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. Their music is often described as down-tempo, doom/death-inspired melancholia with angelic female vocals.

History

Trees of Eternity was formed when guitarist

and singer Aleah got together in the studio to work on the song "Lights on the Lake" for the upcoming

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''. The plan was to feature Aleah's vocals on part of the song already prepared by Juha, but when they instead began to experiment with a vocal line Aleah had written for the occasion the session quickly headed off in a new direction and the project took on a life of its own. The pair released a four-song promo online, and have since completed and recorded the songs for their upcoming debut album. Trees of Eternity also signed a publishing deal with UK-based

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. The full album line-up of Trees of Eternity includes, apart from the two original members, Fredrik Norrman (October Tide, ex-Katatonia), Mattias Norrman (October Tide, ex-Katatonia) and Kai Hahto (Wintersun, Swallow the Sun, Nightwish), as well as some acclaimed guest musicians. On April 18, 2016, singer Aleah Stanbridge died from cancer at age 39. Two days later, Juha wrote on Facebook that the album has been ready to be released for a while and that the plans are still in motion. He was also planning to release Aleah's solo songs. On August 11, 2016, the band's debut album, ''Hour of the Nightingale'', was announced to be released on November 11.

Members

*Juha Raivio - guitars (2009–2016) *

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- drums (2013–2016) *Fredrik Normann - guitars (2013–2016) *Mattias Normann - bass (2014–2016) *

- vocals (2009–2016; died 2016)

Discography

Demos

* ''Black Ocean'' (2013)

Studio albums

* ''Hour of The Nightingale'' (2016)

Notes

References

MetalStorm.net

Blabbermouth.net

External links

* https://www.facebook.com/treesofeternity {{Authority control 2013 establishments in Sweden Swedish doom metal musical groups Musical groups established in 2013