Blind Channel (FI)
PAINSTREAM TOUR
FINNISH MODERN METAL WITH EXPLOSIVE ENERGY
Blind Channel are no strangers to big stages. Just one year after their formation, they played at Wacken Open Air in 2014. The Finns stepped into the international spotlight in 2021 at the latest, when they represented their home country with “Dark Side” at the Eurovision Song Contest and finished in sixth place. This was followed by extensive tours, festival appearances, and opening slots for bands like Electric Callboy, as well as increasingly larger headline shows of their own.
With “Exit Emotions,” Blind Channel released their fifth studio album in 2024 and pushed their self-proclaimed “Violent Pop” further in a modern, hard-hitting direction. In the spring of 2025, Joel Hokka, one of the two vocalists, left the band after twelve years together. The remaining members decided to continue as a five-piece and took their time preparing for the next chapter. After about a year and a half, Blind Channel are back with new music and their sixth album, “Painstream” (release date: October 30, 2026). Hard riffs, shouts, and catchy melodies meet a dark atmosphere and electronic elements. Rather than being reduced to a mere part of the nu-metal revival, the band sounds more contemporary. From celebrating the past to the modern metal of the present.
The title “Painstream” says it all. On the album, Blind Channel explore pain—something that connects every human being despite all our differences. In a world full of uncertainty, conflict, and division, they examine it not only from a personal perspective but also from a societal and existential one. The twelve songs tell of growth, self-reflection, and the difficult moments that come with them. That sounds darker than it’s meant to be. Amid all the pain, the Finns repeatedly find something unexpected: hope.
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