The Pagan Winter

The Pagan Winter is the first studio recording by Hungarian symphonic black metal band Sear Bliss. In that time founder/bass player 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' debut album Phantoms.

1995 demo

Side A

1. "Ancient" – 4:54
2. "The Pagan Winter" – 4:33

Side B

1. "…Where the Darkness Always Reigned" – 7:20
2. "Twilight" – 4:24

1997 re-release

1. "Ancient" – 4:54
2. "Twilight" – 4:24
3. "…Where the Darkness Always Reigned" – 7:20
4. "The Pagan Winter" – 4:34
5. "In the Shadow of Another World" (re-release bonus track) – 12:02

• Zoltán Csejtei – vocals
• Csaba Csejtei – guitar
• János Barbarics – guitar
• Winter – synthesizer, lyrics
• András Nagy – bass
• 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 the new artwork for the re-release.

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

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

• Sear Bliss Official Site
• Encyclopaedia Metallum (1995 demo)
• Encyclopaedia Metallum (1997 re-release)