On Thorns I Lay where formed in 1992 in Athens, Greece. The band’s first name was Phlebotomy and it changed to On Thorns I Lay together with the release of their first album Sounds of Beautiful Experience in 1995. The founders of the band were Chris and Stefanos who left Greece in 1994 for graduate studies in Romania. Since 1992 many musicians have joined the group but the permanent line up was formed in 2001 when the core members moved back to Greece.
On Thorns I Lay are the absolute melancholic – aggressive metal representatives that always get the full marks for their music creativity and character. Although they exist for more than a decade they successfully manage to release different but equally remarkable albums.