The Strange History of BREAKING BENJAMIN (so sad...)

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My son has autism, is non verbal and is very picky with what he listens to and not much will get him to sit down. But when I put Breaking Benjamin he'll immediately stop whatever hes doing and will "sing" the songs. It might not mean much to many people. But to me and our family, their music has been a huge blessing in our lives.

The Butt Rock label on Breaking Benjamin is absurd. Their sound is way more layered and developed than a Nickleback or a Five Finger Death Punch. Also, Ben is one of the most melodic rock vocalists of all-time and both their choruses and non-choruses are very sonically pleasing.

Dear agony is probably my favorite album of all time, it’s extremely underrated and every song is amazingly written

"So Cold" is still one of my favorite songs of all times. There's just something about it that gives me the chills evertime i hear it. Just hearing the short clips of it in this video still hit the sweet spot for me.

Breaking Benjamin and Chevelle (more so Chevelle) always get unfairly lumped in with radio rock bands. Chevelle are super underrated and just get better over time

Chad’s drumming on Phobia and Dear Agony is top notch. His swing grooves and splash work has influenced more drummers than he’s given credit for in the genre.

Phobia is one of the greatest radio rock albums to exist, just perfect.

Blow Me Away will always “that” song for me. It just has a super magical vibe about it. I don’t think I’ve ever disliked anything this band has ever released.

Saturate is CRIMINALLY underrated. I rank it as one of the best rock albums of all time. It’s heavy and yet pretty. “Forever” is one of the most beautiful songs ever made. Next to nothing is a 10. Listen to that album in depth. It’s great.

The best part of the new lineup is that almost everyone sings harmonies and leads live, every guitar track is covered, they sound massive, and they put on a better show today than 20 years ago.

They were definitely a gateway band for me in 2005-2009 when I was in high school. Soon after, it was Slipknot, Disturbed, Avenged Sevenfold, then August Burns Red, Underoath, The Devil Wears Prada, As I lay Dying. Soon after that, it was Whitechapel, Oceano, Veil of Maya, Pig Destroyer. You can see how the rock-to-deathmetal pipeline works like a charm ;)

Here's my story of how I discovered this band. I had a really good friend where I lived and he ended up passing away. This is back when myspace was still around and people had music players on their website. I went to his page to leave a comment saying that I miss you buddy and what I was greeted to was the music player playing so cold by Breaking Benjamin. And I instantly fell in love with the band.

Breaking Benjamin wasn't a band I thought would be relevant in 2024 but I'll be damned if their songs aren't still decent af and still regularly played on the radio. Wild. Definitely a legacy band who still has momentum.

Breaking Benjamin is one of those bands that always slapped, even in 6th grade when everyone just listened to mostly rap by default, breaking benjamin always came thru our playlists with some bangers 🫡

One of the most underrated bands ever. All of their albums are great.

Always liked the term Alt-Metal for them. I really truly feel Breaking Benjamin inspired soooo many bands that play in similar tunings or song structures or even singing styles as Breaking Benjamin. But of course, they are my favourite band of all time, so I may be a bit biased. The last thing though, the label “buttrock” always makes me roll my eyes when you consider how thought out so many songs in their discography is. This band is the one I use for non rock listeners to at least try to get into hard rock. They’re the ONLY one that’s ever worked as a like “omg I actually liked that, except for the one scream in the bridge” type vibes you’ll get from a song like Diary of Jane. Finally, I think that’s a style they really developed and solidified with Phobia and Dear Agony. I really think anyone who loves rock, metal, whatever to give their discography a fair listen.

Ashes of Eden is such an underrated song. So well written.

"Firefly" from that one wrestling video game was such a jam

Angels Fall is my favorite Breaking Benjamin song. However, So Cold ALWAYS gets cranked up to max. Love that song.