Editing Breaking Benjamin (section)

===Return and ''Dark Before Dawn'' (2014–2016)===
{{Main|Dark Before Dawn{{!}}''Dark Before Dawn''}}
In August 2014, Breaking Benjamin announced via [[Facebook]] that the band reformed as a quintet with, except for Burnley, all new members, including: ''Dear Agony'' co-writer Jasen Rauch (guitar, originally from [[Red (band)|Red]]); Keith Wallen (guitar and backing vocals, originally from [[Adelitas Way]]); Aaron Bruch (bass and backing vocals); and Shaun Foist (drums, originally from [[Picture Me Broken]]).{{sfn|Hargis|2014}} Burnley said of the lineup, "Everybody that's in the band now is deliberately handpicked." And he noted that "Keith [Wallen] and Aaron [Bruch] are really, really amazing singers. That's kind of what the band always needed."{{sfn|Hargis|2014}} On March 18, 2015, a new single entitled "[[Failure (Breaking Benjamin song)|Failure]]" as well as a new album, ''[[Dark Before Dawn]]'', were announced for release on March 23 and June 23, respectively.{{sfn|KSHE|2015}}

[[File:Breaking Benjamin - Rock am Ring 2016 -2016155170151 2016-06-03 Rock am Ring - Sven - 5DS R - 0039 - 5DSR5800 mod.jpg|thumb|Breaking Benjamin performing at [[Rock am Ring]] in Germany 2016]]
The new lineup debuted with acoustic shows in late 2014,{{sfn|Schoof|2014}} then went on a four-venue winter tour in the north-eastern United States.{{sfn|Zadrozny|2015}} The band afterward announced 2015 spring,{{sfn|Zadrozny|2015}} summer,{{sfn|Hoyle|2015}} and fall{{sfn|MPJ|2015}} tour dates, supported by bands such as [[Young Guns (band)|Young Guns]]{{sfn|Zadrozny|2015}}{{sfn|Hoyle|2015}} and [[Starset]].{{sfn|MPJ|2015}} In July 2015, the band announced their first overseas performance, in which they headlined a four-day cruise venue in February 2016 along with [[Yngwie Malmsteen]], [[Zakk Wylde]], Flyleaf, et al.{{sfn|Titus|2015}} The band also performed on a joint U.S. tour with Shinedown in October and November along with [[Sevendust]],{{sfn|Childers|2015}} and proceeded to play further outside of the United States in June 2016 at venues such as the [[Download Festival]] in the United Kingdom,{{sfn|James|2015}} [[Rock am Ring]] in Germany,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.rock-am-ring.com/bands/breaking-benjamin|title=Breaking Benjamin - Rock am Ring 2016|access-date=December 22, 2017|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160107212649/http://www.rock-am-ring.com/bands/breaking-benjamin|archive-date=January 7, 2016}}</ref> and [[Nova Rock]] in Austria.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.novarock.at/jart/prj3/novarock/main.jart?content-id=1262873609302&rel=de&reserve-mode=active|title=NOVAROCK - HOME|website=Novarock.at|access-date=December 22, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170616121419/http://www.novarock.at/jart/prj3/novarock/main.jart?content-id=1262873609302&rel=de&reserve-mode=active|archive-date=June 16, 2017|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Burnley explained that writing for ''Dark Before Dawn'' was intermittent and fragmentary, taking place throughout the hiatus, though it was toward the end of the hiatus in 2013 when it became cohesive.{{sfn|Wiederhorn|2015}} After growing frustrated with the lack of answers regarding his health condition, Burnley decided to abandon searching for a diagnosis and focus on the album.{{sfn|Trunk|2015}} Recorded and produced at a personal studio of Burnley's,{{sfn|Marsicano|2015}} ''Dark Before Dawn'' is the first album with the front man credited as the producer. Burnley stated that, "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]", adding, "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?"{{sfn|Trunk|2015|loc=event occurs at 19:03}}

Within an hour of pre-order availability, ''Dark Before Dawn'' reached No. 1 on the rock albums chart on [[iTunes]] and No. 3 on the overall album chart.{{sfn|Blabbermouth|2015}} It sold 135,000 pure album units and 141,000 [[Billboard 200#Incorporation of streaming data and track sales|equivalent album units]] in its first week, debuting at No. 1 on the ''Billboard'' 200, making the album the group's heretofore most successful sales effort.{{sfn|Caulfield|2015}} It achieved gold certification on August 18, 2016.{{sfn|Screamer Magazine|2016}} The disc's lead single "Failure" spent nine weeks at No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock Songs chart as well.{{sfn|Billboard Mainstream Rock Songs|p=1}} ''Billboard''{{'}}s Jason Lipshutz felt the album's success was "eyebrow-raising", noting that, in addition to the band's lineup change, "135,000 in pure album sales is a hefty number in 2015 – it's a bigger number than the respective bows of recent Madonna, ASAP Rocky, and Kelly Clarkson albums".{{sfn|Lipshutz|2015}} 

Joe DeTomaso, program director of active rock station [[WAQX-FM]], stated, "They've always been a top-level band for the format, but not quite on the level of Disturbed or Shinedown or bands like that. They always seem to put out hit records without getting the kind of recognition that they deserved."{{sfn|Lipshutz|2015}} ''[[Forbes]]''{{'}}s Hugh McIntyre writes that runner-up [[Tori Kelly]]'s 75,000 copies "puts Breaking Benjamin's figures into perspective" and that despite "a pretty extensive lineup change, it looks like fans were awaiting their return with open arms".{{sfn|McIntyre|2015}}

The album was met with mostly positive critical reception, many critics praising the album for staying true to the group's sound, though others criticized it for sounding too similar to previous material. Dan Marsicano from About Entertainment stated, "Burnley could have made his creation just another dose of the glitzy, overproduced crap that is heard on every rock radio station in the world. Instead, Breaking Benjamin hardly deviate from the hooky jams that were present on ''Dear Agony''."{{sfn|Marsicano|2015}} Conversely, AllMusic's James Monger felt that "it's hard to conceal the fact that most of these songs are nearly interchangeable with the band's older material."{{sfn|Monger|2015}} ''[[Revolver (magazine)|Revolver]]''{{'}}s Jeremy Borjon felt that "the music's true force only becomes apparent through deeper and repeated listenings, as the songs, on the surface, have a tendency to blend into one another".{{sfn|Borjon|2015}}