The band Blind Channel has called its music style violent pop.
Members of Oulu-based band Blind Channel (from left): Olli Matela, Alex Mattson, Niko Vilhelm, Joel Hokka, Joonas Porko and Tommi Lalli.
Image: Berislav Jurišić / Yle
Niko Vilhelm, a vocalist from the Oulu-based rock band Blind Channel representing Finland in this year s Eurovision Song Contest, said the competition wasn t all that important to the group.
Their gloomy, rap-rock submission to the historically camp song contest,
Dark Side, appears to glorify alcohol abuse and suicide by the age of 27.
The song sounds vaguely reminiscent of early 2000s bands like Linkin Park or Evanescence.
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Blind Channel will represent Finland at the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam
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20 February 2021 at 21:42 CET
Metal band Blind Channel have won Uuden Musiikin Kilpailu (UMK) Finland’s national selection for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021, with their song Dark Side . The group will now compete against 40 other acts in Rotterdam.
Speaking to Eurovision.tv shortly after their victory, Blind Channel told us:
We can’t wait to play to hundreds of millions of people, so we can turn them to the dark side too! We’re gonna have one night of perfection tonight, because when Monday comes we have to get back to the grind to make sure we deliver the best show in Rotterdam that we can!