Brantley Gilbert announces 'So Help Me God (Deluxe Edition)' for April 21

Georgia native celebrates 4 new RIAA certifications, including 6X-Platinum ‘Bottoms Up,’ 2X-Platinum ‘One Hell Of An Amen, ‘The Weekend,’ ‘You Don’t Know Her Like I Do’
√ ‘Heaven By Then’ with Blake Shelton ft. Vince Gill continues climbing charts at country radio

Multi-Platinum country star Brantley Gilbert began his career 15 years ago as a songwriter. Now, even with five No. 1 singles as an artist (and two additional as a writer) and three chart-topping albums, the Georgia native still considers himself a songwriter first and foremost, and it’s that approach that brought “So Help Me God (Deluxe Edition)” to life.

His team said, “Set for release April 21 via The Valory Music Co., the project showcases Gilbert’s vast medley of influences alongside a wide cast of collaborators.”

Preorder and presave available here.

“We’ve always been a little outside of the box when it comes to writing and recording,” Gilbert said. “It’s not necessarily something we’ve done on purpose, but it tends to happen because we always try to serve the song as it takes shape rather than shaping the song to serve us.

“If a song is asking for a harder edge, let’s do that. If it feels a little more introspective, let’s lean into that. This album intersects across a lot of different genres, and we’re proud to say that it’s something that happened naturally.”

A press release stated, “ ‘So Help Me God (Deluxe Edition)’ acts as the next chapter in Gilbert’s life as he cowrote all 15 tracks on the project, including current chart-climbing single ‘Heaven By Then’ with Blake Shelton featuring Vince Gill, giving the song perspective ‘from three different generations of country music,’ Billboard observes, while noting the track is ‘capturing the reluctance often applied to change.’

“Building upon the 10 songs released last year, ‘So Help Me God (Deluxe Edition)’ features five new tracks, including ‘Behind The Times,’ co-written with Jake Mitchell, Randy Montana and Taylor Phillips, that expands on his current single, detailing some of the parts of rural life that can often feel as though they’re quickly disappearing in this fast-paced world; while ‘Wrote The Book Around Here’ broadens the view of Gilbert’s hometown in previously released ‘Miles Of Memories,’ recounting some of his own antics as a young man and how there are some things in this world, and a small town, that never change.”

Earlier this week, Gilbert revealed four new RIAA certifications: “Bottoms Up” is now six-times-Platinum while “One Hell Of An Amen,” “The Weekend” and “You Don’t Know Her Like I Do” are now two-times-Platinum, joining additional two-times-Platinum songs “Kick It In The Sticks” and “Country Must Be Country Wide,” along with Platinum-certified “What Happens In A Small Town” featuring Lindsay Ell.

Kicking off this summer, Gilbert will join Nickelback for the “Get Rollin’ Tour,” performing across Canada and the U.S. with 35-plus stops, including dates in Los Angeles, Chicago, Boston and Nashville, before wrapping Aug. 30. Tickets are on sale now and available at BrantleyGilbert.com.

Gilbert visits Darien Lake on Aug. 16.