Sear Bliss

Sear Bliss
Sear Bliss (2007)
Background information
Origin	Szombathely, Hungary
Genres	Black metal, Symphonic black metal, Avantgarde Music with Jazz elements
Years active	1993 – present
Labels	Candlelight Records, Nephilim Records, Red Stream, Mascot Records, Vic Records
Associated acts	Forest Silence, Cavum
Website	Official website
Members	András Nagy János Barbarics Zoltán Vigh Gyula Csejtei Zoltán Pál
Past members	See below
Notable instruments
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. The Netherlands' leading metal magazine, Aardschok awarded Sear Bliss debut album Phantoms the title of "CD Of The Month". 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 four months of studio work, the longest session ever in their career, the latest Sear Bliss album was released on September 24, 2007. Critically acclaimed The Arcane Odyssey was awarded "Album of the Month" by some magazines (i.e. Zero Tolerance) and was also 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.