The Pagan Winter

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