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{{Infobox album
| name
| type
| artist
| cover
| alt
| released
| recorded
| venue
| studio = 301 3rd St. Studios, [[Ocean City, New Jersey]], The Barbershop Studios, [[Hopatcong, New Jersey]]
| genre = [[Hard rock]], [[alternative metal]], [[post-grunge]]
| length = {{duration
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| s = 42}}
| label = [[Hollywood Records|Hollywood]]
| producer = [[Benjamin Burnley]]
| prev_title = [[Shallow Bay: The Best of Breaking Benjamin]]
| prev_year = 2011
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| next_year = 2018
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Dark Before Dawn
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| single1 = [[Failure (Breaking Benjamin song)|Failure]]
| single1date = March 23, 2015
| single2
| single2date = April 14, 2015
| single3
| single3date = May 12, 2015
| single4
| url = http://loudwire.com/korn-breaking-benjamin-reveal-fall-2016-u-s-co-headlining-tour/ | title = Korn + Breaking Benjamin Reveal Fall 2016 U.S. Co-Headlining Tour | first = | last = | website = [[Loudwire]] | publisher = Diffuser Network | date = June 6, 2016 | access-date = June 10, 2016}}</ref> | single4date = May 3, 2016
| single5
| single5date = January 20, 2017
}}
}}
'''''Dark Before Dawn''''' is the fifth studio album by American [[Rock music|rock]] band [[Breaking Benjamin]], released on June 23, 2015, by [[Hollywood Records]]. It is the group's first studio album following the band's hiatus lasting from early 2010 to late 2014, and the first album to feature an entirely different lineup alongside founder and frontman [[Benjamin Burnley]]. Produced and composed by Burnley, the album took shape towards the end of the hiatus and was mostly written before the new lineup "even played a single note together." The recording process took place afterwards at both a personal studio of Burnley's and at the same studio ''[[Phobia (Breaking Benjamin album)|Phobia]]'' (2006) was recorded, with all of the band members performing their respective instruments, including background vocals performed by guitarist [[Keith Wallen]] and bassist [[Aaron Bruch]], making the record their first to feature vocals other than Burnley's.
The album was a critical and commercial success. It garnered mostly positive reception, with many critics praising the album for staying true to the group's established sound, although others criticized it for sounding derivative and formulaic. Burnley described that he did not want to "[[Reinventing the wheel|reinvent the wheel]]" with the album. It debuted at number one on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]], the group's first in their catalog, earning 141,000 [[album-equivalent unit]]s in its first week, making it heretofore the group's most successful sales effort. The album was released to much greater international chart success than previous albums; until ''Dark Before Dawn'', the band had never charted outside North America or New Zealand. The album's lead single is "[[Failure (Breaking Benjamin song)|Failure]]", which was announced alongside the album on March 18, 2015.
==
''Dark Before Dawn'' was the first album to not feature former guitarist Aaron Fink and bassist Mark Klepaski. In early 2010, Benjamin Burnley announced he was too ill to perform, thereby putting the band on indefinite hiatus while he went through the medical system. Inter-band issues and legal battles ensued in 2011 after Fink and Klepaski allegedly granted permission unilaterally for the production of a greatest hits album and the release of a remix of the hit song "[[Blow Me Away]]" featuring Sydnee Duran of Valora. The two musicians were subsequently fired from the band and sued for punitive and compensatory damages. Fink and Klepaski's attorneys asserted that at issue was a 2009 agreement allowing Burnley to dismiss them for "cause", asserting it was no longer valid due to Burnley's status of indefinite hiatus while he was too ill to perform.<ref name="Sisak, Gaydos 2011">{{cite web
| url = http://citizensvoice.com/news/breaking-benjamin-broken-over-song-dispute-1.1182879
| title = Breaking Benjamin broken over song dispute
| last1 = Sisak
| first1 = Michael
| last2 = Gaydos
| first2 = Kristen
| date = August 2, 2011
| website = [[The Citizens' Voice]]
| publisher = Times-Shamrock NEPA
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150630014919/http://citizensvoice.com/news/breaking-benjamin-broken-over-song-dispute-1.1182879
| archive-date = June 30, 2015
| url-status = live}}</ref> After being ordered by a judge to arbitration,<ref name="Sisak 2011">{{cite web
| url = http://citizensvoice.com/news/judge-moves-breaking-benjamin-dispute-to-arbitrator-1.1183519
| title = Judge moves Breaking Benjamin dispute to arbitrator
| last = Sisak
| first = Michael
| date = August 3, 2011
| website = [[The Citizens' Voice]]
| publisher = Times-Shamrock NEPA
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150405131313/http://citizensvoice.com/news/judge-moves-breaking-benjamin-dispute-to-arbitrator-1.1183519
| archive-date = April 5, 2015
| url-status = live}}</ref> the issues were settled, announced in April 2013, as Burnley reserved the exclusive right to continue under the band name Breaking Benjamin.<ref name="Childers 2013:9:43">{{cite web
| url = http://loudwire.com/breaking-benjamin-benjamin-burnley-retains-rights-band-name/
| title = Breaking Benjamin Frontman Benjamin Burnley Retains Rights to Band's Name
| last = Childers
| first = Chad
| date = April 20, 2013
| website = [[Loudwire]]
| publisher = Diffuser Network
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150626172845/http://loudwire.com/breaking-benjamin-benjamin-burnley-retains-rights-band-name/
| archive-date = June 26, 2015
| url-status = live}}</ref> Shortly thereafter, drummer [[Chad Szeliga]] announced his departure from the band, citing creative differences.<ref name="Schoof 2015">{{cite web
| url = http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/music/index.ssf/2015/03/breaking_benjamin_releases_fir.html
| title = Breaking Benjamin releases first single in more than four years; listen to 'Failure' here
| last = Schoof
| first = Dustin
| date = March 23, 2015
| website = Lehigh Valley Live
| publisher = PennLive LLC
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150623004044/http://www.lehighvalleylive.com/music/index.ssf/2015/03/breaking_benjamin_releases_fir.html
| archive-date = June 23, 2015
| url-status = live}}</ref>
The album began taking shape towards the end of the hiatus. Burnley stated that after growing frustrated with the lack of answers concerning his health condition, he decided to focus on writing music, saying on ''[[That Metal Show]]'', "I literally took my medical records [...] and I slammed them down like, 'You know what, forget this, I'm not getting anywhere with this', so I just decided to stop trying to find out whatever it was and just focus on our music, and that's when ''Dark Before Dawn'' really started to take shape." After the album was mostly written, Burnley began assembling new members of the band, including [[Jasen Rauch]] (lead guitar; originally from [[Red (band)|Red]]), [[Keith Wallen]] (rhythm guitar and backing vocals; originally from [[Adelitas Way]]), Aaron Bruch (bass), and Shaun Foist (drums; originally from [[Picture Me Broken]]).<ref name="Trunk 2015:13:12">{{cite AV media
| url = https://youtube.com/watch?v=WhyjhdFDITE&t=13m12s | title = Breaking Benjamin LIVE Chat on YouTube Space NY featuring host Eddie Trunk from "That Metal Show" | date = June 23, 2015 | last = Trunk | first = Eddie | publisher = [[YouTube]] | author-link = Eddie Trunk | location = YouTube Space, [[New York City]] | time | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150701190853/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhyjhdFDITE
| archive-date = July 1, 2015
| url-status = live
| medium = interview video}}</ref>
==
Burnley has described that the album was "about 95 percent" written before the new lineup "even played a single note together."<ref name="Jackie 2015:2:16">{{cite web
| url = http://loudwire.com/breaking-benjamins-ben-burnley-talks-dark-before-dawn-new-lineup-more/
| title = Breaking Benjamin's Ben Burnley Talks 'Dark Before Dawn', New Lineup + More
| author = "Full Metal Jackie"
| date = April 9, 2015
| website = [[Loudwire]]
| publisher = Diffuser Network
| archive-url =
https://web.archive.org/web/20150701034537/http://loudwire.com/breaking-benjamins-ben-burnley-talks-dark-before-dawn-new-lineup-more/
| archive-date = July 1, 2015
| url-status = live}}</ref> While Burnley remained the primary songwriter, Rauch wrote the intro and outro tracks, "Dark" and "Dawn", and also contributed to "Defeated" and "[[Never Again (Breaking Benjamin song)|Never Again]]", the latter of which was also contributed to by Keith Wallen.<ref name="album liner notes">{{cite AV media notes
