Various Artists "The Holy Bible (France, Holy Records, HOLY19CD)"

The Holy Bible is a Death/Doom/Gothic Metal compilation, released in June 17th, 1996 by Holy Records.

Tracklist:

1. Yearning   – Autumn Funeral 5:55
2. Nightfall   – Black Leather Cult 4:49
3. Serenity  -  Skin Of The Soul 5:37
4. Orphaned Land  – Disciples Of The Sacred Oath 5:16
5. Elend  – Birds Of Dawn 12:10
6. On Thorns I Lay – The Higher Color Of Mind (Wrong Is Right) 4:31
7. Tristitia  –  Prelude Of The Solitude 6:20
8. Misanthrope – Rêve Lézardé 6:52
9. Godsend   – Wolf's Den 4:25
10. Septic Flesh – Woman Of The Rings 6:36

First press reportedly limited to 2879 copies.

On Thorns I Lay "Orama"

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.

Compilation appearances:

- "The Higher Color of Mind (Wrong is Right)" on The Holy Bible (Holy, 1996).

- "The Lyres of Eolos" on Hammer Holocaust II (Metal Hammer, 1996).

- "In Heaven's Island" on Metal Explosion Volume 7 (Adipocere, 1997).

- "Heaven's Island" on Warzone 1 (Metal Invader, 1997).

- "Oceans" on Hard Rock N°11 (Hard Rock, 1997).

- "In Heaven's Island" on Season of Mist / Holy Records (Season of Mist/Holy, 1998).

- "Oceans" on Hammer Holocaust III (Metal Hammer/Heavy Metal, 1998).

- "Crystal Eyes" on Darkness is thy Kingdom - A Journey Into Dark-Metal Sounds - Volume 2 (Zoomshot Media Ent., 1999).

- "Enigma" on The Holy Bible Vol. II (Holy, 1999).

- "Enigma" and "The Lyres of Eolos" on The Holy Bible Vol. II-III (Holy, 1999).

- "Enigma" on Hard N' Heavy Vol. 14 (Hard N' Heavy, 1999).

- "Crystal Tears" on Metal Explosion N°12 (Metallian Editions, 1999).

- "Crystal Tears" on Hard Rock N° 27 (Hard Rock, 1999).

- "Desire" on Metal Explosion N°17 (Metallian Editions, 2000).

- "Crystal Tears" on Metal Hammer 5/2000 (Metal Hammer, 2000).

- "Crystal Tears" on Enred Compilation Vol 1 (label unknown, 2000).

- "The Threat of Seduction" on Elegy - Numéro 12 (Elegy, 2000).

- "The Threat of Seduction" on Hard Rock N° 42 (Hard Rock, 2000).

- "My Angel" on In a Gothic Spirit (Polygram Direct, 2001).

- ''True Belief'' on As We Die For...Paradise Lost (Tribute to Paradise Lost) (2001).

- "Deep Thoughts" on Promo Series N° 3 (Adipocere/Metallian Editions, 2002).

- "Deep Thoughts" on Gothicum (Stereo & Video, 2003).

- "Life Can Be" on Maximum Rock Magazine # 8 (Promusic Prod., 2004).

- "The Threat of Seduction" & "Crystal Tears" on Holy-er Than Thou 6 (Holy, 2005).

- "The Higher Color of Mind (Wrong is Right)", "Enigma" & "The Lyres of Eolos" on The Holy Bible 1992...2002 (Holy, 2008).

- Black Cold Night" on The Ark of Metal - Compilation Vol. 1 (Black Lotus, date unknown).

- "Fragrance From the Planets of Delight" on Warzone XXIII (Metal Invader, date unknown).

- "Life Can Be" on A Sangre Y Fuego (GOI Music, date unknown).

Orama is the second full length by Greek Death/Doom/Gothic Metal band On Thorns I Lay, released November 18th, 1997.

Tracklist:

1. Atlantis I 06:16
2. The Song of the Sea 01:39
3. Oceans 06:34
4. In Heaven's Island 04:25
5. Atlantis II 07:06
6. Atlantis III 02:36
7. If I Could Fly 05:15
8. Aura 05:42
9. The Blue Dream 08:11

Total time:   47:44  

"Written through the hot Greek nights of summer '96. This is the reason that all lyrics speak about seas, oceans and of course lost islands like the dreamy Atlantis. I hope that they can touch your soul as mine..." - Stefanos Kintzoglou

- Recorded at Passion Studios in Greece, December '96 - April '97. 

- Produced and co-mixed by On Thorns I Lay in May '97. 

- Mastered at Digipro, Paris, France.

- Executive production by Holy Records.

On Thorns I Lay "Aegean Sorrow"

Aegean Sorrow is the eighth album by Greek Gothic Metal band On Thorns I Lay, released March 12th, 2018. Artwork by Manster Design. Band photo by Anastasis Kontostergios.

Recorded at Devasoundz Studios. Mastered at Unisound AB Studio.

On Thorns I Lay "Crystal Tears"

On Thorns I Lay (previously known as Paralysis, then Phlebotomy) is a gothic metal band founded in 1992 in Athens, Greece. Started out as a fully Greek band, but at some point featured Romanian members. 

They started as a death metal band, under the name of Paralysis. Together with other cult bands such as Rotting Christ, Septic Flesh, Necromantia, Nightfall 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'. Next year they recorded the 'Voluptuous' demo which draw 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 death/doom style. Through the years the band evolved their music to gothic metal.

Crystal Tears is their third album, released May 18th 1999. Recorded at Migas Real Studio, Bucharest, November 1998. Mastered at Top Master.