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 (Sear [Bliss album)|Phantoms].
Track listing
1995 demoSide A
- "Ancient" – 4:54
- "The Pagan Winter" – 4:33
- "…Where the Darkness Always Reigned" – 7:20
- "Twilight" – 4:24
- "Ancient" – 4:54
- "Twilight" – 4:24
- "…Where the Darkness Always Reigned" – 7:20
- "The Pagan Winter" – 4:34
- "In the Shadow of Another World" – 12:02
Credits
- Zoltán Csejtei – vocals
- Csaba Csejtei – guitar
- János Barbarics – guitar
- Winter – synthesizer, lyrics
- András Nagy – bass
- Gergely Szűcs – trumpet
- Balázs Bertalan – drums
- 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 the new artwork for the re-release.Sear Bliss "In the Shadow of Another World" recording line-up: