THE ANNOUNCEMENT
Breaking Benjamin just wrapped an album that took four years and three complete re-recordings of some songs to finish *. Masters are back, artwork is being tweaked, and the release date drops this summer — eight years after *Ember* and through a lineup change that saw original drummer Shaun Foist step away mid-process *. This wasn’t a quick studio run; this was a grind.
THE DETAILS
- Album completed a couple weeks before Rock Am Ring 2026; final vocal line recorded at an American festival *
- Release date announcement coming summer 2026 via new label home BMG — the band’s first label change in nearly 25 years *
- Singles *Awaken* (October 2024, number one on Rock Digital Songs, 131 million streams) and *Something Wicked* (May 2026) already out *
- Brian Medeiros from RED and Otherwise now on drums after James Cassells (Asking Alexandria) filled in for eight months following Shaun Foist’s departure to focus on healing from Hashimoto’s disease *
- European tour with Chevelle and Return to Dust running June–July 2026 — first overseas shows since 2017 *
WHY IT MATTERS
COMEBACK. First overseas tour in nine years and a label deal that actually changes something after a quarter-century says Breaking Benjamin is treating this album like a reset, not just another cycle *. Four years and multiple re-records for one album is either obsessive perfectionism or a band that lost the plot — we’ll know which when the release date finally lands.