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The Pagan Winter

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Released
  
May, 1995

The Pagan Winter (1995)
  
Phantoms (1996)

Release date
  
May 1995

Genre
  
Black metal

Producer
  
Bertalan Domby

Artist
  
Sear Bliss

Label
  
II Moons

Recorded
  
April 10–12, 1995 LMS Studio Szombathely, Hungary

Length
  
21:10 (original) 33:12 (re-issue 1997)

Sear bliss 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.

Contents

Mascot Records re-released The Pagan Winter on CD in 1997 following the success of Sear Bliss's debut album Phantoms.

Sear bliss the pagan winter


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
  • Songs

    1Ancient4:54
    2The Pagan Winter4:24
    3Where the Darkness Always Reigned7:21

    References

    The Pagan Winter Wikipedia