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| 3.0 good | Brandon Scott EMERITUS | April 6th 18 |
Everyone is sounding off on how each BB album sounds the same. Just like they sounded off on the rlast album. And the album before that. See? Coming up with original content is harder than you rthink!
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| 0.0 | butcherboy | February 23rd 18 |
within the eye lies an anus.. and it's on fire!!!!!!
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| 3.5 great | hobblepot | January 24th 18 |
hope to god this doesn't end up being Dark Before Dawn 2: Benjamin Boogalooredit: it did, bar a couple tracks
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| 4.0 excellent | Dmax28 | April 11th 18 |
Their best album. Definitely their heaviest and maybe their catchiest at the same time. rThis is the album I always knew they could make. Nearly every song on this album brings ra new look for the band, meaning, yea it still sounds very much like Breaking Benjamin, rbut while some of their other material could fairly be labeled as weaker versions of rsome of their better songs, Ember stands well on it's own. I was really a big fan of rthe first two albums. Where Dark Before Dawn felt somewhat stale, this rejuvenates my rlove for the band. So stoked this turned out as well as I could imagine Breaking rBenjamin in 2018.
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| 2.5 average | Tranqyl | April 13th 18 |
Has Breaking Benjamin ever done anything different? Ever? Jesus.
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| 4.0 excellent | Dalton DuBois | January 24th 18 |
I love this band, I really do. But this is one of the most visually unappealing album covers I've seen for a major release in a long time.
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| 2.5 average | Kascade | April 17th 18 |
Riffs are average, lyrics consist of too much "Dead inside, Follow me, follow you, don't leave, Show me the way, i'm lost, etc."
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| 4.5 superb | Lucman | April 13th 18 |
This or the latest Underoath record? You know what, I think I'd take this.
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| 0.0 | Brendan Schroer STAFF | March 28th 18 |
I was trying to come up with a clever and funny soundoff, but this album gave me nothing
to work with. Lemme come up with something on the fly...
hoo boy, how many times do they have to break Benjamin before they finally hang it up???
They've made so many mediocre songs, they're like... uh... Nickelback or something
Screw this
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| 0.0 | sean | March 28th 18 |
Man, these guys sure are good at writing the same song over and over again.
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| 2.0 poor | judasgoat | April 14th 18 |
The Dark of You is a frustrating song. It's not excellent, really it's not even great. It's a good song that shows that Breaking Benjamin have the ability, nascent though it is, to try something different. To possibly break out of their trademark sound that had already begun to grow stale on Dear Agony nearly a decade ago.
But they just don't. Not when the choruses are barely distinguishable from BB choruses on past albums (or even other songs on this album). Not when the guitar riffs on their so-called "heavier" album are buried in the mix (riffs that are almost the same as the ones on Dear Agony, no less). Not even when Ben's repeated, toneless screams of "RUN! RUN! RUN!" on Red Cold River border on self-parody. Not...ever, honestly.
If you love the band unconditionally, you'll love this. If you're still waiting on them to progress in any way whatsoever, it might be time to put down your old burned CDr copy of Phobia and leave the hall. Or maybe that's just me.
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| 2.0 poor | Risodo | April 14th 18 |
I don't know.... i've never been very much a fan of Breaking Benjamin and i've never been so interested in hearing much of them. With the release of "Ember" i countered my own will and gave this band a chance, and i regret it. 36 minutes of my day are in the trash. Listening to a album so generic and weak musically gave me even the desire of never checking out future releases from these guys. What a disgrace.
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| 2.5 average | Lord Pork | April 13th 18 |
Well I mean... I didn not go in expecting that much so I was not disappointed
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| 3.5 great | JWT155 | April 13th 18 |
For a genre that used to be dominant and a mainstream radio staple of the early to mid 2000's to a now relegated and seemingly irrelevant, Breaking Benjamin release a record that can proudly stand shoulder to shoulder with any records at the peak of mainstream heavy rock and gives life to a genre that's been on life support for the better part of a decade.
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| 4.0 excellent | PaperRevival | April 13th 18 |
It's the same Breaking Benjamin album as always. But, at this point, that's what you want from them tbh. It's weird, there's always two camps of folk; those who want bands to progress their sound and those who want them to sound like themselves. It's a fine line between the two to try and appease everyone. Breaking Benjamin don't seem to give a shit and will just do what they've been doing forever and it works. Why change now?
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| 2.0 poor | Robert Garland STAFF | April 13th 18 |
Breaking Benjamin write the same song, over, and over again.
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| 3.5 great | furpa | April 11th 18 |
Far from original, far from groundbreaking, and not much new to offer, but I'LL BE FUCKING DAMNED if this thing isn't fun as shit...
