Brent Hinds, the previous singer-guitarist for the Grammy-winning hefty steel band Mastodon, has actually passed away in a bike mishap in Atlanta, the band and authorities claimed. He was 51.
Hinds was eliminated while riding a Harley-Davidson bike late Wednesday evening when the chauffeur of a BMW SUV fell short to generate while making a turn, according to Atlanta cops. Hinds was referred to as “less competent” at the scene.
” We are sad, surprised and still attempting to refine the loss of this imaginative pressure with whom we have actually shared many accomplishments, landmarks, and the development of songs that has actually touched the hearts of many,” the band said on social media.
Mastodon had 3 cds increase right into the Leading 10 of the Signboard 200 graph and 2 that covered the Rock Cd graph– “Emperor of Sand” in 2017 and “Once again ’round the Sunlight” in 2014.
Hinds co-founded Mastodon in 2000 with bassist Troy Sanders, guitar player Costs Kelliher and drummer Brann Dailor. Mastodon’s 3rd workshop cd, 2006’s “Blood Hill,” was their initial to arrive 40, coming to a head at No. 32 on the Signboard 200.
Hinds left the band in March 2025. No factor for the separation was offered. The band claimed they had actually “equally made a decision to component methods,” however remarks made by Hinds on Instagram showed a rough partnership with the participants of his previous band.
” We’re deeply pleased with and past happy for the songs and background we have actually shared and we desire him only success and joy in his future ventures,” the band claimed at the time.
Mastodon– which built savage steel, modern magic and sludge rock propensities– made 6 Grammy Honor elections, winning one in 2017 for finest steel efficiency for “Sultan’s Curse” from the cd “Emperor of Sand.”
Wanderer publication listed Mastodon’s 2011 album “The Seeker” amongst its finest off the year, claiming the band had “structured their molten surge right into a tight thwump that does not draw back one little bit on their all-natural intricacy of natural quirkiness.”
Hinds was because of explore Europe later on this year with Demon Without a Face, a band that was when a side job throughout his years with Mastodon.
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