Album Sampler and Guest Musician Announcement
“The World Outside” features many guests performances from very talented and well-known musicians such as: Andy Gillion (solo and ex-Mors Principium Est), Vick LeCar (solo artist), Steve Blaze (Lillian Axe), Steffi Cannelli (Cirque Du Soleil), Joao Miguel (solo artist, Enblood, Adamantine), Manuel Acevedo (SAUDA), Cecillia Cuccolini, Dann Hoyos (Rise To Fall), and Coen Strouken (Circus of Fools, Eluveitie).
The album was mixed and mastered by Tom MacLean at Twelve Tone Studio.
Andy Gillion is a British-born multi-instrumentalist, composer, and songwriter. He is best known as the former songwriter and lead guitarist of the melodic death metal band, Mors Principium Est. Andy has also released three solo albums, “Exilium” being his most recent .
Cecilia Cuccolini is a harpist, soloist, and an orchestral musician from Italy. Her collaborations include Orchestra A. Toscanini from Parma and Orchestra di Ferrara. She’s played the harp since age 5 and has a Harp Bachelor Degree from Parma Conservatory, Italy.
João Miguel is a Portuguese guitarist and composer. Although he specializes in heavy music, he has worked with all sorts of artists from different music genres, contributing for several releases worldwide, notably Kitt Wakeley's #1 Billboard chart topping album "Symphony of Sinners and Saints".
Dann Hoyos is a virtuoso guitarist from Spain and is best known for his work with the melodic death metal band, Rise To Fall. He’s endorsed by Ernie Ball and graduated “cum laude” from the Berklee College of Music for guitar.
Coen Strouken is an acoustic and electric classical/rock/pop violist. He studied at the Zurich University of the Arts and completed his master’s degree in classical music education under Prof. Nicolas Corti. Currently, Coen lives in Winterthur (Canton of Zurich), Switzerland, and tours across Europe with various bands.
Steffi Cannelli currently resides in Italy but is from America. She was the lead vocalist for the Cirque du Soleil show, Drawn to Life, and is currently the lead vocalist for Cirque du Soleil’s Alegria.
She has had several bands but currently sings with PeachMotif.
Steve Blaze is the guitarist and main songwriter for Lillian Axe. He’s released 10 albums with Lillian Axe but also has worked with Angel and released albums as a solo artist and his other band, Near Life Experience.
Vick LeCar is a hard rock and blues guitarist who has collaborated with many artists linked to rock and melodic metal, including the multi-platinum artist One, featuring former Rainbow, Yngwie Malmsteen, and Deep Purple singer Joe Lynn Turner.
Manuel Acevedo has a degree in music education from the Adolfo Abalos Institute of Music and also studied guitar in Luis Gianneo Conservatory of Music and has been teaching and gigging for the past decade and a half, covering a wide range of styles. Manuel as the lead guitar player for SAUDA, an Argentinian vocal quartet and is currently working as a guitar instructor at the GuitarZoom Academy.
