Wucan
A proudly retro rock band from Germany, Wucan wave their freak flag high with a high-energy fusion of metal, prog, and psychedelic elements. Playing what they describe as "Magic Flutey Hard Rock," the centerpiece of the band is Francis Tobolsky, who trades off between impassioned vocals, adventurous flute soloing, and added textures on guitar and theremin, while the rest of the band lays down heavy but limber jams behind her. Wucan established the framework of their sound on early releases like 2014's Vikarma and 2015's Sow the Wind, and broke through with 2017's Reap the Storm and the single "The Rat Catcher." The group embraced a leaner and more modern sound on 2025's Axioms without losing touch with their trademark approach. The Wucan story begins in late 2011, when Francis Tobolsky was eager to form a band and placed an ad in a student periodical, declaring "Blues Brothers Wanted." While she didn't attract many men in black suits and fedoras, she did recruit a guitarist, Tim George, and a drummer, Axel Pätzold, and the three began practicing regularly. In November 2012, bassist Patrik Dröge signed on, and the first lineup of Wucan was complete. After playing live gigs and posting performances on social media, this edition of the group released their first EP, Vikarma, in 2014. By the time Sow the Wind was issued in 2015, Pätzold had left Wucan and Leo Vaessen had taken over as the group's drummer, and when recording began on 2017's Reap the Storm, the band had once again replaced their drummer, with Philip Knöfel as their new timekeeper. The LP was their most accomplished to date, and included "The Rat Catcher," which became a minor hit, as well as "Aging Ten Years in Two Seconds" and "Cosmic Guilt," where they experimented with long-form compositions (the songs ran 21 and 18 minutes, respectively). After extensive European touring, Wucan were planning their next recording project when the COVID-19 pandemic of 2020 locked them out of the studio for a while. In 2021, the group played a special concert for German radio; restrictions for live shows were still in place, and the group played for a selected audience of just 40 people. In 2023, the show was issued on the album Live at Deutschlandfunk, which documented another lineup change, as Alexander Karlisch took over from Patrik Dröge on bass; between the recording and release of the live album, the group issued their third full-length studio effort, 2022's Heretic Tongues. For 2025's Axioms, the band added a more significant Krautrock influence to their music, giving the performances a leaner and more dynamic attack while preserving their established approach.
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Discografía
20 álbum(es) • Ordenado por Mejores ventas
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Axioms
Hard Rock - Editado por Long Branch Records el 29 ago 2025
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Reap the Storm
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Haensel & Gretel el 29 sept 2017
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Live At Deutschlandfunk (Live, Isernhagen, 2021)
Rock - Editado por M. i. G. - music GmbH el 13 ene 2023
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Irons In The Fire
Hard Rock - Editado por Long Branch Records el 20 mar 2025
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Pipe Dreams
Hard Rock - Editado por Long Branch Records el 7 ago 2025
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KTNSAX
Hard Rock - Editado por Long Branch Records el 22 may 2025
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Night to Fall
Hard Rock - Editado por Haensel & Gretel el 22 oct 2018
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Holz Auf Holz
Hard Rock - Editado por Long Branch Records el 3 jul 2025
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Heretic Tongues
Hard Rock - Editado por Long Branch Records el 20 may 2022
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Sow the Wind
Rock - Editado por Haensel & Gretel el 25 sept 2015
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Am I Evil (Live)
Hard Rock - Editado por Haensel & Gretel el 17 may 2019
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Vikarma
Alemania - Editado por Maldoror Musikverlag el 14 nov 2014
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Father Storm (Revisited)
Hard Rock - Editado por Haensel & Gretel el 24 jun 2016
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Night To Fall (Live, Isernhagen, 2021)
Rock - Editado por M. i. G. - music GmbH el 16 dic 2022
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The Rat Catcher
Alternativa & Indie - Editado por Haensel & Gretel el 11 ago 2017
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Zwischen Liebe und Zorn
Hard Rock - Editado por Long Branch Records el 29 sept 2022
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King Korea (Video Edit)
Rock - Editado por Hänsel&Gretel el 11 sept 2015
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Don't Break the Oath (Single Edit)
Hard Rock - Editado por Long Branch Records el 29 abr 2022
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Far and Beyond
Rock - Editado por Sonicattack Records el 23 jul 2021
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