| title = Dark Before Dawn
| others = [[Breaking Benjamin]]
| date = June 23, 2015
| type = booklet liner notes
| publisher = [[Hollywood Records]]
| id = D002142492
| location = Ocean City, New Jersey}}</ref>{{sup|:[1, 9, 12]}} Burnley stated that while it was in 2014 that the record became cohesive, it was throughout the hiatus that he began creating new material.<ref name="Wiederhorn 2015">{{cite web
| url = https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/breaking-benjamin-battle-mystery-illness-on-painful-road-to-number-one-20150701?page=2
| title = Breaking Benjamin Battle Mystery Illness on Painful Road to Number One
| last = Wiederhorn
| first = Jon
| date = July 1, 2015
| website = [[Rolling Stone]]
| publisher = [[Jann Wenner]]
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150704124201/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/breaking-benjamin-battle-mystery-illness-on-painful-road-to-number-one-20150701
| archive-date = July 4, 2015
| url-status = dead}}</ref> Recorded and produced in [[New Jersey]] at both 301 3rd Studios in [[Ocean City, New Jersey|Ocean City]] (a personal studio of Burnley's) and The Barbershop Studios in [[Hopatcong, New Jersey|Hopatcong]] (the same studio with which ''[[Phobia (Breaking Benjamin album)|Phobia]]'' was recorded in 2006),<ref name="album liner notes" />{{sup|:13}} ''Dark Before Dawn'' is the first album with Burnley credited as the producer. The singer elaborated:
: "Listen, other people will give you their versions of things, and I can't help that, but I myself am entitled to my own version, and I would say that I did the same amount of producing on this album as I've done on other albums, just never had my name [on it]. So, that was basically a really conscious decision for me, to be like, 'You know, I'm not doing anything different here than I have done in the past. Why shouldn't I be known to be doing it? You know, why shouldn't I get the credit for something that I'm actually doing?' So I just basically did it, and I didn't tell anybody, whereas the process before was, I would tell people that I was getting ready to do it, then we would gear up to do it, and then people would get involved, and the credit would go wherever. So I just didn't tell a single soul I was doing it, I just did it in my own studio, and it was great."<ref name="Trunk 2015:19:03">{{cite AV media
| url = https://youtube.com/watch?v=WhyjhdFDITE&t=19m03s | title = Breaking Benjamin LIVE Chat on YouTube Space NY featuring host Eddie Trunk from "That Metal Show" | date = June 23, 2015 | last = Trunk | first = Eddie | publisher = [[YouTube]] | author-link = Eddie Trunk | location = YouTube Space, [[New York City]] | time | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150701190853/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhyjhdFDITE
| archive-date = July 1, 2015
| url-status = live
| medium = interview video}}</ref>
Guitarist Keith Wallen and bassist Aaron Bruch performed all of the background vocals on ''Dark Before Dawn'', unlike previous albums on which Burnley performed his own. Burnley stated that background vocals were worked on the most in regard to producing, elaborating on ''That Metal Show'', "Because, guitars are guitars, you know, I mean, what are you gonna do, you can tune them and all these things, but singing is a totally different animal so that's where we spent a lot of time. Because when you're playing guitar you can kinda let your style come through, but if you're singing [along with] somebody you kind of have to sound like them for it to really gel, so they really altered, I guess their personality." Bruch added, "It's things like inflection, and vibrato, and making sure you bring it the same."<ref name="Trunk 2015:24:13">{{cite AV media
| url = https://youtube.com/watch?v=WhyjhdFDITE&t=24m13s | title = Breaking Benjamin LIVE Chat on YouTube Space NY featuring host Eddie Trunk from "That Metal Show" | date = June 23, 2015 | last = Trunk | first = Eddie | publisher = [[YouTube]] | author-link = Eddie Trunk | location = YouTube Space, [[New York City]] | time | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150701190853/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WhyjhdFDITE
| archive-date = July 1, 2015
| url-status = live
| medium = interview video}}</ref>
===
