Blind Channel
Defining themselves as "Violent Pop", the six-piece band Blind Channel from… Read Full Bio ↴Defining themselves as "Violent Pop", the six-piece band Blind Channel from Oulu, Finland, formed in September 2013 initially with two members - Joel Hokka and Joonas Porko before expanding to the current lineup seen today. The bandโs distinctive production offers the listeners unique rock, rap, nu-metal and electronic compositions, and a feisty package of kicking guitar riffs, without forgetting tenacious pop melodies. The band officially represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 held in Rotterdam in May 2021, where they placed 6th place in the grand finale with the song โDark Sideโ and currently hold the record for the most streamed song by a Finnish artist in 2021.
Their first single, โSave Meโ was released in October 2013 and reached the Finnish radio waves in only one week, because of this Blind Channel were selected to Finnish radio station Ylexโs โbasement bandโ of the week. Iltalehti, one of Finlandโs biggest newspaper mediaโs noticed the bandโs first music video and in a couple months the views have reached over 20, 000 views. The band initially established their profile actively by performing live shows all around Finland (including the southern metropolitan areas) and later released "Antipode" on March 21st 2013 - produced by Mikko Mรคkitalo. The singleโs B-side โNaysayersโ saw daylight one week before the actual release, and the A-side โCalling Outโ premiered on a local radio station Radio City one day before the release. The premiere also included an interview with the band. The second music video came out the same day.
The following Summer they played in Finnish festivals JรครคliCityRock, Provinssirock, Ilosaarirock, Qstock & Nummirock where they won the Wacken Metal Battle in Finland so they also played their first gig ever abroad in the world's biggest metal festival in Wacken Open Air in Germany to over 6000 people at The Wet Stage. Upon winning this competition, Finnish record label Ranka Kustannus also signed the band and they began recording their debut album Revolutions. Their debut studio album Revolutions was released on September 29th 2016. The album includes the singles "Unforgiving", "Don't", "Darker Than Black", "Deja FUโ and "Enemy for Me". The band proceeded to tour throughout Finland and surrounding countries following this release. Huge pop music fans, in March 2017 they released a cover of American hip-hop duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis's hit single "Can't Hold Us".
They released their second studio album Blood Brothers on April 20th 2018. The album includes the singles "Alone Against All", "Sharks Love Blood", "Wolfpack" and "Out of Town". They also embarked on several tours both as headliners and supporting acts such as Amaranthe, Royal Republic, Simple Plan, Hollywood Undead, Enter Shikari and in late 2018 completed their first UK tour supporting All That Remains and Sevendust.
The bandโs third studio album,Violent Pop was released on March 6th 2020. The album includes the singles "Over My Dead Body", "Timebomb (feat. Alex Mattson)", "Snake (feat. GG6 of Amaranthe)", "Died Enough for You", "Fever" and "Gun". The band had pre-booked a tour in Autumn/Winter 2020 around Sweden/Finland and festival slots as part of a touring cycle for Violent Pop which was cancelled as the Coronavirus pandemic came into affect. In May 2020 the band performed an acoustic livestream from 45 Oulu, the oldest rock bar in Oulu, Finland which included the live debuts of Violent Pop album tracks โFeel Nothingโ, โEnemies With Benefitsโ plus a tribute cover of Linkin Parkโs โNumbโ in honour of the late Chester Bennington. In July 2020, they released a studio version of Anastaciaโs โLeft Outside Alone" and accompanying music video to critical success.
After meeting DJ and producer Aleksi/Alex Mattson several years prior after Joel approached him to potentially remix a Blind Channel track, the band soon after discovered they had a lot of similar musical tastes and began collaborating, eventually releasing โTimebombโ together which featured as a single on the bandโs third studio album Violent Pop. After a live festival show in October 2020 featuring Aleksi on sample/percussion, the band officially asked Aleksi to join Blind Channel as a full-time member and they became a six-piece.
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". They won the selection with 54.3% of the vote (the highest in UMK history) and in May 2021 represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest, 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 performance of "Dark Side," after being informed that they could not lift a middle finger to the audience on the Eurovision stage due to the shows family friendly nature. On 19 May 2021 the band signed to Century Media/Sony Music.
In June 2021 the band recorded a collaboration of their song โDark Sideโ with fellow Finnish artist Lauri Ylonen of The Rasmus. The band has stated that a follow-up single to โDark Sideโ has been mixed and will be released late Summer 2021. On July 4th 2021 the band announced that โDark Sideโ is currently the most streamed Finnish song of 2021 with over 700,000 streams to date, beating out larger Finnish bands such as The Rasmus and HIM. The band have also announced a 15-date Finnish headline tour across July-August 2021.
In early 2021 the band shared that they had already began writing new material and in June 2021 shared footage from their studio showing them recording material for a currently untitled forth studio album set for release in Spring 2022.
Their first single, โSave Meโ was released in October 2013 and reached the Finnish radio waves in only one week, because of this Blind Channel were selected to Finnish radio station Ylexโs โbasement bandโ of the week. Iltalehti, one of Finlandโs biggest newspaper mediaโs noticed the bandโs first music video and in a couple months the views have reached over 20, 000 views. The band initially established their profile actively by performing live shows all around Finland (including the southern metropolitan areas) and later released "Antipode" on March 21st 2013 - produced by Mikko Mรคkitalo. The singleโs B-side โNaysayersโ saw daylight one week before the actual release, and the A-side โCalling Outโ premiered on a local radio station Radio City one day before the release. The premiere also included an interview with the band. The second music video came out the same day.
The following Summer they played in Finnish festivals JรครคliCityRock, Provinssirock, Ilosaarirock, Qstock & Nummirock where they won the Wacken Metal Battle in Finland so they also played their first gig ever abroad in the world's biggest metal festival in Wacken Open Air in Germany to over 6000 people at The Wet Stage. Upon winning this competition, Finnish record label Ranka Kustannus also signed the band and they began recording their debut album Revolutions. Their debut studio album Revolutions was released on September 29th 2016. The album includes the singles "Unforgiving", "Don't", "Darker Than Black", "Deja FUโ and "Enemy for Me". The band proceeded to tour throughout Finland and surrounding countries following this release. Huge pop music fans, in March 2017 they released a cover of American hip-hop duo Macklemore and Ryan Lewis's hit single "Can't Hold Us".
They released their second studio album Blood Brothers on April 20th 2018. The album includes the singles "Alone Against All", "Sharks Love Blood", "Wolfpack" and "Out of Town". They also embarked on several tours both as headliners and supporting acts such as Amaranthe, Royal Republic, Simple Plan, Hollywood Undead, Enter Shikari and in late 2018 completed their first UK tour supporting All That Remains and Sevendust.
The bandโs third studio album,Violent Pop was released on March 6th 2020. The album includes the singles "Over My Dead Body", "Timebomb (feat. Alex Mattson)", "Snake (feat. GG6 of Amaranthe)", "Died Enough for You", "Fever" and "Gun". The band had pre-booked a tour in Autumn/Winter 2020 around Sweden/Finland and festival slots as part of a touring cycle for Violent Pop which was cancelled as the Coronavirus pandemic came into affect. In May 2020 the band performed an acoustic livestream from 45 Oulu, the oldest rock bar in Oulu, Finland which included the live debuts of Violent Pop album tracks โFeel Nothingโ, โEnemies With Benefitsโ plus a tribute cover of Linkin Parkโs โNumbโ in honour of the late Chester Bennington. In July 2020, they released a studio version of Anastaciaโs โLeft Outside Alone" and accompanying music video to critical success.
After meeting DJ and producer Aleksi/Alex Mattson several years prior after Joel approached him to potentially remix a Blind Channel track, the band soon after discovered they had a lot of similar musical tastes and began collaborating, eventually releasing โTimebombโ together which featured as a single on the bandโs third studio album Violent Pop. After a live festival show in October 2020 featuring Aleksi on sample/percussion, the band officially asked Aleksi to join Blind Channel as a full-time member and they became a six-piece.
