Formed by Andras Nagy in autumn 1993, Sear
Bliss’ music is known as the mixture of black metal with wind
instruments. Hailing from Hungary, the band tries to create an
outright original music which is based on dark elements combined
with deep visions presented with sheer brutality with all is
enveloped in the softening sound of trumpets and trombones.
The band’s first demo, entitled “The Pagan
Winter”, was released in 1995. This four-song tape introduced them
to the underground scene and received great responses from all over
the world which resulted in their recording contract with Mascot
Records. Sear Bliss’ debut album, entitled “Phantoms” was
released in August 1996. “Phantoms” was the first black metal album
to be elected “CD of the Month” in Holland’s leader metal magazine
Aardschok. Also in many other magazines all over the world their
debut album got great reviews.
Early 1997, the band toured Europe together with
Marduk. The tour was a great success for the band Just before the
tour Mascot Records released the four songs from ‘The Pagan Winter’
demo plus a new 12 minutes long epic song entitled ‘In the Shadow of
Another World’ on a mini CD. In August 1997 the band travelled to
Holland to record their second full lenght album, entitled ‘The
Haunting’, in Beaufort Studio.
In 2000, Sear Bliss signed a deal with
American label Red Stream, Inc. and they released the third album
entitled “Grand Destiny” in 2001. The next year, the band recorded
their fourth full lenght album “Forsaken Symphony” which was
followed by a European tour.
In 2003, Sear Bliss made its first
headliner European tour and then they went to a professional
Hungarian studio to record the biggest effort they have ever made.
“Glory And Perdition” (released in August 2004) is definitely the
band’s most mature and strongest release so far. A grandiose album
with intense songs, professional sound and magnificent artwork. This
album contains a guest appearance by Mayhem’s vocalist Attila
Csihar. The responses from the media have never been so great.
Sear Bliss’ first DVD was released in 2005. It contains their
highly successful 10th anniversary show, filmed in Budapest in 2004
plus a documentary of the band with many interviews and a huge photo
gallery.
Sear Bliss made
another headliner European tour in 2005 and many festival
appearances including Germany’s Party San festival where they had
great success. The latest news about the band is that they signed to
UK’s biggest metal label Candlelight Records. The new Sear Bliss
album will be recorded this spring and will be out by Candlelight in
the summer. Meanwhile Vic Records will re-release the Sear
Bliss first three CD’s, namely Phantoms, The Pagan Winter and
The Haunting. They are totally sold out and time has come to put
these records out in new shape, all remastered , The Haunting
even re-mixed and partly re-recorded, including many previous
unreleased bonus tracks.
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