Brent Hinds, the previous singer-guitarist for the Grammy-winning heavy metallic band Mastodon, has died in a bike accident in Atlanta, the band and authorities mentioned. He was 51.
Hinds was killed whereas using a Harley-Davidson bike late Wednesday evening when the driving force of a BMW SUV did not yield whereas making a flip, in line with Atlanta police. Hinds was described as “unresponsive” on the scene. An post-mortem concluded Hinds, whose authorized first title is William, died of “multiple blunt force injuries.”
“We are heartbroken, shocked and still trying to process the loss of this creative force with whom we’ve shared so many triumphs, milestones, and the creation of music that has touched the hearts of so many,” the band mentioned on social media.
Mastodon had three albums rise into the Prime 10 of the Billboard 200 chart and two that topped the Rock Album chart — “Emperor of Sand” in 2017 and “Once More ’round the Sun” in 2014.
Hinds co-founded Mastodon in 2000 with bassist Troy Sanders, guitarist Invoice Kelliher and drummer Brann Dailor. Mastodon’s third studio album, 2006’s “Blood Mountain,” was their first to succeed in the Prime 40, peaking at No. 32 on the Billboard 200.
Hinds left the band in March 2025. No purpose for the departure was given. The band mentioned they’d “mutually decided to part ways,” however feedback made by Hinds on Instagram indicated a rocky relationship with the members of his former band.
“We’re deeply proud of and beyond grateful for the music and history we’ve shared and we wish him nothing but success and happiness in his future endeavors,” the band mentioned on the time.
Mastodon — which cast ferocious metallic, progressive wizardry and sludge rock tendencies — earned six Grammy Award nominations, successful one in 2017 for finest metallic efficiency for “Sultan’s Curse” from the album “Emperor of Sand.”
Rolling Stone journal listed Mastodon’s 2011 album “The Hunter” amongst its finest off the 12 months, saying the band had “streamlined their molten thrash right into a taut thwump that doesn’t pull again one bit on their pure complexity of innate weirdness.”
Hinds was as a consequence of tour Europe later this 12 months with Fiend With out a Face, a band that was as soon as a facet mission throughout his years with Mastodon.
