Exit Emotions

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

Reception
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. Danniii Leivers of Louder Sound also gave a positive review at 7/10. Another positive 7/10 review by metal-exposure.com compared the album to that of My Chemical Romance and Avenged Sevenfold. 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". 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". Rock Overdose Greece consider Exit Emotions "[the band's] best record to date".

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". Luke Nuttall, in an only slightly more positive review, considered the album an improvement over Lifestyles of the Sick & Dangerous, but was otherwise unimpressed.

Personnel
Blind Channel
 * Joel Hokka – vocals
 * Niko Moilanen – vocals
 * Joonas Parkkonen – 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