"We are in a state of unfathomable sadness and grief," Hinds' former bandmates wrote in an emotional tribute to the late heavy metal rocker.

Brent Hinds, the former lead guitarist and vocalist for Mastodon, has died at 51 following a deadly motorcycle accident in Atlanta.

Brent Hinds, former singer-guitarist of the heavy metal band Mastodon, died in a motorcycle crash at the age of 51 on August 20. Hinds was riding a Harley-Davidson in the downtown-Atlanta area when a driver in a BMW SUV reportedly “failed to yield while turning left,