The Pagan Winter

The Pagan Winter
Demo album by Sear Bliss
Released	May 1995
Recorded	April 10–12, 1995 LMS Studio Szombathely, Hungary
Genre	Black metal
Length	21:10 (original) 33:12 (re-issue 1997)
Label	Mascot/Two Moons (re-release 1997)
Producer	Bertalan Domby
Sear Bliss chronology
The Pagan Winter (1995) Phantoms (1996)

The Pagan Winter is the first studio recording by Hungarian symphonic black metal band Sear Bliss. In that time founder/bass guitarist András Nagy was only 17 years old. Thanks to this demo Mascot Records from the Netherlands offered a three-album contract and signed the band.

Mascot Records re-released The Pagan Winter on CD in 1997 following the success of Sear Bliss's debut album Phantoms.

1. "Ancient" – 4:54
2. "The Pagan Winter" – 4:24
3. "…Where the Darkness Always Reigned" – 7:20
4. "Twilight" – 4:33
5. "In the Shadow of Another World" (re-issue bonus track) – 12:02

• Zoltán Csejtei – vocals
• Csaba Csejtei – guitar
• János Barbarics – guitar
• Winter – synthesizer, lyrics
• András Nagy – bass guitar
• Gergely Szűcs – trumpet
• Balázs Bertalan – drums (session fill-in)
• Zoltán Máté – guest vocals on "Twilight"

The original track list was extended by a 12-minute song called "In the Shadow of Another World" recorded between November 7–11, 1996 in Nautilus Studio, Sopron, Hungary. Kris Verwimp created new artwork for the re-release.

Sear Bliss line-up at "In the Shadow of Another World" recording:

• András Nagy – bass guitar, vocals
• János Barbarics – guitar
• Csaba Csejtei – guitar
• Zoltán Csejtei – drums
• Winter – synthesizer
• Gergely Szűcs – trumpet

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