Pavor is a German

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band, formed in 1987. The band has released two albums in a twenty-year career and have chosen to be independent all that time.

Biography

Pavor was founded in 1987 near

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, by guitarists Armin Rave and Holger Seebens. Efforts to increase professionality led to three changes in the early line-up, and quickly Michael Pelkowsky (

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), Rainer Landfermann (

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), and Claudius Schwartz (

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) were regular members. The band's desire for high quality in all matters resulted in the delay of a first official release. Finally, during the winter of 1992/1993, 28 minutes of music were recorded and released some months later as an untitled tape EP, which was soon sold out and is no longer available today. After a year of composing and gigging, Pavor re-entered the studio during May/June/July 1994 to record their first full-length album, ''

A Pale Debilitating Autumn ''A Pale Debilitating Autumn'' is the 1994 debut album by German technical death metal Technical death metal (also referred to as tech-death) is a musical subgenre of death metal that began and developed in the early- to mid-1990s, with partic ...

''. Shortly after the album's release, guitarist Holger Seebens left the band, and Pavor continued as a four-piece. During 1995 and 1996, Pavor promoted the album with interviews and shows, and started preparing for the next album. However, organizational problems resulting from the jobs of some members led to a partial withdrawal from public relations work and the public in general during the following years. The band made brief appearances in the media. In February 2000, German metal magazine RockHard featured Pavor with an interview and the track "Perplexer: Perdition Projectile" on its annual "best unsigned acts" compilation "Unerhört!". In June 2000, Pavor won the underground-contest held by Heavy Oder Was?!-magazine, and played the renowned Bang Your Head Festival in Balingen,

, as a result. In 2003, Pavor finished recording their second album, '' Furioso''. Among the album's eight songs is a re-recorded version of the Pavor classic "Crucified Hopes," which was composed in 1989.

Members

Current members

*Rainer Landfermann - bass *Michael Pelkowsky - drums *Armin Rave - guitar *Claudius Schwartz - vocals

Past members

*Holger Seebens - guitar (1987–1994)

Discography

* ''Catharsis'' (Demo, 1993) * ''Pavor'' (Demo, 1993) * ''

'' (Album, 1994) * '' Furioso'' (Album, 2003)

External links

* * {{Discogs artist German technical death metal musical groups Musical groups established in 1987