On Thorns I Lay


On Thorns I Lay is a death-doom metal band founded in 1992 in Athens, Greece.

History

They started as a death metal, under the name of Paralysis,. Together with bands such as Rotting Christ, Septic Flesh, Necromantia, Nightfall started to spread their name in the local and global underground scene. In 1993 they changed their name to Phlebotomy and released the EP 'Dawn Of Grief'. Next year they recorded the 'Voluptuous' demo which draw attention of Holy Records label.
In 1994, they again changed their name to "On Thorns I Lay" in reference to Shakespeare and released their first album "Sounds of Beautiful Experience" which was closer to death/doom style. Through the years the band evolved their music to gothic metal.
They have released 7 albums and have played in Greece and in Europe together with Dream Theater, In Flames, Anathema, Amorphis, Katatonia, Tiamat, The Gathering, Satyricon, Septic Flesh and many more.
The band after a hiatus of 14 years signed a contract with Alone recs / The Stone Circle Spain and The Vinyl Division. On March 12 they released their eighth album "Aegean Sorrow", recorded at Devasoundz studios, mixed and mastered by Dan Swanö at Unisound Studio.
On February 2020, On Thorns I Lay released their ninth studio album “Threnos”, a heavy atmospheric doom death metal album.

Formation

Past members

Discography