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‘He liked to get people’s blood boiling’: metal masters Mastodon on the loss of bandmate Brent Hinds – and his shocking words before his death

The Grammy-winning band had an acrimonious rift with Hinds – then he died in a motorbike crash. They explain how they’re paying tribute on their new album, and why their love for each other never ended

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"I was like, He's either really gone off the rails and he's in jail, he's killed somebody… or he's dead. And it was the latter." Mastodon reveal the exact moment that they learned that their former bandmate Brent Hinds had died

Mastodon were informed of Brent Hinds' death via a phone call from the guitarist's ex-wife

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"It’s reminiscent of the very beginning of our band, where all members are hungry, we're united, and excited to get to work." Mastodon reveal new album Marrow Deep, expand to a five-piece and recruit Josh Homme for new single

The progressive sludge metallers will release their ninth album on August 28

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“We thought the band was over. He's crossed the line – he's gone too far”: Mastodon open up about their relationship with Brent Hinds – and the devastating brain injury that nearly ended everything

Nearly one year on from his tragic death, Bill Kelliher, Troy Sanders, and Brann Dailor discuss the highs and lows of their 25-year relationship with Hinds

Guitar World

"He was a wild man, our wild man, and that came with some challenges. Losing him has meant sitting with a type of grief we never expected." Mastodon reveal reasons for late guitarist Brent Hinds' departure in new film

The Mastodon in the Room is available to watch on YouTube

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“When the first riff came together, we locked in and played it for 100 hours”: How Blood And Thunder turned Mastodon from Southern misfits to a 21st-century sensation

Making a snarling concept piece about Moby-Dick doesn’t sound like a move for mainstream appeal, but that’s exactly what Mastodon found

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Classic Rock's Tracks Of The Week: June 8, 2026

Eight songs you need to hear right now, from Europe, Mastodon, Stanley Simmons and more

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“We miss him and we love him, also”: Watch Mastodon give new single Your Ghost Again its live debut and dedicate it to late guitarist Brent Hinds

The Atlanta band played their latest song at their European tour kickoff last week

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"In many ways that entire album feels like we were rebelling against ourselves." How Mastodon overcame moments of self-doubt and rebuilt themselves from the ground up on The Hunter

In 2011, Mastodon wrote an album that would fly in the face of everything we thought we knew about them. but they had to fight hard to make it happen...

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“I kept seeing him out the corner of my eye, where he’d be with his guitar”: Mastodon’s first single with their new guitarist is a powerful tribute to Brent Hinds

Your Ghost Again is the lead single from the band’s ninth album, Poisonous Weapons

Guitar World

"She was looking at her pill bottles. I knew she was going to die so I was like, 'Put it down. Live right now.'" Mastodon’s Bill Kelliher wrote songs for Emperor Of Sand at his mum’s deathbed

A cancer tragedy and other real-life dramas inspired Mastodon’s seventh album Emperor Of Sand, which they believe was 17 years in the making

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“When the first riff came together, we locked in and played it for 100 hours.” How a song about a big angry whale helped four Southern misfits hang with Slipknot and Slayer - and become 21st century metal trailblazers

Making a snarling concept piece about Moby-Dick doesn’t sound like a move for mainstream appeal, but that’s exactly what Mastodon found with the lead single of 2004 masterstroke Leviathan

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"He was a genuine, unforgettable, lunatic presence." How a heroin-kicking, hell-raising, heavy metal-hating genius named Brent Hinds changed the face of metal forever

Guitarist, artist, lunatic woodworker, dog-lover, psychedelic traveller – Brent Hinds was all of these and more

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“I discovered that you need to be anxious – it keeps you motivated. I try to feed off the anxiety and play guitar”: The life and times of Brent Hinds, the visionary guitarist with a maverick style who made Mastodon a big beast of metal

Guitar World pays tribute to the late Brent Hinds, one of metal's wildest and most inventive players, who died on 20 August

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“What can we do to make people realise what a great soul we lost? We can turn that sad energy into this great album”: Tragedy lies behind most of Mastodon’s music. Hushed And Grim was no different

In 2021 the band released their first double-length record, which would prove to be their last with Brent Hinds. They hoped it would be their last to be inspired by personal catastrophes

Guitar World

“He’s gonna be on the new record, for sure. He’s writing like crazy”: Mastodon have seemingly confirmed their new guitar player – revealing Nick Johnston is writing and recording for their next albums

The guitarist had been drafted in as a touring guitarist following Brent Hinds’ departure, but it seems he’s part of the band’s long-term planning

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“As soon as he hit the stage, everything changed.” Farewell to Ozzy Osbourne: Metal's first - and greatest - icon

How heavy metal's original madman became a global icon

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Mastodon members join The March Of Brent Hinds in Atlanta to celebrate life of late ex-guitarist

Hundreds of Atlantans walked the streets of Hinds’ hometown on Sunday, following the ex-Mastodon man’s death in a traffic accident last month

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“My mind’s the most cosmic place I could ever visit. All I have to do is zone out and play the guitar, and before you know it, I’ve visited places unheard of”: Remembering Brent Hinds, the maverick who trampled metal guitar underfoot with Mastodon

Unorthodox, virtuosic, wild in all the right ways, wholly unique, Brent Hinds was the guitar hero the 21st-century metal needed

Guitar World

“We were brothers to the end. We really loved each other, and we made a lot of very beautiful music together”: Mastodon honor Brent Hinds onstage at their first live performance since the guitarist's death

Drummer Brann Dailor led the tributes after an emotionally charged set dedicated to the guitar hero

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Mastodon pay emotional Brent Hinds tribute at first show since his death

Mastodon paid an heartfelt tribute to former guitarist Brent Hinds at their first show since his tragic death in a motorcycle accident earlier this week.

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“We loved him so, so, so very much”: Mastodon pay tribute to late ex-bandmate Brent Hinds at their first show since his death

Watch Mastodon’s Brann Dailor honour ex-guitarist Brent Hinds’ death at a gig in Alaska

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Watch the video for Blackberry Smoke's cover of Bad Company's Run With The Pack with Paul Rodgers

Run With The Pack also features Mastodon's Brann Dailor and comes from the upcoming album Can’t Get Enough: A Tribute To Bad Company

Metal Hammer

Did we just see Mastodon play their best ever festival show? Yes, yes we did

Few would argue Mastodon are a band at their best outdoors. Their incredible Bloodstock set just changed that

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"I've never met three people that were so full of themselves. It's disgusting." Ex-Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds hits out at his former bandmates in scathing social media post

Brent Hinds' latest outburst against his former Mastodon bandmates suggests his exit from the group was less than amicable

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