''Violent Pop'' is the third album by Finnish violent pop band
Blind Channel
Blind Channel is a Finnish nu metal band from Oulu. The band define their musical style as "violent pop". They represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 with the song " Dark Side", finishing in sixth place.
Career
In February ...
, released on 6 March 2020.
The first song for the album was the track, "Over My Dead Body", recorded in the summer of 2018.
From that moment on, Blind Channel began writing new material. In December 2019, the band announced that the recording of their album had been completed, taking just under a year and a half to finish.
Produced by
Jonas Olsson, who also worked on the band's two previous albums, ''
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hits, also took part in the album's recording.
In total, around twenty demos were selected for the album, but only eleven were chosen and ended up in the final release.
On 15 January 2020, Blind Channel revealed the album's title, cover art and track list.
It had been revealed that the album would be released under Out Of Line Music in Germany and Ranka Kustannus worldwide on March 6, 2020. The title of the album is in line with the self-named Blind Channel style.
Singles
The first
single
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was the song "Over My Dead Body", officially released on November 15, 2018. A video clip was published a few days later, directed by Alexei Kulikov from the Estonian media company Vita Pictura.
On March 15, 2019, the second single, "Timebomb", was released, featuring DJ and producer Alex Mattson.
On June 7, Blind Channel presented the third single, "Snake". The song featured Henrik Englund, best known as GG6, from the Swedish/Danish melodic metal band
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History
Formed by Olof Mörck (Dragonland, Nightrage) and Joacim "Jake E" Lundbe ...
. The musicians also presented a video clip directed again by Alexei Kulikov and the Vita Pictura team.
After a long break due to a large number of performances, Blind Channel released the fourth single "Died Enough For You" on November 22, 2019.
In addition, Blind Channel introduced a new style of the group – to replace the white colour in their outfits came a combination of silver and black. Thus, the group defined a new milestone in their work. The music video for the song was released on April 3, 2020.
On January 3, 2020, a fifth single, "Fever", was released. Blind Channel reported that this is the last single that they would release before the release of the album itself. The album's official release was accompanied by its final single, "Gun".
Track listing
Personnel
* Joel Hokka – vocals, guitar
* Niko Moilanen – vocals
* Joonas Porko – guitar, backing vocals
* Olli Matela – bass guitar
* Tommi Lalli – drums
Charts
References
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2020 albums
Blind Channel albums
Rock albums by Finnish artists