---
title: "On Thorns I Lay"
type: "MusicGroup"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/band/on-thorns-i-lay"
genre: "Doom Metal"
country: "Greece"
formed: 1992
---

# On Thorns I Lay

**On Thorns I Lay** is a doom metal band, from Greece, active 1992 to present.

On Thorns I Lay is a Greek death-doom and gothic metal band founded in Athens in 1992. The group has gone through different stylistic facets throughout its career, starting with death metal in their early days, then transitioning to a blackened death-doom symphonic style with their first EP, and later embracing atmospheric doom-death in their early albums and later gothic metal with their subsequent albums. On Thorns I Lay is among the bands of the first major gothic doom wave that systematized the principle of contrasting vocals known as the "beauty and the beast" style that became popular in the late 1990s. Towards the end of the first part of their career in the early 2000s, they shifted towards a more stripped-down and introspective rock-metal style.

Biography source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/On_Thorns_I_Lay

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Name | On Thorns I Lay |
| Genre | Doom Metal |
| Parent genre | Doom Metal |
| Origin | Athens, Greece |
| Formed | 1992 |
| Releases in catalog | 11 |

## Genres

[Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/doom-metal) · [Gothic Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/gothic-metal) · [Death-Doom Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-doom) · [Death Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/death-metal)

## Line-up

| Musician | Instruments | Years | Status |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Chris Dragamestianos](https://themetalnet.com/musician/chris-dragamestianos) | Guitar family | 1995 to present | Current |
| [Stefanos Kintzoglou](https://themetalnet.com/musician/stefanos-kintzoglou) | Bass guitar | 1995 to present | Current |
| [Maxi Nil](https://themetalnet.com/musician/maxi-nil) | Lead vocals | 2003 to present | Former |
| [Elena Doroftei](https://themetalnet.com/musician/elena-doroftei) |  | 1999 to 2001 | Former |
| [Andrew Olaru](https://themetalnet.com/musician/andrew-olaru) | Membranophone | 1999 to 1999 | Former |
| [Evans M.](https://themetalnet.com/musician/evans-m) | Membranophone |  | Former |

## Discography

| Year | Release | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1995 | [Sounds of Beautiful Experience](https://themetalnet.com/album/0df0b9a0-f041-3708-ac52-b9cf8f62a6df) | Album |
| 1997 | [Orama](https://themetalnet.com/album/32d10ede-7141-31ba-989d-7b08ca209aee) | Album |
| 1999 | [Crystal Tears](https://themetalnet.com/album/3a77eeb2-7859-3d0a-83f5-44df80dbc459) | Album |
| 2000 | [Future Narcotic](https://themetalnet.com/album/de0e0482-d74d-33ee-9eff-c143b54bcf3c) | Album |
| 2001 | [Angeldust](https://themetalnet.com/album/27bb0ed5-976d-340a-ab98-8dc118b6c5a0) | Album |
| 2003 | [Egocentric](https://themetalnet.com/album/9668ff69-5a17-380a-9684-a46e21e5debd) | Album |
| 2015 | [Eternal Silence](https://themetalnet.com/album/4e624493-1765-42f5-aec3-e038fe27d338) | Album |
| 2018 | [Aegean Sorrow](https://themetalnet.com/album/441f19d1-3016-4193-aadb-e6a5a690cdd1) | Album |
| 2020 | [Threnos](https://themetalnet.com/album/45f63328-b44c-4bac-a537-939a164cb5e4) | Album |
| 2023 | [On Thorns I Lay](https://themetalnet.com/album/df0d3878-ffdb-4788-b5e2-07cadecd0c61) | Album |
|  | [Precious Silence](https://themetalnet.com/album/cf6a63f1-26d6-4f34-bdbd-e183ba883cd6) | Album |

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## Official and external links

- metal archives: https://www.metal-archives.com/bands/On_Thorns_I_Lay/5161
- facebook: https://www.facebook.com/onthornsilay
- website: https://www.onthornsilay.net/
- instagram: https://www.instagram.com/onthornsilayofficial/
- x: https://twitter.com/onthorns
- spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/7bGopU168qloFmaY1OcSwv
- deezer: https://www.deezer.com/artist/76458
- apple music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/54599541

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/band/on-thorns-i-lay](https://themetalnet.com/band/on-thorns-i-lay). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt