The Pagan Winter

1995 demo album by Sear Bliss

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)

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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.

## Track listing

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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

## Credits

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* 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"

## Re-release

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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

## External links

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* Sear Bliss Official Site
* Encyclopaedia Metallum