Here we are.

Okay, so here we are! After much deliberation, and of course, arguing, we have decided to lay the ghost of Stillborn to rest. A tough decision by any means but even more so because of all that we are leaving behind us. A full-blown album, a large number of appearances on stage during the years, and of course our fan-base...who I am not so sure will understand or agree with our decision.

As main media spokesman for the band I want to make clear MY opinion. I do not like the word Stillborn. At all. The number of mails I have received from bereaved families is simply too much to ignore, and in this politically-correct world of ours, it is only fair to listen to those who have suffered pain and anguish from this happening.

That is just one reason though. The name no longer applies to the band as it started up. Actually none of the original members remain. The longest serving member today is Mario, who was not even one of the original founder of Stillborn.

We have gone through thick and thin together, sometimes moving in one direction, sometimes in another, but all pulling together to achieve our aim. And on this track, even our music has changed. We no longer play mind-breakingly difficult progressive tracks, each lasting over seven minutes. Rather we are delivering what you, the fans, want...ear-friendly melodic metal, with emphasis on the melodies. Invariably the tracks are shorter, which means they make better radio material.

And the passing away lately of a band-mate has made us even more determined to move away from the past and launch ourselves into another reality. The name Thorn is not meant to hold any mystic meaning, or hidden secrets... we just like the way it sounds and the possibilities it has given us in the design...kind of gothic but modern too. And hey! Doesn't it look grand?

Having said that however, we cannot simply ignore all that we have gone through these past eight years and pretend it never happened. The name may have changed, but we remain very much the same five music mad rockers. Sadly we refuse to grow up, so we accept graciously your invitation to continue playing our music on stage and on our releases! Hehe...we just love performing, and if we are performing for charity, we will do it with even more gusto. To this end, all our previous material will still be available on the web, but we will gradually be pushing away the name Stillborn further away, until it becomes a dim memory in the recollections of our grand-children. If we ever get that far down the road.

Cheers! (chris)