Song Of The Week: 2/9/20

Song: "Into The Nothing"

Artist: Breaking Benjamin

Album: "Dear Agony"

Year: 2009

Place Of Origin: Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania

Years Active: 1999 - present



WHAT I THINK THE SONG IS ABOUT:

This is what the lead singer and songwriter of Breaking Benjamin, Benjamin Burnley had to say about "Into The Nothing". "It's a little reflective of what's going on in the country right now, and it's a little reflective of the camaraderie of our armed forces. You could apply it to that, or you could apply it to a relationship. Leaving things vague is actually harder than people think, and that's something that sobriety has helped with too. It's really easy to write about a subject because you have that subject to go off of. I really take great efforts so that it's vague enough to mean a lot of different things to a lot of different people. I'm the sole lyric writer in the band so every album is a reflection of what I'm going through at the time or what I was thinking."

BREAKING BENJAMIN DISCOGRAPHY (Full length albums only):

2002 - Saturate (Hollywood Records)
* did not chart on Billboard 200
* certified gold

2004 - We Are Not Alone (Hollywood Records)
* #20 on Billboard 200
* certified platinum

2006 - Phobia (Hollywood Records)
* #2 on Billboard 200
* certified platinum

2009 - Dear Agony (Hollywood Records)
* #4 on Billboard 200
* certified platinum

2015 - Dark Before Dawn (Hollywood Records)
* #1 on Billboard 200
* certified gold

2018 - Ember (Hollywood Records)
* #3 on Billboard 200

2020 - Aurora (Hollywood Records)
* #29 on Billboard 200

MY THOUGHTS ON BREAKING BENJAMIN:

Breaking Benjamin is an alternative metal/post-grunge/melodic rock type of band. This Pennsylvania product is really the brainchild on their lead singer/guitarist Benjamin Burnley who acts as the chief songwriter and producer. Also by the fact that the band has gone through two complete line-up changes over the years. A lot of the band's lyrics and themes are dark, mostly because of Burnley's prior bouts with alcholism and his several phobias. The band has sold over 7 million albums worldwide and has had three of their albums certified platinum, making them one of the more successful alternative metal acts out there since the year 2000. For me personally, I gravitated towards the band after getting their "We Are Not Alone" album in 2004. All of their albums are very good though. They are definitely one of the top bands in alternative metal/post-grunge in my mind. Plus, they are very active. They had one 6 year lull between albums, but for the most part, they drop new music every 2 to 3 years with their most recent effort 2020's "Aurora", which is an album featuring their songs re-worked as acoustic numbers. Breaking Benjamin is a top tier alternative metal/post-grunge band!

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TEN BREAKING BENJAMIN SONGS YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT:

1. The Diary Of Jane
2. So Cold
3. I Will Not Bow
4. Lights Out
5. Breath
6. Failure
7. Red Cold River
8. Sooner Or Later
9. Polyamorous
10. Torn In Two