Dark Before Dawn [Bonus Track]

Dark Before Dawn [Bonus Track]

by Breaking Benjamin
Dark Before Dawn [Bonus Track]

Dark Before Dawn [Bonus Track]

by Breaking Benjamin

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Overview

The fifth studio long-player and first outing from Breaking Benjamin to rely on the talents of a more or less completely new lineup (founder, frontman, and namesake Benjamin Burnley remains at the wheel), Dark Before Dawn offers up little in the way of innovation. That said, as thick, smartly produced, largely inoffensive blasts of generic hard rock go, you could do a lot worse, and longtime fans will appreciate the fact that Burnley and his new shipmates (drummer Shaun Foist [Picture Me Broken], bassist Aaron Bruch, former Red guitarist Jasen Rauch, and ex-Adelitas Way guitarist Keith Wallen) stay true to the band's unwavering allegiance to all things late-'90s/early-2000s post-grunge/hard rock. In the six years since 2009's Dear Agony, Burnley has endured issues of both the legal and health varieties, and much of the 12-track set is spent attempting to process that period of personal upheaval, with standout cuts like the slow-burn single "Failure," the anthemic "Defeated," and the soaring "Close to Heaven" and "Angels Fall" leading the charge. Subtlety has never been Breaking Benjamin's strong suit (the album is bookended by a pair of perfunctory mood pieces titled "Dark" and "Dawn"), but what they lack in nuance they more than make up for in sheer melodic power. Somewhere between Burnley's powerhouse voice and the triple guitar-induced wall of sonic discord in which that pained throat wails, must lie some sort of catharsis, both for the listener and the band, but it's hard to conceal the fact that most of these songs are nearly interchangeable with the band's older material. [Dark Before Dawn was also released with a bonus track.] ~ James Christopher Monger

Product Details

Release Date: 06/23/2015
Label: Hollywood
UPC: 0050087319762
Rank: 37860

Tracks

  1. Dark
  2. Failure
  3. Angels Fall
  4. Breaking the Silence
  5. Hollow
  6. Close to Heaven
  7. Bury Me Alive
  8. Never Again
  9. The Great Divide
  10. Ashes of Eden
  11. Defeated
  12. Dawn
  13. [CD-ROM Track]

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Breaking Benjamin   Primary Artist
Keith Wallen   Guitar,Vocals
Katie Kresek   Violin
Jasen Rauch   Guitar
Benjamin Burnley   Guitar,Vocals,Strings,Orchestra
Dave Eggar   Cello,Orchestra
Aaron Bruch   Bass,Vocals
Chuck Palmer   Orchestra
Shaun Foist   Drums
Rhiannon Burnley   Vocals

Technical Credits

Bastien Busi   Producer
John Bender   Digital Engineer,Engineer
Keith Wallen   Composer
Keith Armstrong   Mixing,Mixing Engineer
Jasen Rauch   Composer
Chris Lord-Alge   Mixing
Ben Grosse   Mixing
Paul Pavao   Assistant
Dan Korneff   Engineer,Digital Engineer
Nik Karpen   Mixing,Mixing Engineer
Benjamin Burnley   Arranger,Composer,Engineer,Producer,Orchestration,Digital Engineer,String Arrangements,Unknown Contributor Role
Jim Romano   Engineer,Digital Engineer
Rich Egan   Management
Adam Harrison   Management
Tom Jermann   Design,Art Direction
David Byrnes   Legal Advisor
Jordan Feldstein   Management
Dave Eggar   Arranger,Orchestration
John Scholz   Management
Andy Somers   Booking
Chuck Palmer   Arranger,Orchestration
Adam Chagnon   Assistant
Dr. Aaron Dortman   Engineer
Nicole Napier   Cover Art
Dr. Aaron Dorfman   Engineer
Ted Jensen   Mastering
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