For ''Dark Before Dawn'' Burnley was the primary songwriter, the singer stating that "I don't want to reinvent the wheel. [...] I think fans are noticing that the band hasn't changed, because I'm the main songwriter, I always have been, and my process — it's not gonna change."<ref name="KSHE 2015:4:16">{{cite web
| url = http://www.kshe95.com/news/real-rock-news/breaking-benjamin-issues-new-song-called-angels-fall
| title = Breaking Benjamin issues new song called 'Angels Fall'
| author = KSHE Staff
| date = April 16, 2015
| website = [[KSHE|K-SHE '95]]
| publisher = [[Emmis Communications]]
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150518083352/http://www.kshe95.com/news/real-rock-news/breaking-benjamin-issues-new-song-called-angels-fall
| archive-date = May 18, 2015
| url-status = dead
| access-date = July 5, 2015}}</ref> The album has primarily been described as [[hard rock]],<ref name="Wiederhorn 2015" /><ref name="Lipshutz 2015"/><ref name="AllMusic"/><ref name="Marsicano 2015"/> [[alternative metal]],<ref name="Lipshutz 2015" /><ref name="Marsicano 2015" /> and [[post-grunge]].<ref name="AllMusic" /> M.K. Sealy from MusicSnake said of the music, "For those who have enjoyed Breaking Benjamin's previous albums, the sound of ''Dark Before Dawn'' will be unsettlingly familiar. As a whole, ''Dark Before Dawn'' feels and sounds as if the band has fine-tuned ''Phobia'', some of the instrumentation making the listener pause and consider if they've heard the song on a previous album. Regardless of its familiarity, ''Dark Before Dawn'' offers [listeners] an incredible, lyrical journey, and the album is thoroughly enjoyable."<ref name="Sealy 2015">{{cite web
| url = http://musicsnake.com/breaking-benjamin-dark-before-dawn-album-review/
| title = Breaking Benjamin: 'Dark Before Dawn' Album Review
| last = Sealy
| first = M.K.
| date = July 22, 2015
| website = MusicSnake
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150627103935/http://musicsnake.com/breaking-benjamin-dark-before-dawn-album-review/
| archive-date = June 27, 2015
| url-status = live}}</ref>
==
{{Listen
| filename = Breaking Benjamin - Failure (preview).ogg
| title = "Failure"
| description = Sample of the album's lead single "Failure" as released on March 20, 2015.
| format = [[Ogg]]}}On March 18, 2015, both the album and its lead single "Failure" were announced for release on June 23 and March 23, respectively.<ref name="KSHE 2015:3:18">{{cite web
| url = http://www.kshe95.com/news/real-rock-news/new-breaking-benjamin-album-out-june-single-coming-next-week
| title = New Breaking Benjamin album out in June; single coming next week
| author = KSHE Staff
| date = March 18, 2015
| website = [[KSHE]]
| publisher = [[Emmis Communications]]
| archive-url = https://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kshe95.com%2Fnews%2Freal-rock-news%2Fnew-breaking-benjamin-album-out-june-single-coming-next-week&date=2015-03-27
| archive-date = March 27, 2015
| url-status = dead}}</ref> The album's second and third singles, "Angels Fall" and "Defeated", were released on April 14<ref name="Childers 2015:4:14">{{cite web
| url = http://loudwire.com/breaking-benjamin-angels-fall/
| title = Breaking Benjamin releases new song 'Angels Fall'
| last = Childers
| first = Chad
| date = April 14, 2015
| website = [[Loudwire]]
| publisher = Diffuser Network
| access-date = April 18, 2015}}</ref> and May 12,<ref name="Childers 2015 5:14">{{cite web
| url = http://loudwire.com/breaking-benjamin-new-song-defeated/
| title = Breaking Benjamin Unveil New Song 'Defeated' Ahead of Album Release
| last = Childers
| first = Chad
| date = May 14, 2015
| website = [[Loudwire]]
| publisher = Diffuser Network
| access-date = May 14, 2015}}</ref> respectively. Prior to the album's release, in April 2015, the band went on a short North American tour with English [[alternative rock]] band [[Young Guns (band)|Young Guns]], who were also promoting their 2015 album ''[[Ones and Zeros (Young Guns album)|Ones and Zeros]]''.<ref>[http://www.redbull.com/us/en/music/stories/1331716265561/listen-young-guns-daylight-song-premire-interview Listen: Young Guns "Daylight" Song Premiere, Interview<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> The album was streamed early in June 16 via [[ITunes Radio|iTunes First Play]].<ref name="Childers 2015:6:17">{{cite web
| url = http://loudwire.com/breaking-benjamin-streaming-dark-before-dawn-album/
