2005–2007: Aleah Demo After relocating to Sweden, Aleah first became known after she was featured on Swedish
electronic musician
Krister Linder's "Don't Lose Your Way" from his 2006 album
Songs from the Silent Years and its remixes. Stanbridge released a
dark folk/
gothic rock demo under the name "Aleah" in 2007.
2008–2015: Trees of Eternity, Swallow the Sun, and other musical collaborations Some time in 2008, Stanbridge became lead singer of an obscure band, That Which Remains. In mid-2009, she met guitarist Juha Raivio from
Swallow the Sun, who was looking for a soloist to work on the song "Lights on the Lake" for the upcoming album
New Moon. 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 took on a life of its own. Stanbridge and Raivio new musical collaboration project was named Trees of Eternity, a doom metal band with an ambient folk sound and ghostly female vocals, with Stanbridge as the vocals and lyricist, and Juha on guitars. The band worked on a four-song promo,
Black Ocean and was released in 2013 on the internet with great response, as well sent limited signed physical copies to fans. In 2012, Aleah returned as a guest for Swallow the Sun's album
Emerald Forest and the Blackbird and appeared in the music video for song "Cathedral Walls", which featured
Swedish singer
Anette Olzon who was in
Nightwish at the time. In 2015, she sang as a guest on
Under the Red Cloud by Finnish
heavy metal band Amorphis. The same year she was yet again on Swallow the Sun's album
Songs from the North I, II & III. Not only did she provide vocals, she also worked on the band's photo shoot and cover art for the album.
2016–2018: Death, Hour of the Nightingale, Hallatar, future solo album On 18 April 2016, Stanbridge died of cancer. the news was also carried by several online articles. Her death was confirmed, two days later, by Juha Raivio. Juha also confirmed that the Trees of Eternity debut album will be released as planned and was in the post-production phase. Her death announcement has a haunting, black & white video of her singing the song
Sinking Ships, accompanied by acoustic guitar. The album was released on 11 November 2016 through Svart Records. In February 2017, Svart Records announced the new band
Hallatar which consists of Juha Raivio,
Tomi Joutsen of Amorphis, and
Gas Lipstick, former drummer for the band
HIM. The band's lyrics consists of poems and lyrics of Aleah that Juha had gathered. Hallatar's debut album
No Stars Upon the Bridge is dedicated to Aleah. Hallatar's
No Stars Upon the Bridge was released on 22 October 2017; the album features vocals by Heike Langhans from
Draconian on the fourth track, "My Mistake". In August 2017, Juha announced that he would soon be in the process on working Aleah's solo album, expecting for a 2018 release.
2020: Aleah On April 12, 2020, it was announced that preorders for Stanbridge's solo record would begin April 18, and that the record will be released July 1, 2020. On April 18, the first single "My Will" was released, and it was announced that it will be a double record that contains newly mastered songs as well as unreleased songs. ==Personal life==