The Pagan Winter Explained

The Pagan Winter
Type:	demo
Artist:	Sear Bliss
Cover:	The Pagan Winter Sear Bliss.png
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
Next Title:	Phantoms
Next Year:	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.

Track listing

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

• • • 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

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

• Sear Bliss Official Site
• Encyclopaedia Metallum