Dark Before Dawn is the upcoming fifth studio album by the American rock band Breaking Benjamin, it will be the band's first album since 2009's Dear Agony and the first since their reformation from hiatus in 2014. The album's first single titled "Failure" was released on March 23, 2015. The album is slated to be released June 23, 2015.
In mid-2010, Breaking Benjamin entered a hiatus while frontman Ben Burnley dealt with his health issues related to alcoholism. A year later, during this downtime, the rest of the band released a remixed version of "Blow Me Away", featuring guest vocals by Valora, was released in promotion of a greatest hits album, Shallow Bay: The Best of Breaking Benjamin. Burnley publicly opposed the release, saying content had been altered and released without his consent, and that it did not meet his standards. Burnley later fired bandmates Aaron Fink and Mark Klepaski over the release of the remixed "Blow Me Away", and then took them to court, stating Fink and Klepaski made unilateral and unauthorized decisions on behalf of the band. In April 2013, Burnley announced that the legal issues had finally ended, and he had won the rights to the name of the band. Shortly after, remaining member of the band Chad Szeliga announced that he was leaving the band due to creative differences.
On August 19, 2014, Burnley announced that they had reformed. The band re-emerged as a quintet, consisting of Burnley and four new members. New members include guitarist Jasen Rauch, previously of the band Red, who had previously collaborated with the band off of four tracks on Dear Agony, guitarist Keith Wallen, previously of Adelitas Way, bassist Aaron Bruch (of OurAfter and Forever Oeuvre), who played a couple of acoustics shows with Burnley in 2010 and 2013, and drummer Shaun Foist, previously of the band Picture Me Broken.
On September 13, 2014, the band members uploaded new photos of the band working in the studio. In October, Foist revealed that the band was currently writing new songs for the album.Dark Before Dawn is the upcoming fifth studio album by the American rock band Breaking Benjamin, it will be the band's first album since 2009's Dear Agony and the first since their reformation from hiatus in 2014. The album's first single titled "Failure" was released on March 23, 2015. The album is slated to be released June 23, 2015.
In mid-2010, Breaking Benjamin entered a hiatus while frontman Ben Burnley dealt with his health issues related to alcoholism. A year later, during this downtime, the rest of the band released a remixed version of "Blow Me Away", featuring guest vocals by Valora, was released in promotion of a greatest hits album, Shallow Bay: The Best of Breaking Benjamin. Burnley publicly opposed the release, saying content had been altered and released without his consent, and that it did not meet his standards. Burnley later fired bandmates Aaron Fink and Mark Klepaski over the release of the remixed "Blow Me Away", and then took them to court, stating Fink and Klepaski made unilateral and unauthorized decisions on behalf of the band. In April 2013, Burnley announced that the legal issues had finally ended, and he had won the rights to the name of the band. Shortly after, remaining member of the band Chad Szeliga announced that he was leaving the band due to creative differences.
On August 19, 2014, Burnley announced that they had reformed. The band re-emerged as a quintet, consisting of Burnley and four new members. New members include guitarist Jasen Rauch, previously of the band Red, who had previously collaborated with the band off of four tracks on Dear Agony, guitarist Keith Wallen, previously of Adelitas Way, bassist Aaron Bruch (of OurAfter and Forever Oeuvre), who played a couple of acoustics shows with Burnley in 2010 and 2013, and drummer Shaun Foist, previously of the band Picture Me Broken.
On September 13, 2014, the band members uploaded new photos of the band working in the studio. In October, Foist revealed that the band was currently writing new songs for the album.false2025-01-29 10:55:18Dark Before Dawn20152015-06-232015-06-2343Alternative Metal112282223740952b366ca-c727-4a2e-bff1-4c14eccff757854a1807-025b-42a8-ba8c-2a39717f1d25a6fd8cb6-a2d5-4702-8f12-6bf95a67dcba/media/data/media2/Music/Breaking Benjamin/Dark Before Dawn/folder.jpgBreaking BenjaminBreaking BenjaminBreaking Benjamin is an American rock band from Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, formed in 1999 by lead singer and guitarist Benjamin Burnley and drummer Jeremy Hummel. The first lineup of the band also included guitarist Aaron Fink and bassist Mark Klepaski. This lineup released two albums, Saturate (2002) and We Are Not Alone (2004), before Hummel was replaced by Chad Szeliga in 2005. The band released two more studio albums, Phobia (2006) and Dear Agony (2009), before entering an extended hiatus in early 2010 due to Burnley's recurring illnesses.Amid the hiatus, the release of a compilation album, Shallow Bay: The Best of Breaking Benjamin (2011), unauthorized by Burnley, brought about legal trouble within the band resulting in the dismissal of Fink and Klepaski. Szeliga later announced his departure in 2013 citing creative differences. Burnley remained the sole member of the band until late 2014, when the current lineup was announced, including bassist and backing vocalist Aaron Bruch, guitarist and backing vocalist Keith Wallen, guitarist Jasen Rauch, and drummer Shaun Foist. The band afterward released Dark Before Dawn (2015) and Ember (2018), which debuted at number one and three on the Billboard 200, respectively. Following these albums, the band released another compilation, Aurora (2020), featuring reworked acoustic versions of past songs along with one original new song.
Despite significant lineup changes, the band's musical style and lyrical content have remained consistent, with Burnley serving as the primary composer and lead vocalist since the band's inception. The band has commonly been noted for its formulaic hard rock tendencies with angst-heavy lyrics, swelling choruses, and "crunching" guitars. In the United States alone, the band has sold more than 19 million units and yielded three RIAA-certified platinum records, two gold records, and several certified singles, including three multi-platinum, three platinum, and six gold.