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". They won the selection with 54.3% of the vote (the highest in UMK history) and in May 2021 represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest, 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 performance of "Dark Side," after being informed that they could not lift a middle finger to the audience on the Eurovision stage due to the shows family friendly nature. On 19 May 2021 the band signed to Century Media/Sony Music.
In June 2021 the band recorded a collaboration of their song โDark Sideโ with fellow Finnish artist Lauri Ylonen of The Rasmus. The band has stated that a follow-up single to โDark Sideโ has been mixed and will be released late Summer 2021. On July 4th 2021 the band announced that โDark Sideโ is currently the most streamed Finnish song of 2021 with over 700,000 streams to date, beating out larger Finnish bands such as The Rasmus and HIM. The band have also announced a 15-date Finnish headline tour across July-August 2021.
In early 2021 the band shared that they had already began writing new material and in June 2021 shared footage from their studio showing them recording material for a currently untitled forth studio album set for release in Spring 2022.
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Blind Channel Lyrics
Alcatraz I hear someone calling They say the sky is falling My sky's…
Alive or Only Burning My soul is in shreds, tonight is a tomb Poets are…
Alone Against All Gimme, gimme, gimme hope! Bad guys, and broken hearts Angel…
Autopsy This ain't a studio, this is a morgue I ain't no…
Bad Idea I cannot stay this close to you I know that now I…
balboa I'mma keep coming back Keep coming back like Blood in my ey…
Calling Out Seems like somebody's been scratching the walls Maybe they w…
Can't Hold Us Ay, ay, ay Ay, ay, Good to see you Nananananananana Eh eh eh…
Dark Side Put your middle fingers up Take a shot, throw it up…
Darker Than Black When afraid to the dark ther's no turning back, I'm afraid…
DEADZONE Living in a dead zone Wait, I can still hear a…
Deja Fu Two years gone and we're out from the basement, poppin'…
Died Enough for You This is where we fall apart This is where I'm giving…
Don't Ah lahmlahlah Ah lahmlahlah I met this girl late last year S…
Don't Fix Me (Let me bleed out) (Leave me open) (open) I'm a shipwreck L…
Enemy for Me OK J One way to do it You did it wrong. You already…
Fever Been living in a fantasy Bad habits and blasphemy You wouldn…
FLATLINE I can not hear the music through all the moodswings (Flatli…
Glory for the Greedy The money, the power, the fame It's all bloody and sour…
Gun This is the meanest shit I've ever done Gun Reload! Time to…
HAPPY DOOMSDAY Happy doomsday to you Everybody's got apocalypse concept Pa…
Hold On To Hopeless Hold on to hopeless Let's go Hold on to hopeless I'm lying …
Left Outside Alone All my life I've been waiting For you to bring a…
Love of Mine Oh this love of mine, love of mine Let it die My…
My Heart Is a Hurricane It's a hurricane! You should know, I'm only happy when it…
National Heroes You're national heroes (you're national heroes) You're every…
Out of Town I'm out of town... I've been searching for a purpose for…
Over My Dead Body You can have it if you want it Have it if…
Sharks Love Blood From the very start you had my heart You like them…
Thank You for the Pain Successful people say it's lonely on the top Boohoo, I was…
This Side Of Me Woah Oh Oh Woah Oh Oh Oh Woah Oh Oh Woah…
Timebomb Tick-tock, tick-tock, I'm a timebomb Ready to go off like a…
Timebomb (feat. Alex Mattson) Tick-tock, tick-tock, I'm a time bomb Ready to go off like…
Trigger You'll see a curtain rise Tonight the world's so far! What a…
Unforgiving Daytime but it feels like the afterlife So starved that I…
We Are No Saints Saints go marching in Saints go marching in I'm more than j…
Wolfpack Late at night, I'm awake while the streets are coming…