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Blind Channel

{{Short description|Finnish nu metal band}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2022}}

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{{Infobox musical artist

| name = Blind Channel

| image = Blind Channel Full Force 2023 26 (cropped).jpg

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| caption = Blind Channel at Full Force 2023

| origin = Oulu, Finland

| genre = {{hlist|Nu metal|alternative rock|rap metal|electronicore}}

| years_active = 2013–2024{{Efn|Indefinite hiatus}}

| website = {{URL|https://www.blindchannelofficial.com/}}

| current_members = {{ubl|Joel Hokka|Niko Moilanen|Joonas Porko|Olli Matela|Tommi Lalli|Aleksi Kaunisvesi}}

| past_members =

| label = {{hlist|Frontiers|Sony|Century Media}}

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Blind Channel is a Finnish nu metal band from Oulu.{{Cite web|last=van Rossem|first=Aline|title=🇫🇮 Blind Channel: "Our song Dark Side is 100% Blind Channel"|url=https://escxtra.com/2021/02/11/blind-channel-our-song-dark-side-is-100-blind-channel/|url-status=live|website=ESCXtra|date=11 February 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210211122239/https://escxtra.com/2021/02/11/blind-channel-our-song-dark-side-is-100-blind-channel/ |archive-date=11 February 2021 }} They represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song "Dark Side", finishing in sixth place. The band define their musical style as "violent pop".{{Cite web|last=Smith|first=David|title="If life is darker and harsher, you can still have fun" — Blind Channel's "Dark Side" lyrics shirk a grim reality in favour of anarchy|date=18 February 2021|url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2021/02/18/lyrics-dark-side-blind-channel-finland-eurovision-2021/261976/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210218121019/https://wiwibloggs.com/2021/02/18/lyrics-dark-side-blind-channel-finland-eurovision-2021/261976/ |archive-date=18 February 2021 }}

Career

In February 2021, the band participated in the Finnish national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the modern nu-metal track "Dark Side".{{Cite web|title=Will Finland send a metal act to Eurovision 2021?|url=https://alterock.net/will-finland-send-a-metal-act-to-eurovision-2021/|url-status=live|website=Alterock |date=27 January 2021|accessdate=22 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210127220146/https://alterock.net/will-finland-send-a-metal-act-to-eurovision-2021/ |archive-date=27 January 2021 }} They won the selection with 54.3% of the vote (the highest in UMK history) and in May 2021 represented Finland in the contest in Rotterdam, Netherlands, finishing in sixth place with a total of 301 points. Blind Channel received 218 of their total points from televoting, while 83 points were received from juries. The band painted their middle fingers red for their Eurovision performance of "Dark Side", after being informed that they could not lift a middle finger to the audience onstage due to the show's family-friendly nature.{{Citation|title=LookLab Blind Channel – Finland 🇫🇮 with NikkieTutorials|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFpNsQm6LzI|language=en|access-date=17 June 2021|archive-date=24 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210624201944/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFpNsQm6LzI|url-status=live}} On 19 May 2021, a day before their first performance at Eurovision, the band signed to Century Media/Sony Music.{{Cite tweet|number=1395026359475449857|user=BlindChannelFIN|title=Blind Channel signs an international record deal with @centurymedia / @sonymusic. We're extremely excited and grateful to join the Century Media Records / Sony Music family. To join forces with one of the world's biggest rock/metal labels is a great honor to us.}} On 7 October 2024, the band announced that they would be going on indefinite hiatus.{{Cite web |date=2024-10-07 |title=Blind Channel announce hiatus and reveal documentary release |url=https://www.kerrang.com/blind-channel-announce-hiatus-and-reveal-documentary |access-date=2024-12-22 |website=Kerrang! |language=en}}

Band members

  • Joel Hokka – vocals, guitar
  • Niko Moilanen – vocals
  • Joonas Porko – guitar
  • Olli Matela – bass
  • Tommi Lalli – drums
  • Aleksi Kaunisvesi – DJ, samples, additional percussion

=Timeline=

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Discography

= Albums =

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"
scope="col" rowspan="2"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Details

