Aurora (Breaking Benjamin album)

Aurora is a compilation album by American rock band Breaking Benjamin, released on January 24, 2020, by Hollywood Records. The album is a collection of reimagined versions of previously released songs, plus one new song.

Background
Details of the album were first reported in October 2019, that it would contain reworked versions of some of the band's biggest hits over the years. It also includes one new song, the lead single "Far Away" featuring Scooter Ward from Cold, which was released on December 6, 2019. The album also includes guest appearances from Lacey Sturm (formerly of Flyleaf), Michael Barnes of Red, Adam Gontier of Saint Asonia (formerly of Three Days Grace), and Spencer Chamberlain of Underoath.

Composition
Aurora makes use of acoustic guitars, orchestral strings and piano, resulting in an acoustic rock and symphonic rock sound. The album is also described as post-grunge and retains hard rock elements on "So Cold", "Failure", "Red Cold River", "Tourniquet", "Never Again", and "Torn in Two".

"Dance with the Devil" is noted for "sounding more folky", and "Tourniquet" retains Benjamin Burnley's "aggressive growl" during the chorus.

Personnel
Credits adapted from album's liner notes.

Breaking Benjamin
 * Ben Burnley – vocals, guitar, producer
 * Jasen Rauch – guitar, additional vocal engineering (track 2)
 * Keith Wallen – guitar
 * Aaron Bruch – bass
 * Shaun Foist – drums

Guest artists
 * Michael Barnes – vocals (track 2)
 * Scooter Ward – vocals (track 3)
 * Spencer Chamberlain – vocals (track 5)
 * Adam Gontier – vocals (track 7)
 * Lacey Sturm – vocals (track 10)

Additional musicians
 * Carl Barc – additional orchestration, strings engineer
 * Philip Dizack – trumpet
 * Dave Eggar – string arrangements, orchestration, viola, cello
 * Benjamin Fingland – clarinet, bass clarinet
 * Jack Kessler – violin, viola
 * Katie Kresek – violin, viola
 * Sato Moughalian – flute
 * Chuck Palmer – string arrangements, orchestration, conductor/leader
 * Roger Wagner – string bass

Technical
 * Dan Korneff – engineer, digital editing, and mixing; additional production (track 8)
 * Sean Dorrian – additional engineering and digital editing
 * Ted Jensen – mastering