Exit Emotions

Exit Emotions
Studio album by Blind Channel
Released	1 March 2024
Recorded	2023
Studio	Finnvox JXJ Music Amat Bloodbros
Genre	Pop metal [1] nu metal [2] [3]
Length	35:15
Label	Century Media
Producer	Aleksi Kaunisvesi Joonas Parkkonen
Blind Channel chronology
Lifestyles of the Sick & Dangerous (2022) Exit Emotions (2024)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Kerrang!	4/5 [4]
Metal Hammer	[5]
Distorted Sound	[6]
V13.net	9/10 [7]

Exit Emotions is the fifth studio album by Finnish nu metal 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. ^[1] Danniii Leivers of Louder Sound also gave a positive review at 7/10. ^[8] 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". ^[9] Rock Overdose Greece consider Exit Emotions "[the band's] best record to date". ^[10]

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". ^[11] Luke Nuttall, in an only slightly more positive review, considered the album an improvement over Lifestyles of the Sick & Dangerous , but was otherwise unimpressed. ^[12]

Track listing

Exit Emotions track listing

No.	Title	Length
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

Japanese edition bonus tracks ^{[13] [14]}

No.	Title	Length
13.	"Alive or Only Burning" (Live at Helsinki Ice Hall)	3:28
14.	"We Are No Saints" (Live at Helsinki Ice Hall)	3:48
Total length:		42:33

Personnel

Blind Channel

• Joel Hokka – vocals
• Niko Moilanen – vocals
• Joonas Porko – 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

Charts

Chart performance for Exit Emotions

Chart (2024)	Peak position
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista) [15]	1

References

1. "Album review: Blind Channel – Exit Emotions". Kerrang!. 1 March 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
2. "Blind Channel - Exit Emotions". Metal-Exposure. 25 February 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
3. Fordham, Tom (26 February 2024). "ALBUM REVIEW: Exit Emotions - Blind Channel". Distorted Sound Magazine. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
4. Law, Sam (March 1, 2024). "Album review: Blind Channel – Exit Emotions". Kerrang!. Retrieved October 12, 2025.
5. Leivers, Dannii (March 1, 2024). "Blind Channel – Exit Emotions". Louder (Metal Hammer). Retrieved October 12, 2025.
6. Fordham, Tom (February 26, 2024). "ALBUM REVIEW: Exit Emotions – Blind Channel". Distorted Sound. Retrieved October 12, 2025.
7. "Blind Channel – Exit Emotions (Album Review)". V13.net. February 2024. Retrieved October 12, 2025.
8. Leivers, Dannii (1 March 2024). ""Love them or dismiss them, Exit Emotions will only propel Blind Channel towards the arenas calling their name": Former Eurovision contestants step up as leading lights in the nu metal revival". louder. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
9. FitzGerald, Damian (26 February 2024). "Blind Channel – Exit Emotions (Album Review)". V13.net. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
10. "BLIND CHANNEL – "Exit Emotions"". Rock Overdose / Rock - Metal Music. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
11. Edwards, Joe (27 February 2024). "ALBUM REVIEW: Blind Channel - Exit Emotions". Boolin Tunes. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
12. "ALBUM REVIEW: Blind Channel – Exit Emotions". The Soundboard. 26 February 2024. Retrieved 7 April 2024.
13. "ニュー・アルバム『エグジット・エモーションズ』が本国フィンランドで１位を獲得。ニュー・シングル「ホエアズ・ジ・エグジット」の日本語字幕入りミュージック・ビデオも公開。". Sony Music Japan. March 12, 2024. Retrieved October 12, 2025.
14. "Exit Emotions [Japan Bonus Track] CD Album". CDJapan. Retrieved October 12, 2025.
15. "Blind Channel: Exit Emotions" (in Finnish). Musiikkituottajat – IFPI Finland. Retrieved 1 May 2024.