! scope="col" colspan="1"| Peak chart positions

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| FIN
{{cite web|url=https://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Blind+Channel&titel=Dark+Side&cat=s|title=Blind Channel at Finnish Charts|website=Finnish Charts|access-date=21 February 2021|archive-date=1 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210301110009/https://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Blind+Channel&titel=Dark+Side&cat=s|url-status=live}}
scope="row" | Revolutions

|

  • Released: 29 September 2016{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/revolutions/1158843006|title=Revolutions (DD)|website=Apple Music|date=29 September 2016|access-date=21 February 2021|archive-date=7 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307124726/https://music.apple.com/au/album/revolutions/1158843006|url-status=live}}
  • Label: Ranka Kustannus
  • Format: Digital download, CD, streaming

| 26

scope="row" | Blood Brothers

|

  • Released: 20 April 2018{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/blood-brothers/1373709887|title=Blood Brothers (DD)|website=Apple Music|date=20 April 2018|access-date=21 February 2021|archive-date=7 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307124701/https://music.apple.com/au/album/blood-brothers/1373709887|url-status=live}}
  • Label: Ranka Kustannus
  • Format: Digital download, CD, LP, streaming

| 30

scope="row" | Violent Pop

|

  • Released: 6 March 2020{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/violent-pop/1499259814|title=Violent Pop (DD)|website=Apple Music|date=20 April 2018|access-date=21 February 2021|archive-date=7 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210307124733/https://music.apple.com/au/album/violent-pop/1499259814|url-status=live}}
  • Label: Ranka Kustannus
  • Format: Digital download, CD, streaming

| 31

scope="row" | Lifestyles of the Sick & Dangerous

|

  • Released: 8 July 2022{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/lifestyles-of-the-sick-dangerous/1604873130|title=Lifestyles of the Sick & Dangerous (DD)|website=Apple Music|date=8 July 2022|access-date=26 January 2022|archive-date=26 January 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220126015626/https://music.apple.com/au/album/lifestyles-of-the-sick-dangerous/1604873130|url-status=live}}
  • Label: Century Media
  • Format: Digital download, CD, LP, streaming

| 1

scope="row" | Exit Emotions

|

  • Released: 1 March 2024
  • Label: Century Media
  • Format: Digital download, CD, LP, streaming

| 1
{{cite web|url=https://www.ifpi.fi/lista/albumit/2024/10/|title=Albumit 10/2024|publisher=Musiikkituottajat|access-date=9 March 2024|archive-date=8 March 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240308151445/https://ifpi.fi/lista/albumit/2024/10/|url-status=live}}

= Singles =

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|+Singles as lead artist

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:14em;"| Title

! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:1em;"| Year

! scope="col" colspan="8"| Peak chart positions

! scope="col" rowspan="2"| Album

scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| FIN

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| GER
{{cite web|url=https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artist_search=Blind+Channel&do_search=do|title=Discographie Blind Channel|website=offiziellecharts.de|language=de|access-date=29 May 2021|archive-date=17 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217143455/https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artist_search=Blind+Channel&do_search=do|url-status=live}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| IRE
{{cite web|url=http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Blind+Channel|title=Discography Blind Channel|website=irish-charts.com|access-date=29 May 2021|archive-date=17 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220217143456/http://irish-charts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Blind%20Channel|url-status=live}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| NLD
{{cite web|url=https://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Blind+Channel|title=Discografie Blind Channel|website=dutchcharts.nl|access-date=29 May 2021|archive-date=21 June 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210621233908/https://dutchcharts.nl/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Blind+Channel|url-status=live}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| NOR
{{cite web|url=https://topplista.no/charts/singles/2021-w21/|title=VG-lista – Topp 20 Single 2021-21|publisher=VG-lista|access-date=28 May 2021|archive-date=29 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210529005454/https://topplista.no/charts/singles/2021-w21/|url-status=live}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| SWE
{{cite web|url=https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/41?dspy=2021&dspp=21|title=Veckolista Singlar, vecka 21|publisher=Sverigetopplistan|access-date=28 May 2021|archive-date=29 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210529005617/https://www.sverigetopplistan.se/chart/41?dspy=2021&dspp=21|url-status=live}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| UK
{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/60262/blind-channel/|title=Blind Channel {{!}} full Official Chart History|publisher=Official Charts Company|access-date=29 May 2021|archive-date=28 May 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210528192604/https://www.officialcharts.com/artist/60262/blind-channel/|url-status=live}}

! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:85%;"| US Main
{{cite magazine |title=Mainstream Rock Charts: Week of January 20, 2024 |url=https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-mainstream-rock-tracks/2024-01-20 |magazine=Billboard |access-date=January 17, 2024 |archive-date=18 January 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240118042909/https://www.billboard.com/charts/hot-mainstream-rock-tracks/2024-01-20/ |url-status=live }}

scope="row"|"Save Me"

|2013

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

| rowspan="3" {{n/a|Non-album singles}}

scope="row"| "Naysayers"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/naysayers/844982851?i=844985906|title=Naysayers — single|website=Apple Music|date=21 March 2014|access-date=21 February 2021|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411181117/https://music.apple.com/au/album/naysayers/844982851?i=844985906|url-status=live}}

| rowspan="2"| 2014

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

scope="row"| "Calling Out"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/calling-out/844843822?i=844843842|title=Calling Out — single|website=Apple Music|date=21 March 2014|access-date=21 February 2021|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411130203/https://music.apple.com/au/album/calling-out/844843822?i=844843842|url-status=live}}

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

scope="row"| "Unforgiving"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/unforgiving/1002362874?i=1002362877|title=Unforgiving — single|website=Apple Music|date=12 June 2015|access-date=21 February 2021|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411181109/https://music.apple.com/au/album/unforgiving/1002362874?i=1002362877|url-status=live}}

| rowspan="2"| 2015

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

| rowspan="5"| Revolutions

scope="row"| "Don't"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/dont/1040846189?i=1040847212|title=Don't — single|website=Apple Music|date=25 September 2015|access-date=21 February 2021|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411181038/https://music.apple.com/au/album/dont/1040846189?i=1040847212|url-status=live}}

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

scope="row"| "Darker Than Black"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/darker-than-black/1081598804?i=1081598994|title=Darker Than Black — single|website=Apple Music|date=19 February 2016|access-date=21 February 2021|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411130153/https://music.apple.com/au/album/darker-than-black/1081598804?i=1081598994|url-status=live}}

| rowspan="3"| 2016

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

scope="row"| "Deja Fu"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/deja-fu/1126469777?i=1126469868|title=Deja Fu — single|website=Apple Music|date=22 June 2016|access-date=21 February 2021|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411130158/https://music.apple.com/au/album/deja-fu/1126469777?i=1126469868|url-status=live}}

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

scope="row"| "Enemy for Me"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/enemy-for-me/1154502382?i=1154502521|title=Enemy for Me — single|website=Apple Music|date=16 September 2016|access-date=21 February 2021|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411181016/https://music.apple.com/au/album/enemy-for-me/1154502382?i=1154502521|url-status=live}}

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

scope="row"| "Can't Hold Us"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/cant-hold-us/1208987376?i=1208987672|title=Can't Hold Us — single|website=Apple Music|date=3 March 2017|access-date=21 February 2021|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411130153/https://music.apple.com/au/album/cant-hold-us/1208987376?i=1208987672|url-status=live}}

| rowspan="3"| 2017

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

| {{n/a|Non-album single}}

scope="row"| "Alone Against All"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/alone-against-all/1218933342?i=1218934773|title=Alone Against All — single|website=Apple Music|date=7 April 2017|access-date=21 February 2021|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411181024/https://music.apple.com/au/album/alone-against-all/1218933342?i=1218934773|url-status=live}}

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

| rowspan="4"| Blood Brothers

scope="row"| "Sharks Love Blood"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/sharks-love-blood/1289200619?i=1289201681|title=Sharks Love Blood — single|website=Apple Music|date=29 September 2017|access-date=21 February 2021|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411130155/https://music.apple.com/au/album/sharks-love-blood/1289200619?i=1289201681|url-status=live}}

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

scope="row"| "Wolfpack"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/wolfpack/1334685035?i=1334685037|title=Wolfpack — single|website=Apple Music|date=19 January 2018|access-date=21 February 2021|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411130158/https://music.apple.com/au/album/wolfpack/1334685035?i=1334685037|url-status=live}}

| rowspan="3"| 2018

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

scope="row"| "Out of Town"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/out-of-town/1363132677?i=1363132963|title=Out of Town — single|website=Apple Music|date=29 March 2018|access-date=21 February 2021|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411181046/https://music.apple.com/au/album/out-of-town/1363132677?i=1363132963|url-status=live}}

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

scope="row"| "Over My Dead Body"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/over-my-dead-body/1440576348?i=1440576350|title=Over My Dead Body — single|website=Apple Music|date=16 November 2018|access-date=21 February 2021|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411181032/https://music.apple.com/au/album/over-my-dead-body/1440576348?i=1440576350|url-status=live}}

