Mastodon achieved Top 10 Billboard success; Hinds left the band in 2025 amid tensions. Band won a Grammy for 'Sultan’s Curse'; Hinds remembered for his impact on metal music.

An acclaimed rock/metal guitarist is dead at 51 after a motorcycle crash.

Brent Hinds, the founding member and former lead guitarist of the heavy metal band Mastodon, has died in a motorcycle crash.

The metal legend was just 51 years old. The post Mastodon’s Lead Guitarist Brent Hinds Dead at 51 After Motorcycle Crash ...