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.