{"title":"Breaking Benjamin","description":"\n\u003cstyle\u003e\n  .collection-hero__image-container{display:none!important}.collection-hero__inner{display:block!important}.collection-hero__text-wrapper{flex-basis:100%!important;max-width:100%!important;width:100%!important}.collection-hero__description{max-width:100%!important;width:100%!important}#ProductGridContainer,.facets-container{display:none!important}.bb-artist-page{max-width:1200px;margin:0 auto;color:inherit}\n  .bb-artist-hero{display:grid;grid-template-columns:minmax(0,1fr) minmax(320px,520px);gap:42px;align-items:start;margin:0 0 44px}\n  .bb-artist-copy h2,.bb-artist-page h2{margin:0 0 16px}\n  .bb-artist-copy p,.bb-artist-page p{line-height:1.65}\n  .bb-artist-kicker{font-weight:700;margin:0 0 12px}\n  .bb-artist-media img{display:block;width:100%;aspect-ratio:1\/1;object-fit:cover;object-position:center;border-radius:8px}\n  .bb-artist-video{position:relative;width:100%;padding-top:56.25%;margin-top:20px;overflow:hidden;border-radius:8px;background:#000}\n  .bb-artist-video iframe{position:absolute;inset:0;width:100%;height:100%;border:0}\n  .bb-artist-section{margin:0 0 38px}\n  .bb-artist-section ul{padding-left:22px;line-height:1.65}\n  .bb-artist-links li{margin:0 0 8px}\n  @media(max-width:749px){.bb-artist-hero{grid-template-columns:1fr;gap:28px}.bb-artist-media{max-width:560px;margin:0 auto}}\n\u003c\/style\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"bb-artist-page\"\u003e\n  \u003cdiv class=\"bb-artist-hero\"\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"bb-artist-copy\"\u003e\n      \u003cp class=\"bb-artist-kicker\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFeatured Judge \u0026amp; Jury collaborator:\u003c\/strong\u003e Breaking Benjamin\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBreaking Benjamin\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong\u003eSTARSET\u003c\/strong\u003e unite on \u003cstrong\u003e“Waiting on the Sky to Change,”\u003c\/strong\u003e a cinematic hard-rock collaboration released by Judge \u0026amp; Jury Records. STARSET vocalist Dustin Bates opens the song before Breaking Benjamin frontman Benjamin Burnley takes the second verse, with their voices meeting in a massive, atmospheric chorus.\u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003eReleased on \u003cstrong\u003eAugust 19, 2022\u003c\/strong\u003e, the single transforms a song from Bates’ former band Downplay into a meeting point between STARSET’s electronic, science-fiction atmosphere and Breaking Benjamin’s dark alternative-metal power.\u003c\/p\u003e\n      \u003cp\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/ffm.to\/breakingbenjamin8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eStream or download “Waiting on the Sky to Change”\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003cdiv class=\"bb-artist-media\"\u003e\n      \u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/9032\/6972\/files\/breaking-benjamin-shopify-collection.jpg?v=1786356816\" alt=\"Breaking Benjamin band promotional portrait\" loading=\"eager\"\u003e\n      \u003cdiv class=\"bb-artist-video\"\u003e\n        \u003ciframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/baQVB2W1KAQ\" title=\"STARSET and Breaking Benjamin – Waiting on the Sky to Change official video\" loading=\"lazy\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowfullscreen\u003e\u003c\/iframe\u003e\n      \u003c\/div\u003e\n    \u003c\/div\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003cdiv class=\"bb-artist-section\"\u003e\n    \u003ch2\u003eAbout Breaking Benjamin\u003c\/h2\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBreaking Benjamin\u003c\/strong\u003e is an American hard-rock band formed in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, in 1999 by singer, guitarist and principal songwriter Benjamin Burnley. The group broke nationally with \u003cem\u003eSaturate\u003c\/em\u003e in 2002 and expanded its audience through albums including \u003cem\u003eWe Are Not Alone\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePhobia\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDear Agony\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eDark Before Dawn\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eEmber\u003c\/em\u003e and the collaborative reimagining project \u003cem\u003eAurora\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eThe band’s musical style blends \u003cstrong\u003ehard rock, post-grunge, alternative metal and nu metal\u003c\/strong\u003e. Heavy, down-tuned guitars and tense verses give way to large melodic choruses, while Burnley’s gritty voice and introspective writing focus on isolation, illness, conflict, endurance and the will to survive. Songs such as “So Cold,” “The Diary of Jane,” “Breath,” “I Will Not Bow” and “Failure” helped establish Breaking Benjamin as one of the defining acts of modern active rock.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eAlthough Burnley remains the band’s creative center, the lineup assembled in 2014 deepened Breaking Benjamin’s vocal and guitar arrangements. Guitarist Jasen Rauch is especially important to the STARSET connection because he co-wrote the original version of “Waiting on the Sky to Change” with Dustin Bates years before joining Breaking Benjamin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003cdiv class=\"bb-artist-section\"\u003e\n    \u003ch2\u003eThe history behind the STARSET and Breaking Benjamin collaboration\u003c\/h2\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e“Waiting on the Sky to Change” began with Downplay, the band Dustin Bates fronted before founding STARSET. Bates and Jasen Rauch wrote the song for Downplay’s 2011 album \u003cem\u003eBeyond the Machine\u003c\/em\u003e. Rauch later became a guitarist in Breaking Benjamin, giving the 2022 recording a direct link to the song’s origin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eThe two bands already shared a natural audience and a history of touring together, including a U.S. run in spring 2022. That relationship led to a full re-recording rather than a simple guest feature. Burnley’s second verse and shared choruses add Breaking Benjamin’s emotional weight to STARSET’s cinematic arrangement, while Rauch performs the guitar and bass parts on a composition he helped create.