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Mike Terrana

Mike Terrana (January 21, 1960, Buffalo, New York) is an American drummer playing in different musical genres: hard rock, instrumental rock, power metal, neoclassical metal, progressive metal, jazz fusion, heavy metal, and many other styles. He began playing drums while still of school age. Mike’s first professional job at age 24 was participating in the recording of an album for the Canadian band Hanover Fist from Toronto. Terrana recorded and toured with other groups, playing in many musical styles. But Mike’s professional activity itself began even earlier—in 1981. Between 1987 and 1997, he worked in Los Angeles with various guitarists, including Yngwie Malmsteen, Tony MacAlpine, Steve Lukather, and the bands Kuni and Beau Nasty. In 1997, Mike Terrana moved to the Netherlands for six months, later to Germany, where he participated in various musical projects. He worked with the German bands Rage, Gamma Ray, Savage Circus, Axel Rudi Pell, Roland Grapow, and Masterplan. Mike moved to Hamburg to collaborate with the guitarist of the German band Helloween, Roland Grapow. After some time, due to an injury to the Gamma Ray drummer, Mike replaced him at several of the band’s performances. Later, Terrana was invited to the band Rage. Mike and Axel Rudi Pell managed to record many albums and a large number of hits. In 2013, they ended their collaboration. Terrana engages in solo projects in the instrumental Fusion genre and other genres. He also performs around the world with live performances for DrumCraft and Paiste Cymbals. In 2014, Mike formed a group called "TERRANA." In 2016, Terrana created the successful project "Beauty Of The Beat."