For Gilbert, it's been a natural progression that's allowed him to grow without ever sacrificing who he is. He is a husband and a father-albeit one whose job requires him to lead a wild party at least three nights a week. The snapshot of Gilbert's life finds him in a vastly different place than he was just a few years ago. This album is where I've been and where I am. "Usually, I try to cover every aspect of who I am, but on this one, I did especially. "I always say that my albums are chapters of my life, and 'Fire & Brimstone' is no different," Gilbert says. Fire & Brimstone is Gilbert's most mature and complex exploration of his world-including that holy and hell-raising tug-o-war-to date. Instead of toiling in limbo, unable to enjoy good times for fear of Judgment Day, Gilbert fully lives-rowdy friend, man of faith, devoted husband, smitten new father-just as he is. But Gilbert has never forsaken any part of himself in order to better fit somebody else's idea of who he should be. The titles alone capture the battle: Modern Day Prodigal Son (2009), platinum-certified Halfway to Heaven (2010) and Just As I Am (2014) and gold-certified The Devil Don't Sleep (2017). On all of his albums, Gilbert has mined a rich vein of conflict between the party and the pew.
Gilbert's landmark record Just As I Am clinched the 2014 American Music Award for Favorite Country Album. 1 hits punctuate his career: "Country Must be Country Wide," "You Don't Know Her Like I Do," CMA Awards Song of the Year nominee "Red Dirt Anthem," "My Kinda Party," "Bottoms Up," "One Hell of an Amen," and "What Happens In A Small Town," featuring Lindsay Ell. They see themselves.Īs a country artist with back-to-back platinum albums, Gilbert has clearly struck a nerve. They call themselves the BG Nation, and when the BG Nation watches Gilbert on a stage, they don't just see a star. The guy who started as the defiant life-of-the-party can still go till sunrise, but he's also emerged as something far greater: the leader of a massive tribe of hard-working, fun-loving believers for whom electric guitar-shredding, rapping, and twang can go hand-in-hand-in-hand. Gilbert is home in Maysville, Georgia, reflecting on the singular path he's taken to Fire & Brimstone, his fifth album released October 4, 2019, via the Valory Music Co. "Music's supposed to be a safe place for all things." "Bleeding all over a piece of paper and wearing your heart on your sleeve: Music is the truest form of expression outside of prayer," Gilbert says. But he's also seen poetry where others only saw weeds and broken glass, and resurrected faith after some declared it'd flatlined.
He's gone too fast, stayed too late, and knocked out lights. For additional information, visit or follow him on Instagram and Twitter and on Facebook Gilbert has been in a little trouble. His current single "Hard Days" is available everywhere now, and featured on the newly released FIRE & BRIMSTONE (DELUXE EDITION). Instead of toiling in limbo, unable to enjoy good times for fear of Judgment Day, Gilbert fully lives-rowdy friend, man of faith, devoted husband, smitten new father-just as he is.įIRE & BRIMSTONE, out now via The Valory Music Co., is Gilbert's most mature and complex exploration of his world to date. Earning praise from the New York Times, NPR, American Songwriter, and more, Gilbert has mined a rich vein of conflict between the party and the pew on all of his albums. 1 hits punctuate his career: "Country Must be Country Wide," "You Don't Know Her Like I Do," CMA Awards Song of the Year nominee "Dirt Road Anthem," "My Kinda Party," RIAA 5x Platinum-certified "Bottoms Up," "One Hell of an Amen" and collaboration with Lindsay Ell "What Happens In A Small Town." Gilbert's landmark record Just As I Am clinched the 2014 American Music Award for Favorite Country Album. The Georgia native who started as the defiant life-of-the-party can still go 'til sunrise, but he's also emerged as something far greater: the leader of a massive tribe of hard-working, fun-loving believers for whom electric guitar-shredding, rapping, and twang can go hand-in-hand-in-hand. With back-to-back Platinum albums and a grassroots following millions strong, Brantley Gilbert's music has been shared, covered and adopted as the soundtrack to Saturday night and Sunday morning by audiences around the world.