They don’t make guitar players like the late Brent Hinds anymore. But maybe they never did. The former Mastodon guitarist, who died in a motorcycle clash in August 2025, aged 51, was the Atlanta, Georgia prog-metallers’ wild card.
He was the player who brought countrified bluegrass virtuosity to metal guitar, and a little danger to Mastodon. He was their wild card and a wild man. That brought with it some tension. He was never one for an early night.