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| 4.5 superb | DreamAgain | April 11th 18 |
Their best album since Phobia tbh. Maybe the best they've released. It's still breaking benjamin tho.. love it or hate it.
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| 2.5 average | CriticalMyth | January 9th 20 |
The biggest problem with this album is the incredibly muddy production. Anything truly interesting gets buried in a sludge of noise.
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| 4.0 excellent | STALFOS83D | February 16th 19 |
Their best release since We Are Not Alone for this fan.I see the fans disappointed in it complaint's seem to be most directed to being too formulaic this late in their career.At least they still have playing chops that don't turn to shit like other bands in the modern hard rock metallish sweepstakes wind up doing.I feel this takes the strengths of their discography and molds them into something leaner and meaner a bit more lively this time around.You'll find some of their heaviest material on this release done in familiar yet well executed manner.Ben's harmonies are killer some of the best I've heard in 2018 hard rock music.Also digging the few ambient bits that enhance certain tracks a nice little bonus from the guys this time around.Hope they continue making bolder music maybe something even unique for their style in their future release.
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| 3.0 good | CinnamonGhoul | June 26th 18 |
Some tracks like Torniquet, Red Cold River and especially The Dark of You stand out (Torn in Two/Blood are personal favorites) while everything else is average Breaking Benjamin which is majorly disheartening.
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| 4.0 excellent | Epicenter | May 2nd 18 |
This should've been their comeback album instead of Dark before Dawn. Much more consistent, better hooks, and Ben makes more and better uses of his harsh vocals while showing he's still a damn good singer in what is quite possibly their heaviest album. It's up there with Phobia and We Are Not Alone for me.
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| 2.5 average | Antonius | April 28th 18 |
Ben promised a heavy album and Ember certainly is one. However, I doubt that this is their heaviest one; certainly is not their best. Despite the multiple listenings, the only songs that managed to stand out for me were "Red Cold River" and "The Dark of You". Riffs seemed to be recycled and melodies are not the least exciting.
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| 3.5 great | brandiblitz142 | April 15th 18 |
I like the heavier direction they took, but they could use some interesting riffs here and there. But haven't we heard all these before?
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| 3.5 great | LotionLord | April 14th 18 |
It's Breaking Benjamin. If you like BB, you'll like this album. If you don't like BB, this won't change anything.
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| 3.5 great | SneakCoot | April 13th 18 |
If you're looking for more of the Breaking Benjamin sound we're used to already, this album is worth the listen. To me, it's not as good as Dark Before Dawn as none of the songs on this album really stood out to me.
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| 4.0 excellent | cman23kid | April 13th 18 |
Totally not reinventing themselves but holy FUCK everything from the melodies to the riffs to the production is on point
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| 0.0 | thelamestallion | April 13th 18 |
I don't know. I'm cold on this one. Production is dope, probably their best. But I don't like the vocal work here at all. It's too layered, computerized, buried in bunch of effects and even autotuned at times, so there is no distinctive lead line to focus on. Songs rely on riffs too much, and every riff is almost the same. No more lead guitars (think of the beautiful lead line of "Breath"), the instrumental work lacks melody, and vocal melodies are never as inspired as they were on "Phobia" or even on "DBD". The composition is very formulaic, calculated and unnatural, almost no consistent progressions, just bare segment changes and repeats. Not mentioning the lyrics. Same words, same phrases, same constructions. Music of this kind should always remain somewhat predictable, it's the nature of hook-based formula, but damn, not this much. There is no certain flow in the album compositionally (even "DBD" possessed this feature to some point), you can easily change the order of songs to no effect, except for a few tracks which are connected to each other with a small segueing sample. There are some quite interesting rhythmic decisions on "Tourniquet" and "Psycho", and some songs of the second half of the album are really catchy ("Torn in two", "Blood", "Save yourself"), but overall the album is too monotonous, it falls really less memorable and inspired even than "Dark before dawn".
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| 2.5 average | Zachery Cotto | April 13th 18 |
Really not getting the appeal of this. It's pretty much what they've been doing for the last
decade and a half now, albeit a bit heavier.
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| 3.0 good | Fearlessflyer1986 | April 13th 18 |
A lot of the songs here sound samey, but are fun to listen to regardless.
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| 2.5 average | ExhaleTheLight | April 12th 18 |
The music and album art sum this record up perfectly: bland.
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| 0.0 | Stormy Smiley Face | April 6th 18 |
Sarumon has returned with the one band to rule them all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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| 0.0 | KaNe1493 | February 23rd 18 |
Before DBD was released Ben issued a statement saying that DBD will sound like typical BB but the next one (Ember) will sound completely different... From what I've heard so far that has been a lie. It sounds just like typical BB.
