Capacopter – Self Titled

by Mark 'Yeti' Richard · February 13, 2026

Capacopter is a stoner rock band from Mannheim, Germany. Formed in 2021, the four-piece features Hannes on lead vocals and guitar, Andi on guitar, Jan on bass and vocals, and Jon on drums. The quartet just released their debut Self Titled album on January 9th 2026 on Nordic Wolf Studios. It contains eight tracks around forty minutes long.

The album begins with a fuzzy guitar riff that kicks in with a simple drum beat escalating into a full swagger of riff rocking glory. “600 Years” hits you straight on with a hard rocking fever of Slomosa grooves and stoner rock bliss. Nothing fancy musically, Capacopter delivers a stripped down attack of classic desert rock, enhanced with massive rhythms and hooks for days. The second track entitled “Borderline Steel Circus” begins with pounding drums and cool guitar riffing that hits you just right! The smooth vocals and accented fuzz are balanced nicely with almost jamming tones of Kyuss proportions. The music has a flow that makes sense and at times the band will pause allowing the guitars to float along or even the bass to carry out the grooves. The songs are catchy in their own right but also explore different sonic elements that keeps things interesting throughout.

The third track “Caravan” begins with clean guitars and spikes into a heavy riff rocking groove. I can’t help but hear that Slomosa style vocal melodies in Hannes’s singing, especially on the chorus of “Caravan”. The distorted bass begins the next song called “Kings And Crowds” into a nice arrangement of hard driving blues and seventies infused hard rock. The subtle shift from the straight up stoner/ desert grooves into the soulful blues, really captures my interest into this band. “Half’n Inch” entangles both styles and encapsulates a thick and delightful array of fuzz that is both bouncy and vibrant. The sound quality of these songs are mixed to perfection, allowing each instrument to breathe and create space for the music to transcend into an energetic tapestry of mesmerizing tones.

“JP’s Horse” has a dark and doomy start that breaks into a hard rocking groove machine. Capacopter has a familiar drive in their approach to song writing but it’s done so flawlessly that they are firing on all cylinders, letting the quality of the songs speak for themselves. They totally nail the hard to soft dynamics and you can’t help but tap your foot or bang your head to most of these tracks. The swinging “Temple Son” is hard to deny! The catchy vocals fused with the energetic fuzzy tones are the ingredients to an ass kicking rocker. Great music doesn’t need to be overtly intricate and when a band can simply write a catchy rhythm and melody together, that’s never a bad thing. Capacopter are very dialed in and comfortable in their approach to song crafting and they don’t need to reinvent the wheel. They successfully create “feel good” and hook-driven rock music that moves the listener into wanting more.

The eighth and final track on this amazing debut is called “Wandering Stones”. The song has an engaging sound that builds up into a beautiful composition. The spoken vocals at the beginning of the song transitions into great sonic passages of instrumental jamming and bluesy dynamics. It’s a very cool track to book-end such a fantastic recording.