| title = Breaking Benjamin Streaming ‘Dark Before Dawn’ Album Ahead of Release
| last = Childers
| first = Chad
| date = June 17, 2015
| website = [[Loudwire]]
| publisher = Diffuser Network
| access-date = June 21, 2015}}</ref> The fourth single, "Ashes of Eden", was released in 2016. A video was released for it on July 2016.<ref name="ashesofeden2">{{cite web
| url = http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/7438220/breaking-benjamin-ashes-of-eden-video
| title = Watch Breaking Benjamin's 'Ashes of Eden' Video: Exclusive Premiere
| last = Titus
| first = Christa
| date = July 15, 2016
| website = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]
| publisher = [[Prometheus Global Media]]}}</ref>
==
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[About.com]]
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| rev2Score = {{Rating|3|5}}<ref name="AllMusic"/>
| rev3 = ''[[Alternative Addiction]]''
| rev3score = {{rating|4.5|5}}<ref name="Alternative Addiction">{{cite web
| url = http://www.alternativeaddiction.com/Review/491 | title = Album Review of Dark Before Dawn by Breaking Benjamin | website = [[Alternative Addiction]] | date = June 23, 2015 | access-date = June 30, 2015}}</ref> | rev4 = ''[[The Citizens' Voice]]''
| rev4score = positive<ref name="Gaydos 2015"/>
| rev5 = ''[[Melodic (magazine)|Melodic]]''
| rev5Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref name="Spinelli 2015">{{cite web
| url = http://www.melodic.net/?page=review&id=89564 | title = Breaking Benjamin - Dark Before Dawn | first = | last = | website = [[Melodic (magazine)|Melodic]] | access-date = June 23, 2015 | url-status = | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20150620205906/http://www.melodic.net/?page=review&id=89564 | archivedate = June 20, 2015 }}</ref> | rev6 = ''[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]''
| rev6score = 3/5<ref name="Borjon 2015">{{cite web
| url = http://www.revolvermag.com/news/review-breaking-benjamin-dark-before-dawn.html
| title = Review: Breaking Benjamin – Dark Before Dawn
| website = [[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]
| first = Jeremy
| last = Borjon
| publisher = NewBay Media
| date = June 16, 2015
| access-date = June 30, 2015
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150626152048/http://www.revolvermag.com/news/review-breaking-benjamin-dark-before-dawn.html
| archive-date = June 26, 2015
| url-status = dead }}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[SF Weekly]]''
| rev7score = negative<ref name="Saincome 2015"/>
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| rev8score = 7.6/10<ref>[http://www.ultimate-guitar.com/reviews/compact_discs/breaking_benjamin/dark_before_dawn/index.html Dark Before Dawn Review | Breaking Benjamin | Compact Discs | Reviews @ Ultimate-Guitar.Com<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
| rev9 = Punk News
| rev9score = 1.5/5<ref>[http://www.punknews.org/review/13694/breaking-benjamin-dark-before-dawn Breaking Benjamin - Dark Before Dawn | Punknews.org<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>}}
''[[The Citizens' Voice]]'' writer Kristen Gaydos gave the album a positive review, stating that "''Dark Before Dawn'' falls in nicely with the band's back catalog, laying the groundwork for the band's second era."<ref name="Gaydos 2015">{{cite web
| url = http://citizensvoice.com/arts-living/album-review-breaking-benjamin-sticks-to-signature-sound-on-dark-before-dawn-1.1899173 | title = Album review: Breaking Benjamin sticks to signature sound on "Dark Before Dawn" | last = Gaydos | first = Kristen | date = June 18, 2015 | website = [[The Citizens' Voice]] | publisher = | access-date = June 21, 2015}}</ref> ''[[SF Weekly]]'' writer [[Matt Saincome]] gave the disc a negative review, saying, "The only reprieve on this album comes in the form of track 10, "Ashes of Eden," an acoustic love song that is functional, palatable, and proves that it's the stylistic choices that make the rest of ''Dark Before Dawn'' unbearable to anyone with a halfway decent music taste."<ref name="Saincome 2015">{{cite web | url = http://www.sfweekly.com/shookdown/2015/06/17/stuck-in-traffic-with-breaking-benjamin | title = Stuck in Traffic with Breaking Benjamin
| last = Saincome
| first = Matt
| date = June 17, 2015
| website = [[SF Weekly]]
| publisher = [[San Francisco Newspaper Company]]
| access-date = June 21, 2015}}</ref>
==
