Mike Terrana (born January 21, 1960) 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 (Spain) and Kreyson (Czechia). Since 2020, he has been sharing drumming videos on TikTok. As of April 2024, he has over 500,000 followers.

Timeline

Discography

Solo Artension Axel Rudi Pell Avalanch Beau Nasty Ferdy Doernberg Downhell Driven Emir Hot Empire Jean Fontanille Roland Grapow Haggard Hanover Fist Tony Hernando Kuni Kiko Loureiro Marco Iacobini Tony MacAlpine Yngwie Malmsteen Masterplan Metalium Razorback Rage Vision Divine Savage Circus Damir Simic Stuart Smith Squealer Taboo Voodoo Tarja Turunen The Dogma Tracy G John West Zillion Theodore Ziras Kee Marcello The Ferrymen Other releases

Videography

Axel Rudi Pell Rage Tony Hernando Tony MacAlpine Yngwie Malmsteen Tarja Turunen Terrana solo DVDs