Sear Bliss
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| Sear Bliss | |
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| Origin | Szombathely, Hungary |
| Genre(s) | Black metal |
| Years active | 1993 - present |
| Label(s) | Mascot Records Red Stream Nephilim Records Candlelight Records |
| Associated acts | Forest Silence, Cavum |
| Website | Official website |
| Members | |
| András Nagy István Neubrandt Péter Kovács Zoltán Pál Zoltán Schönberger |
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| Former members | |
| See below | |
| Notable instrument(s) | |
| trumpet, trombone | |
Sear Bliss is a black metal band from Szombathely, Hungary, formed in 1993 by bassist, vocalist and now also keyboardist András Nagy. Apart from the usual heavy metal instruments they adopted synthesizer and wind instruments (like trumpet and trombone sometimes flute) in their songs. Holland's leader metal magazine Aardshock awarded Sear Bliss debut album Phantoms as "CD Of The Month" in 1996. It was the first (and only) time in the magazine's history that the award went to a black metal album.
Sear Bliss has earned a reputation in the European metal underground with their unique black metal albums released by independent record labels like Mascot Records, Red Stream and recently Candlelight Records. Sear Bliss shared the stage with bands Marduk, Tsatthoggua, Mortiis, Tormentor, Skyforger, Immolation and Malevolent Creation.
After a four-month working, the longest studio session ever in their career, the latest Sear Bliss album released on September 24, 2007. Critically acclaimed The Arcane Odyssey has become the "Album of the Month" in some magazines (i.e. Zero Tolerance) and was high ranked by Kerrang, Terrorizer, Heavy Oder Was and Rock Hard magazines in Europe. The album was elected for "Album of the Year" on Hungarian Metal Awards in 2007.
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[edit] Members
- András Nagy - vocals, bass, synth (1993-present)
- István Neubrandt - guitars (2000-present)
- Péter Kovács - guitars (2006-present)
- Zoltán Pál - trombone (2000-present)
- Zoltán Schönberger - drums (1997-present)
[edit] Former members
- Csaba Tóth - bass (1993)
- János Barbarics - guitars (1993-1999)
- Norbert Keibinger - drums (1993-1994)
- Zoltán Csejtei - vocals (1994-1995), drums (1995-1997)
- Winter - keyboards (1994-1995, 1995-1997)
- Gergely Szücs - trumpet (1994-1999), keyboards (1995, 1997-1999)
- Csaba Csejtei - guitars (1994-1997, 2001-2006)
- Viktor "Max" Scheer - guitars (1997-1999)
- András Horváth P. - guitars (1999-2000)
- Olivér Ziskó - keyboards (2001)
[edit] Session musicians
- Balázs Bertalan (Extreme Deformity) - drums on The Pagan Winter demo (1995)
- Attila Török (Amon Hen) - keyboards on stage (1999)
- Péter Bokros - keyboards on stage (1999)
- Róbert Pintér - trumpet on stage (1999)
- Krisztián Varga - guitars on stage (2001)
- Attila Csihar - guest vocals on album Glory and Perdition (2004)
[edit] Discography
| Title | Type | Date of release | Label |
| The Pagan Winter | demo | May, 1995 | self-released |
| Phantoms | album | August, 1996 | Mascot/Two Moons |
| The Pagan Winter + In The Shadow of Another World |
re-release | February, 1997 | Mascot/Two Moons |
| The Haunting | album | February, 1998 | Mascot/Two Moons |
| Grand Destiny | album | April, 2001 | Nephilim Records |
| Grand Destiny | re-release | April, 2002 | Red Stream |
| Forsaken Symphony | album | Oktober, 2002 | Red Stream |
| Glory and Perdition | album | August, 2004 | Red Stream |
| Decade of Perdition | live dvd | May, 2005 | Red Stream |
| The Arcane Odyssey | album | September 24, 2007 | Candlelight Records |