''Dark Before Dawn'' debuted at number one on the US [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]] chart, earning 141,000 [[album-equivalent unit]]s in its first week of release. 135,000 of that total were pure album sales. It is the first ''Billboard'' 200 chart-topping release of the band's career.<ref name="Lipshutz 2015" /> By July 2016, ''Dark Before Dawn'' had sold over 360,000 copies in the United States.<ref name="ashesofeden2" /> On August 29, 2016, ''Dark Before Dawn'' was certified Gold by the RIAA.<ref>[http://screamermagazine.com/press-releases/breaking-benjamin-dark-dawn-certified-gold/ Breaking Benjamin "Dark Before Dawn" Certified Gold - Screamer Magazine<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref>
==
Writing credits adapted from album booklet liner notes.<ref name="album liner notes" />
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| title1 = Dark
| note1 =
| writer1 = [[Jasen Rauch]]
| lyrics1 =
| music1 =
| extra1 =
| length1 = 2:10
| title2 = [[Failure (Breaking Benjamin song)|Failure]]
| note2 =
| writer2 = [[Benjamin Burnley]]
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| length2 = 3:34
| title3 = [[Angels Fall (song)|Angels Fall]]
| note3 =
| writer3 = Burnley
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| length3 = 3:48
| title4 = Breaking the Silence
| note4 =
| writer4 = Burnley
| lyrics4 =
| music4 =
| extra4 =
| length4 = 3:01
| title5 = Hollow
| note5 =
| writer5 = Burnley
| lyrics5 =
| music5 =
| extra5 =
| length5 = 3:51
| title6 = Close to Heaven
| note6 =
| writer6 = Burnley
| lyrics6 =
| music6 =
| extra6 =
| length6 = 4:09
| title7 = Bury Me Alive
| note7 =
| writer7 = Burnley
| lyrics7 =
| music7 =
| extra7 =
| length7 = 4:04
| title8 = [[Never Again (Breaking Benjamin song)|Never Again]]
|
| writer8 = Burnley, Rauch, [[Keith Wallen]]
| lyrics8 =
| music8 =
| extra8 =
| length8 = 3:43
| title9 = The Great Divide
| note9 =
| writer9 = Burnley
| lyrics9 =
| music9 =
| extra9 =
| length9 = 4:12
| title10 = [[Ashes of Eden (song)|Ashes of Eden]]
| note10 =
| writer10 = Burnley
| lyrics10 =
| music10 =
| extra10 =
| length10 = 4:53
| title11 = [[Defeated (Breaking Benjamin song)|Defeated]]
|
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| music11 =
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| length11 = 3:25
| title12 = Dawn
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| writer12 = Rauch
| lyrics12 =
| music12 =
| extra12 =
| length12 = 1:52
| total_length = 42:42
}}
==
Personnel adapted from album booklet liner notes.<ref name="album liner notes" />
;Members
* [[Benjamin Burnley]] – lead vocals, guitar, string arrangements
* [[Jasen Rauch]] – guitar
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* Shaun Foist – drums, percussion
;
* Rhiannon Burnley – backing vocals on "Dawn"
* [[Dave Eggar]] – [[cello]] on "Ashes of Eden"
* Katie Kresek – [[violin]] on "Ashes of Eden"
;
* Rich Egan for Hard 8 Management
* Jordan Feldstein, Adam Harrison, and John Scholz for Career Artist Management
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* Andy Somers for APA – booking
;Production
* Benjamin Burnley – [[composer]], [[Record producer|producer]], [[Digital media|digital editing]], [[Audio engineer|engineer]], orchestration
* Jasen Rauch – composer on "Dark", "Never Again", "Defeated", and "Dawn"
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* [[Ted Jensen]] – [[Audio mastering|mastering]]
;
* Tom Jermann for t42design – art direction and design
* Nicole Napier – cover art and interior photography
==
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! scope="col"| Chart (2015)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|11
| artist = Breaking Benjamin | album = Dark Before Dawn | rowheader = true | accessdate = June 27, 2015}} |-
{{album chart|Austria|49
| artist = Breaking Benjamin | album = Dark Before Dawn | rowheader = true | accessdate = June 27, 2015}} |-
{{album chart|Flanders|113
| artist = Breaking Benjamin | album = Dark Before Dawn | rowheader = true | accessdate = June 27, 2015}} |-
{{album chart|BillboardCanada|1
| artist = Breaking Benjamin | album = Dark Before Dawn | rowheader = true | accessdate = June 27, 2015}} |-
{{album chart|Netherlands|66
| artist = Breaking Benjamin | album = Dark Before Dawn | rowheader = true | accessdate = June 27, 2015}} |-
{{album chart|Germany|34
| artist = Breaking Benjamin | album = Dark Before Dawn | rowheader = true | accessdate = June 27, 2015}} |-
