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Sick New World Music Festival Boasts Insanely Stacked Lineup for 2026 Return

Sick New World is coming back in a big way for two shows of nu metal celebration set in two separate locations

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System Of A Down, Korn, Deftones, Slayer, Evanescence and more to play insanely stacked Sick New World 2026 events in Las Vegas and Texas

Sick New World has announced two unbelievable lineups in different States for 2026

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“I wish things had panned out differently. The lyrics were a message saying, ‘Meet us in the middle.’ It didn’t work out that way”: An armed robbery, a returning drummer and a new label brought this American band back from near oblivion

They hadn’t released an album in five years before turning things round with a heavily conceptual double release – and their struggles became part of their science-fiction saga

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4 brilliant new metal bands you need to hear this month

From Chepang's philosophical grindcore to Slung's sleek doomgaze, screamo revivalists Static Dress and chaotic metalcore mob Idle Heirs, these are the bands you need to hear in October 2025

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“It’s a silly kid’s drawing, but I sent it to ESP, and we did a deal”: URNE’s Angus Neyra on the schoolboy scribble that got him an endorsement, getting Troy Sanders to guest on their 9-minute single, and why he needed a “brother” guitarist

The shred-era guitarist has become a Quad Cortex advocate ahead of joining Orange Goblin’s farewell tour and releasing changed-up new album Setting Fire to the Sky

Guitar World

Mastodon’s Brent Hinds found at fault for fatal crash

Mastodon’s Brent Hinds was found to be at fault for his fatal motorcycle crash last month. according to a new police report.

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Brent Hinds found to be “at fault” for the tragic motorcycle accident that led to his death, police determine

The former Mastodon guitarist died in a motorcycle crash in August 2025

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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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Atlanta police release further details of Brent Hinds' fatal motorcycle accident

The former Mastodon guitarist died following the accident that occurred on August 20

Guitar World

“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

MusicRadar

Former Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds was working on new music before his death with Bam Margera

Brent Hinds had been in the studio with Bam Margera before his passing.

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"I will miss your crazy ass Manimal." Mastodon's Bill Kelliher pays tribute to former bandmate Brent Hinds

"I didn’t think you’d be taken from us like this"

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“All that we accomplished after that first fistfight in the van 25 years ago. I didn’t think you’d be taken from us like this”: Mastodon guitarist Bill Kelliher issues first public statement following Brent Hinds' death

Hinds, Mastodon's co-founder and co-leader for a quarter century, died last week following a tragic motorcycle accident

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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Gavin Rossdale is forever 'grateful' to late Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds for talking him out of Xanax relapse

Gavin Rossdale says Brent Hinds stopped him from another "self-sabotage back to the fatally dangerous world of Xanax."

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Metal Band Mastodon's Former Founder Was Killed By A Jerk Who Turned Left In Front Of Him

Almost every news report you find about the incident mentions

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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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Brent Hinds 1974 – 2025

Mastodon's former guitarist, who passed away following a motorcycle accident in Atlanta, Georgia on August 20, was a true untameable force of nature

International Business Times UK

Brent Hinds Accident: What Motorcycle Was the Mastodon Guitarist Riding and the Official Cause of the Fatal Death Revealed

Heavy metal guitarist Brent Hinds dies at 51 in a motorcycle accident in Atlanta. Medical examiner confirms cause of death.

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“He told me that after he was gone, he just wanted to be remembered for bringing country music into metal”: Brent Hinds, 1974-2025 – the guitar world pays tribute

The former Mastodon guitarist died aged 51 following a fatal motorcycle accident, and his peers have now come out to honor his life and legacy

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Mastodon co-founder Brent Hinds tragically dies in motorcycle accident aged 51

Brent Hinds has passed away after being involved in a motorcycle collision.

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Brent Hinds RIP: The world of music pays tribute

Former Mastodon guitarist Brent Hinds has been killed in a motorcycle accident in Atlanta - Tool, Slash, Trivium, Opeth, Zakk Wylde and more pay tribute

Guitar World

“I’m an oddball when it comes to the metal scene”: Co-leader of Mastodon for a quarter century, Brent Hinds was a one-of-a-kind guitarist who took metal guitar into uncharted territory – because he never considered himself a metal guitarist

Hinds was killed in a motorcycle accident on Wednesday, August 20

The Guardian - US

Brent Hinds, former lead guitarist of Mastodon, dies in motorcycle crash

The 51-year-old, who left the successful heavy metal group earlier this year, died in a collision in Atlanta

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