New sounds from Breaking Benjamin will saturate your ears

By BRIAN PALMERStaff Writer

Saturate

Breaking Benjamin

Hollywood Records

Saturate

Breaking Benjamin

Hollywood Records

With a driving rock sound blasting through your stereo speakers comes Breaking Benjamin, a quartet that comes from nearby Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Breaking Benjamin is led by frontman Ben Burnley, whose catchy lyrical hooks and emotional vocals provide an experience that recent rock albums have fallen short on. With a driving guitar played by Aaron Fink and a heavy bass played by Mark James Klepaski, both former members of the band Lifer and drummer Jeremy Hummel, who is also the co-founder of Breaking Benjamin, rounds out the band.

Breaking Benjamin takes on the music scene with their debut album Saturate, with their first single “Polyamorous” making its mark on radio stations nationwide. The band has a taste of almost every style on this album, from the in-your-face rock sound of the title track, to a very melodic and sweet untitled bonus track that ends the album. With the songs that play from track to track, this album is worth playing over and over. Benjamin takes to the road opening for Three Doors Down this month looking to pick up a strong following along the way.