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

| rowspan="6"| Violent Pop

scope="row"| "Timebomb"
(featuring Alex Mattson){{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/timebomb-feat-alex-mattson/1454234274?i=1454234469|title=Timebomb — single|website=Apple Music|date=15 March 2019|access-date=21 February 2021|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411181055/https://music.apple.com/au/album/timebomb-feat-alex-mattson/1454234274?i=1454234469|url-status=live}}

| rowspan="3"| 2019

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

scope="row"| "Snake"
(featuring GG6){{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/snake-feat-gg6/1463391083?i=1463391163|title=Snake — single|website=Apple Music|date=7 June 2019|access-date=21 February 2021|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411181051/https://music.apple.com/au/album/snake-feat-gg6/1463391083?i=1463391163|url-status=live}}

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

scope="row"| "Died Enough for You"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/died-enough-for-you/1486777382?i=1486777559|title=Died Enough for You — single|website=Apple Music|date=22 November 2019|access-date=21 February 2021|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411130155/https://music.apple.com/au/album/died-enough-for-you/1486777382?i=1486777559|url-status=live}}

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

scope="row"| "Fever" {{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/fever-feat-alex-mattson/1491002441?i=1491002448|title=Forever — single|website=Apple Music|date=3 January 2020|access-date=21 February 2021|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411130200/https://music.apple.com/au/album/fever-feat-alex-mattson/1491002441?i=1491002448|url-status=live}}

| rowspan="3"| 2020

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

scope="row"| "Gun"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/gun-single/1512871864|title=Gun — single|website=Apple Music|date=22 May 2020|access-date=21 February 2021|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411130153/https://music.apple.com/au/album/gun-single/1512871864|url-status=live}}

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

scope="row"| "Left Outside Alone"{{cite web|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/left-outside-alone/1518891529?i=1518891531|title=Left Outside Alone — single|website=Apple Music|date=1 July 2020|access-date=21 February 2021|archive-date=11 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411130201/https://music.apple.com/au/album/left-outside-alone/1518891529?i=1518891531|url-status=live}}

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

| {{n/a|Non-album single}}

scope="row"| "Dark Side"{{cite web|date=21 January 2021|title=Dark Side — single|url=https://music.apple.com/au/album/dark-side/1545960204?i=1545960436|url-status=live|access-date=21 February 2021|website=Apple Music|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210411130155/https://music.apple.com/au/album/dark-side/1545960204?i=1545960436 |archive-date=11 April 2021 }}

| rowspan="3"| 2021

| 1 || 51 || 62 || 22 || 27 || 28 || 66 || —

| rowspan="5"| Lifestyles of the Sick & Dangerous

scope="row"| "{{ill|Balboa (song)|fi|Balboa (kappale)|lt=Balboa}}"

| 12 || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

scope="row"| "We Are No Saints"

| 18 || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

scope="row"| "Bad Idea"

| rowspan="2"| 2022

| 5 || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

scope="row"| "Don't Fix Me"

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

scope="row"| "Flatline"

| rowspan="4" | 2023

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

| rowspan="4"| Exit Emotions

scope="row"|"Happy Doomsday"{{cite web|url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2023/05/14/new-music-from-blind-channel-achille-lauro-keiino-and-more/277470/|title=New music this week (part 2): Songs from Blind Channel, Achille Lauro, KEiiNO and more|website=wiwibloggs|date=14 May 2023|access-date=21 May 2023|archive-date=15 July 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240715171822/https://wiwibloggs.com/2023/05/14/new-music-from-blind-channel-achille-lauro-keiino-and-more/277470/|url-status=live}}

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

scope="row"| "Deadzone"

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 26

scope="row"| "Die Another Day"

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

scope="row"| "Everybody (Bloodbros Back)"

| 2024

| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || —

| {{Non-album single}}

style="font-size:85%;" colspan="22"| "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released.

Notes

{{Noteslist}}

References

{{Reflist}}

External links

{{Commons category}}

  • {{Official website|https://www.blindchannelofficial.com/}}
  • {{allMusic}}

{{S-start}}

{{s-ach}}

{{Succession box|

| before=Aksel Kankaanranta
with "Looking Back"

| title=Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest

| years={{escyr|2021}}

| after=The Rasmus
with "Jezebel"

}}

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