Breaking Benjamin will release its new single, ‘Red Cold River’, on January 5, 2018. The song is taken from the band’s sixth album, “Ember”, which will be released later next spring.
Breaking Benjamin frontman Ben Burnley revealed the name of the follow-up to 2015’s “Dark Before Dawn” during an interview with Rock 102.1 KFMA at this past October’s KFMA Fall Ball in Tucson, Arizona.
“Dark Before Dawn” ended a six-year gap between albums for the group and marked the recording debut of the band’s current lineup, of which Burnley remains the sole original member. “Dark Before Dawn” debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 album chart upon release, another first for the act.
The album went gold in the U.S. for sales of more than five hundred thousand copies and yielded the chart-topping singles “Failure”, “Angels Fall” and “Never Again”.
Burnley told The Pulse Of Radio a while back that consistency has been the key to Breaking Benjamin‘s success. “I don’t want to reinvent the wheel,” he said. “I just want to write good music that’s gonna stand the test of time and I try to do that. Whether I accomplished that is another thing, but at least I try to do that. And I think fans are noticing that the band hasn’t changed just because I’m the main songwriter, I always have been, and my process — it’s not gonna change. All I’m gonna try to do is just write really, really good songs and bring the Breaking Benjamin sound to another level.”
Following its successful fall acoustic tour throughout the U.S., Breaking Benjamin will begin its nationwide tour with Avenged Sevenfold and Bullet For My Valentine on January 12. The tour will kick off on in Nashville and hit arenas throughout North America, wrapping up in Washington in February.
Upcoming Shows:
JAN 12 2018 BRIDGESTONE ARENA NASHVILLE, TN
JAN 14 2018 VAN ANDEL ARENA GRAND RAPIDS, MI
JAN 16 2018 SANTANDER ARENA READING, PA
JAN 17 2018 BRYCE JORDAN CENTER STATE COLLEGE, PA
JAN 19 2018 VIDEOTRON CENTRE QUEBEC, QC
JAN 21 2018 CANADIAN TIRE CENTRE OTTAWA, ON
JAN 22 2018 FIRSTONTARIO CENTRE HAMILTON, ON
JAN 24 2018 RESCH CENTER GREEN BAY, WI
JAN 25 2018 PEORIA CIVIC CENTER PEORIA, IL
JAN 27 2018 DENNY SANFORD PREMIER CENTER SIOUX FALLS, SD
JAN 29 2018 BOK CENTER TULSA, OK
JAN 31 2018 MISSISSIPPI COAST COLISEUM BILOXI, MS
FEB 2 2018 VERIZON ARENA LITTLE ROCK, AR
FEB 3 2018 FORD CENTER EVANSVILLE, IN
FEB 6 2018 INTRUST BANK ARENA WICHITA, KS
FEB 8 2018 PINNACLE BANK ARENA LINCOLN, NE
FEB 9 2018 US CELLULAR CENTER CEDAR RAPIDS, IA
FEB 11 2018 FARGODOME FARGO, ND
FEB 12 2018 BELL MTS PLACE WINNIPEG, MB
FEB 14 2018 SASKTEL CENTER SASKATOON, SK
FEB 15 2018 ROGERS PLACE EDMONTON, AB
FEB 17 2018 PACIFIC COLISEUM VANCOUVER, BC
APR 27 Metropolitan Park Jacksonville, FL
APR 28 Markham Park Sunrise, FL
MAY 18 Mapfre Stadium Columbus, OH
The band’s latest album, “Dark Before Dawn”, which has been released on 23 June 2015 through Hollywood Records. The album sold 141,000 copies in its first week of release to enter The Billboard 200 chart at position No. 1. The sales number was the best single-week sales mark of the band’s career, with 135,000 of those made for physical CDs.
“Dark Before Dawn” features Burnley leading an all-new lineup of the group, which has been expanded from a quartet to a five-piece.
Our review of can be “Dark Before Dawn”found here.