The gods have favoured us today! Atmospheric death doom metalband On Thorns I Lay are announcing the first details of their new studio album “On Thorns I Lay”!
The new self-titled album will be released on October 13th, 2023, via Season of Mist and a first track “Newborn Skies” is now available in the form of a lyric video below.
On Thorns I Lay comment on the new track: “‘Newborn Skies’ is talking about this critical moment in life when you need to reconsider, reanimate and restart in order to keep going and follow your dreams . No matter how dark the ride has been, no matter how difficult and obscure, you have to take the final decision you still have your fate in your hands”.
On Thorns I Lay are furthermore releasing the album details of “On Thorns I Lay” such as the track-list and artwork. All info can be found below.
The cover artwork was designed by Dimitris Tzortzis.
Formats:
• Digital
• Vinyl Black
• Vinyl Colour
Pre-order “On Thorns I Lay” here and pre-save it here.
Tracklist:
1. Fallen From Grace (8:07)
2. Newborn Skies (4:44)
3. Crestfallen (8:08)
4. Among the Wolves (7:38)
5. Raise Empires (7:18)
6. Thorns of Fire (7:23)
On Thorns I Lay started as a death metal band together with other cult bands in Greece in the early 90’s such as Rotting Christ, Septic Flesh, Necromantia, Nightfall and started to spread their name in the local and global underground scene.
On Thorns I Lay have released 9 albums so far such as “Orama”, “Crystal Tears”, “Aegean Sorrow” and “Threnos” gaining great reviews in (Scream Norway, album of the month, Inferno Finland 5/5, Metal Storm Top 5 albums of 2020 and many others…). The have shared the stage with great bands such as Dream Theater, In Flames, Anathema, Amorphis, Katatonia, Rotting Christ, Tiamat, The Gathering, Satyricon, Septic Flesh and many more…
Their music style is pure atmospheric melodic doom death metal!
On Thorns I Lay’s last album “Threnos” followed the path of atmospheric, yet emotional Doom Death Metal – paying tribute to the roots and representing the trademark sound of the band once again. On Thorns I Lay continue to tell dense stories of loss and despair.
After their mini tour at the Baltic states with Rotting Christ they signed a deal with the world famous record label Season Of Mist and they have finished the recordings of their 10th studio album entitled “On Thorns I Lay” to be released in 2023.
Album credits:
Recording studio – Devasoundz Studios
Producer / sound engineer – Fotis Benardo
Mixing and mastering studio and engineer – Fotis Benardo
Current line-up:
Peter Miliadis – Vocals (Dimlight, ex-Slaveatgod)
Christos Dragamestianos – Guitars
Nikolas Paraskevopoulos – Guitars (Dimlight, Yoth Iria)
Kostas Mexis – Bass (Aetherian, ex- Black Path)
Antonis Ventouris – Keyboards
Stelios Darakis – Drums (Dexter Ward, ex-Sacred Outcry, The Eternal Suffering, ex-Mortal Torment, ex-Lloth)
Guest vocals:
Fanny Melfi – Fallen From Grace
Labros Kiklis – Fallen From Grace
Stavros Papagiannakopoulos – Thorns Of Fire, Crestfallen
Ilias Mantikos – Thorns Of Fire
Katerina Tzitzou – Fallen From Grace
Irina Dimaki – Fallen From Grace
Anna Thana – Fallen From Grace
Aris Karatzas – Crestfallen, Newborn Skies, Raise Empires, Among The Wolves
Weblinks:
www.onthornsilay.live
www.facebook.com/onthornsilay
