The Pagan Winter
# 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

* "Ancient" – 4:54
* "The Pagan Winter" – 4:24
* "…Where the Darkness Always Reigned" – 7:20
* "Twilight" – 4:33
* "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