{{album chart|New Zealand|11
| artist = Breaking Benjamin | album = Dark Before Dawn | rowheader = true | accessdate = June 27, 2015}} |-
{{album chart|Switzerland|66
| artist = Breaking Benjamin | album = Dark Before Dawn | rowheader = true | accessdate = June 27, 2015}} |-
{{album chart|UK|34
| artist = Breaking Benjamin | album = Dark Before Dawn | rowheader = true | accessdate = June 29, 2015}} |-
{{album chart|Billboard200|1
| artist = Breaking Benjamin | rowheader = true | accessdate = June 27, 2015}} |-
{{album chart|BillboardAlternative|1
| artist = Breaking Benjamin | date = 2015-07-11 | rowheader = true | accessdate = December 30, 2016}} |-
{{album chart|BillboardRock|1
| artist = Breaking Benjamin | date = 2015-07-11 | rowheader = true | accessdate = December 30, 2016}} |-
{{album chart|BillboardHardRock|1
| artist = Breaking Benjamin | date = 2015-07-11 | rowheader = true | accessdate = January 09, 2017}} |-
{{album chart|BillboardDigital|1
| artist = Breaking Benjamin | date = 2015-07-11 | rowheader = true | accessdate = January 09, 2017}} |-
{{album chart|BillboardTastemaker|2
| artist = Breaking Benjamin | date = 2015-07-11 | rowheader = true | accessdate = January 09, 2017}} |-
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===Year-end charts===
{| class = "wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
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! scope="col"| Chart (2015)
! scope="col"| Position
|-
! scope="row"| US ''Billboard'' 200<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/top-billboard-200-albums | title = Billboard 200 Albums - Year-End 2015 | website = Billboard | accessdate = September 28, 2020 | year = 2015}}</ref> | 81
|-
! scope="row"| US Top Rock Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2015/top-rock-albums | title = Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2015 | work = Billboard | accessdate = October 4, 2020}}</ref> | 10
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! scope="col"| Position
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! scope="row"| US Top Rock Albums (''Billboard'')<ref>{{cite web
| url = https://www.billboard.com/charts/year-end/2016/top-rock-albums | title = Top Rock Albums – Year-End 2016 | work = Billboard | accessdate = October 4, 2020}}</ref> | 47
|}
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==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry
| region = United States | type = album | award = Gold | relyear = 2015 | certyear = 2017 | artist = Breaking Benjamin | title = Dark Before Dawn}} {{Certification Table Bottom
| streaming = true
| nosales = true
| noshipments = true}}<!-- do not add a certification unless it shows up on the reference-->
==
{{reflist
| colwidth = 30em
| refs = <ref name="Lipshutz 2015">{{cite web
| url = http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/6619984/breaking-benjamin-dark-before-dawn-sales-analysis
| title = How Did Breaking Benjamin Sell So Many Albums Last Week?
| website = [[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]
| publisher = [[Prometheus Global Media]]
| first = Jason
| last = Lipshutz
| date = July 2, 2015
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150704231314/http://www.billboard.com/articles/columns/rock/6619984/breaking-benjamin-dark-before-dawn-sales-analysis
| archive-date = July 4, 2015
| url-status = live}}</ref>
<ref name="AllMusic">{{cite web
| url = http://www.allmusic.com/album/dark-before-dawn-mw0002844683
| title = Dark Before Dawn - Breaking Benjamin Overview
| website = [[AllMusic]]
| publisher = All Media Network
| first = James
| last = Monger
| date = June 23, 2015
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150701185343/http://www.allmusic.com/album/dark-before-dawn-mw0002844683
| archive-date = July 1, 2015
| url-status = live}}</ref>
<ref name="Marsicano 2015">{{cite web
| url = http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/fl/Breaking-Benjamin-Dark-Before-Dawn-Review.htm
| title = Breaking Benjamin Dark Before Dawn Review
| first = Dan
| last = Marsicano
| website = [[About.com|About Entertainment]]
| date = June 23, 2015
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150701185139/http://heavymetal.about.com/od/cdreviews/fl/Breaking-Benjamin-Dark-Before-Dawn-Review.htm
| archive-date = July 1, 2015
| url-status = live}}</ref>}}{{Breaking Benjamin}}
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