The Pagan Winter is the first studio recording by Hungarian symphonic black metal band Sear Bliss.

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.

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.

Sear Bliss line-up at "In the Shadow of Another World" recording: