On Thorns I Lay
Country of origin: Greece Location: Athens, Attica Status: Active Formed in: 1995 Genre: Death/Doom Metal, Gothic Metal/Rock Themes: Sorrow, Pain, Human feelings, Emotions Current label: Season of Mist Years active: 1992-1993 (as Paralysis), 1993-1995 (as Phlebotomy), 1995-2006, 2008-present Contact: onthornsilayband@gmail.com Started out as a fully Greek band, but at some point featured Romanian members. The bands first two albums saw them playing a very melodic, gothic-influenced form of death/doom metal. The band began to delve more towards a more mellow, straightforward gothic metal direction with some hard rock leanings on 'Crystal Tears', but their work from 'Aegean Sorrow' onward sees them returning to their death/doom roots.