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| Released | 1 March 2024 | |||
| Recorded | 2023 | |||
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| Length | 35:15 | |||
| Label | Century Media | |||
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Exit Emotions is the fifth studio album by Finnish rock band Blind Channel, released on 1 March 2024, through Century Media Records.
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]
| No. | Title | Length |
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| 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 | |
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| Chart (2024) | Peak position |
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| Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [9] | 1 |
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