Painstream

The sixth studio album by Blind Channel, the Finnish band formed in Oulu in 2013, released by Century Media Records on 30 October 2026. It is their first full-length since EXIT EMOTIONS (March 2024): the band announced an indefinite hiatus in October 2024 and broke roughly a year and a half of silence in August 2026. Vocalist Joel Hokka left in April 2025, citing insomnia and other health problems, so this is the first Blind Channel album made without him; the group continues as a five-piece of Niko Vilhelm Moilanen (vocals), Joonas Porko (guitar), Olli Matela (bass), Tommi Lalli (drums) and Aleksi Kaunisvesi (DJ, percussion). The record runs twelve tracks, with Aaron Pauley of Of Mice & Men guesting on "Into the Void". The advance double single "Diana" / "No Encores in a Swan Song" appeared on 6 August 2026 together with its official music video, and further singles were announced for 3 September and 1 October. The band has described the album as built on the idea that pain can connect people rather than divide them. This ASIN is the German-pressed import; details of a Japanese edition had not been announced at the time of writing.