando
  • Tony Hernando THIII Live
Tony MacAlpine
  • Starlicks Master Session
  • Live in L.A.
Yngwie Malmsteen
  • Live at Budokan
Tarja Turunen
  • Act I: Live in Rosario
  • Beauty and the Beat
Terrana solo DVDs
  • Rhythm Beast Performance
  • Double Bass Mechanics
  • ''Beginning Rock Drums''