\u003c\/p\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003eThe song’s message is about persistence: refusing to keep seeking temporary shelter inside a destructive cycle and choosing to endure until conditions truly change. That balance of darkness, resolve and transformation fits both bands’ catalogs and helped the collaboration become a major active-rock success.\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003cdiv class=\"bb-artist-section\"\u003e\n    \u003ch2\u003e“Waiting on the Sky to Change” release and credits\u003c\/h2\u003e\n    \u003cul\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eArtists:\u003c\/strong\u003e STARSET, Breaking Benjamin and Judge \u0026amp; Jury\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eRelease date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 19, 2022\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eVocals:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dustin Bates and Benjamin Burnley\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eWritten by:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dustin Bates and Jasen Rauch\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eProduced by:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dustin Bates and Joe Rickard\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eExecutive producers:\u003c\/strong\u003e Howard Benson and Neil Sanderson\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMixed and programmed by:\u003c\/strong\u003e Joe Rickard\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eMastered by:\u003c\/strong\u003e Ted Jensen\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGuitars and bass:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jasen Rauch\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDrums:\u003c\/strong\u003e Luke Holland\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eViolin:\u003c\/strong\u003e Siobhán Richards\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eCello:\u003c\/strong\u003e Zuzana Engererova\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eAdditional programming:\u003c\/strong\u003e Jay Wud\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDigital editing:\u003c\/strong\u003e Paul DeCarli\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eGuitar engineering:\u003c\/strong\u003e Mike Plotnikoff\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDrum engineering:\u003c\/strong\u003e Dave Schiffman\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eLabel:\u003c\/strong\u003e Judge \u0026amp; Jury Records\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\n  \u003cdiv class=\"bb-artist-section\"\u003e\n    \u003ch2\u003eOfficial and press links\u003c\/h2\u003e\n    \u003cul class=\"bb-artist-links\"\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/starset.bandcamp.com\/track\/waiting-on-the-sky-to-change\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eOfficial release details and credits on STARSET’s Bandcamp\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.breakingbenjamin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eBreaking Benjamin official website\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.breakingbenjamin.com\/music\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eBreaking Benjamin official discography\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/us\/album\/waiting-on-the-sky-to-change-feat-breaking-benjamin-single\/1830490187\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003e“Waiting on the Sky to Change” on Apple Music\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.theprp.com\/2022\/07\/30\/news\/starset-breaking-benjamin-to-release-new-track-waiting-on-the-sky-to-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eThePRP: STARSET and Breaking Benjamin collaboration announcement\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/nepascene.com\/2022\/08\/starset-collaborates-breaking-benjamin-sci-fi-single-waiting-sky-change\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eNEPA Scene: collaboration feature\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n      \u003cli\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/www.allmusic.com\/artist\/breaking-benjamin-mn0000934367\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"\u003eBreaking Benjamin biography on AllMusic\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n    \u003c\/ul\u003e\n    \u003cp\u003e\u003csmall\u003eArtist image: official Breaking Benjamin promotional photography.\u003c\/small\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n  \u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","products":[],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0601\/9032\/6972\/collections\/breaking-benjamin-shopify-collection.jpg?v=1786356881","url":"https:\/\/judgeandjuryrecords.com\/collections\/breaking-benjamin.oembed","provider":"Judge \u0026 Jury Records","version":"1.0","type":"link"}