Exit Emotions is the fifth studio album by Finnish rock band Blind Channel, released on 1 March 2024, through Century Media Records.

Exit Emotions
Studio album by
Released1 March 2024
Recorded2023
Studio
  • Finnvox
  • JXJ Music
  • Amat
  • Bloodbros
Genre
Length35:15
LabelCentury Media
Producer
  • Aleksi Kaunisvesi
  • Joonas Parkkonen
Blind Channel chronology
Lifestyles of the Sick & Dangerous
(2022)
Exit Emotions
(2024)

Reception

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Reviews were mostly positive, although with a handful of notable negative reviews.

Sam Law of Kerrang rated the album four out of five, highlighting the pop influences present in the album.[1] Danniii Leivers of Louder Sound also gave a positive review at 7/10.[4] Another positive 7/10 review by metal-exposure.com compared the album to that of My Chemical Romance and Avenged Sevenfold.[2] Tom Fordham of Distorted Sound gave the album 9/10, describing it as "an album that is action-packed, cathartic, and filled with earworms" and stating that the reader would "be hard pressed to find a band in nu-metal that do it better at the moment".[3] v13.net states in a positive review that "although it contains many of the tried and tested tropes of what was delivered in the golden age of nu-metal, it still feels refreshing".[5] Rock Overdose Greece consider Exit Emotions "[the band's] best record to date".[6]

Negative reviews of the album dismissively compared the success of Blind Channel to that of Måneskin, also known for their popularity as a result of the Eurovision Song Contest. Joe Edwards of Boolin Tunes panned the record with a 1.5/10 review, claiming that "each track is packed with inoffensive instrumentals, designed to appease a wide radio rock audience, topped with lyricism that will be seen as comical to any sensible mind".[7] Luke Nuttall, in an only slightly more positive review, considered the album an improvement over Lifestyles of the Sick & Dangerous, but was otherwise unimpressed.[8]

Track listing

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Exit Emotions track listing
No.TitleLength
1."Where's the Exit?"2:41
2."Deadzone"2:58
3."Wolves in California"2:42
4."XOXO" (featuring From Ashes to New)2:54
5."Keeping It Surreal"2:55
6."Die Another Day" (featuring RØRY)3:02
7."Phobia"2:46
8."Happy Doomsday"2:53
9."Red Tail Lights"2:42
10."Not Your Bro"3:10
11."Flatline"2:54
12."One Last Time... Again"3:58
Total length:35:15

Personnel

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Blind Channel

  • Joel Hokka – vocals
  • Niko Moilanen – vocals
  • Joonas Porko – guitar
  • Olli Matela – bass
  • Tommi Lalli – drums
  • Aleksi Kaunisvesi – DJ and keyboards/samples

Other

  • Joonas Parkkonen – production
  • Aleksi Kaunisvesi – production
  • Blyne – production on "Flatline"
  • Dan Lancaster – production on "Keeping It Surreal" and "Phobia", mixing
  • Matt Brandyberry – production on "XOXO"
  • Danny Case – production on "XOXO"
  • Zakk Cervini – mixing
  • Ted Jensen – mastering
  • Christian Ripkens – photography for back of booklet
  • Nathan James – photography for interior of booklet
  • Olli Matela – album cover
  • Ossi Morko – album cover

Charts

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Chart performance for Exit Emotions
Chart (2024) Peak
position
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[9] 1

References

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  1. ^ a b "Album review: Blind Channel – Exit Emotions". Kerrang!. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  2. ^ a b "Blind Channel - Exit Emotions". Metal-Exposure. 25 February 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  3. ^ a b Fordham, Tom (26 February 2024). "ALBUM REVIEW: Exit Emotions - Blind Channel". Distorted Sound Magazine. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  4. ^ Leivers, Dannii (1 March 2024). ""Love them or dismiss them, Exit Emotions will only propel Blind Channel towards the arenas calling their name": Former Eurovision contestants step up as leading lights in the nu metal revival". louder. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  5. ^ FitzGerald, Damian (26 February 2024). "Blind Channel – Exit Emotions (Album Review)". V13.net. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  6. ^ "BLIND CHANNEL – "Exit Emotions"". Rock Overdose / Rock - Metal Music. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  7. ^ Edwards, Joe (27 February 2024). "ALBUM REVIEW: Blind Channel - Exit Emotions". Boolin Tunes. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  8. ^ "ALBUM REVIEW: Blind Channel – Exit Emotions". The Soundboard. 26 February 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
  9. ^ "Blind Channel: Exit Emotions" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 1 May 2024.