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| 4.0 excellent | mrdogthrow | February 15th 18 |
I hate this album art with a passion
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| 4.0 excellent | Brabiz | August 15th 24 |
| 3.0 good | Piem | February 23rd 24 |
| 3.5 great | Beau | September 25th 23 |
| 2.5 average | legunek | February 16th 23 |
| 2.5 average | DJD1ed | October 4th 22 |
| 3.5 great | Matty CONTRIBUTOR | June 13th 22 |
| 3.0 good | STEA | May 31st 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | DylanP92 | February 24th 22 |
| 3.5 great | jounik | February 2nd 22 |
| 1.5 very poor | Prole | January 27th 22 |
| 4.0 excellent | Teal | January 14th 22 |
| 3.0 good | Zeist | October 20th 21 |
| 3.0 good | xxm | September 24th 21 |
| 3.0 good | valek | August 29th 21 |
| 2.0 poor | teo | July 2nd 21 |
| 2.5 average | Luna | April 2nd 21 |
| 1.5 very poor | Doono | March 9th 21 |
| 4.5 superb | ErichB | January 24th 21 |
| 3.0 good | Xurxo | December 29th 20 |
| 2.5 average | Gian304 | November 15th 20 |
| 2.5 average | Skiiddz | October 5th 20 |
| 3.5 great | HybridF | September 19th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | Loo98 | September 4th 20 |
| 1.5 very poor | Trundle | July 27th 20 |
| 4.0 excellent | sfoat9 | July 2nd 20 |
| 2.0 poor | Sowing STAFF | June 10th 20 |
| 3.5 great | achb | June 9th 20 |
| 3.5 great | bsker1 | April 17th 20 |
| 2.0 poor | pengui | April 15th 20 |
| 3.0 good | AGFoot | March 26th 20 |
| 3.0 good | bSmith | January 9th 20 |
| 2.5 average | mEyck07 | November 16th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Jaxer | October 4th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Maximo | September 28th 19 |
| 3.0 good | Delre57 | September 19th 19 |
| 3.0 good | acmolan | September 16th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | farmer98 | September 11th 19 |
| 2.5 average | TyLaw | September 10th 19 |
| 1.0 awful | Lejacq | September 4th 19 |
| 4.0 excellent | Flwzzs | August 14th 19 |
| 3.0 good | deaad | August 4th 19 |
| 4.5 superb | Ayoub | July 3rd 19 |
| 3.0 good | josh | June 10th 19 |
| 2.5 average | nbats | May 17th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Halez | April 2nd 19 |
| 3.5 great | Marek | March 7th 19 |
| 3.5 great | Dylan | January 3rd 19 |
| 5.0 classic | ChronoS | December 29th 18 |
| 4.5 superb | jdub74 | December 28th 18 |
| 2.5 average | latpac | December 21st 18 |
| 5.0 classic | you789 | December 16th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | MAN0 | November 23rd 18 |
| 2.5 average | tellah | November 19th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Scott | November 10th 18 |
| 2.5 average | Ashtiel | October 3rd 18 |
| 3.5 great | Josh | September 22nd 18 |
| 3.0 good | Mojito | September 21st 18 |
| 3.5 great | Tyl3r | September 19th 18 |
| 2.0 poor | ToT720 | September 17th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | ThePhysy | September 7th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Sarah | August 4th 18 |
| 3.0 good | ARTV | June 23rd 18 |
| 2.5 average | Spec | June 4th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Aeri | May 24th 18 |
| 3.0 good | ACVPV | May 14th 18 |
| 3.0 good | cvlts | May 7th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | xtrole | April 19th 18 |
| 2.5 average | aew100 | April 18th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Bog91 | April 17th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | botrain | April 16th 18 |
| 3.5 great | wwf | April 16th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Shamus248 CONTRIBUTOR | April 15th 18 |
| 1.5 very poor | Elynna | April 15th 18 |
| 3.5 great | qdgyu | April 14th 18 |
| 2.0 poor | gilly | April 14th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Puckoff | April 14th 18 |
| 3.0 good | heck | April 13th 18 |
| 3.5 great | CutMan | April 13th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Xhoven | April 13th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | zmol | April 13th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | Venom94 | April 13th 18 |
| 3.0 good | Kbob95 | April 13th 18 |
| 1.5 very poor | Skoop | April 13th 18 |
| 3.5 great | Rawrz | April 12th 18 |
| 4.0 excellent | C1ntReW | April 11th 18 |
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