On Thorns I Lay
On Thorns I Lay (previously known as Paralysis, then Phlebotomy) is a Greek death-doom metal band founded in Athens in 1992. History. They started as a death metal band under the name of "Paralysis". Together with bands such as Rotting Christ, Septic Flesh, Necromantia, and Nightfall they 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". The next year they recorded the "Voluptuous" demo which drew the attention of Holy Records label. In 1994, they again changed  their name to 'On Thorns I Lay' in reference to Shakespeare. (The name was suggested by their friend, Nightfall's vocalist/bassist Efthimis Karadimas) and released their first album "Sounds of Beautiful Experience", which was closer to the death/doom style. Through the years the band's music evolved to include gothic metal elements. They have since released nine albums altogether, 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. On 6 November 2015, the band released their seventh album, "Eternal Silence", which  had been recorded in 2004, right before the band went on hiatus. The band, after a hiatus of 14 years signed a contract with Alone recs / The Stone Circle Spain and The Vinyl Division. They returned with an album of new material, and on 12 March 2018 they released their eighth album "Aegean Sorrow", recorded at Devasoundz studios (Rotting Christ, Septic Flesh), mixed and mastered by Dan Swanö at Unisound Studio. The album was a return to the band's atmospheric death-doom metal roots. On 21 February 2020, On Thorns I Lay released their ninth studio album "Threnos", a  heavy atmospheric doom-death metal album, following in the steps in its predecessor, and of the band's roots. Formation. Past members Sources. Books Biography Interviews Reviews