Former Mastodon singer-guitarist Brent Hinds has died in a motorbike accident in Atlanta. He was 51 years outdated.
In line with an Atlanta police report, a male driving a Harley Davidson was killed in a collision after a driver of a BMW SUV did not yield whereas making a flip at an intersection. The Fulton County medical expert’s workplace has since confirmed Hinds as the motive force of the motorbike.
Born in Alabama, Hinds left his hometown for Atlanta to pursue a profession in music. Shortly after, Hinds would meet his eventual Mastodon bandmate Troy Sanders, becoming a member of the latter’s then-band 4 Hour Fogger.
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Following the dissolution of that group, Hinds and Sanders would meet drummer-singer Brann Dailor and guitarist Invoice Kelliher at a basement Excessive on Hearth present, with the quartet ultimately forming Mastodon with singer Eric Saner in early 2000.
Saner caught by 2001 earlier than exiting the group, which put a brand new highlight on Hinds’ gruff and forceful vocals, in addition to his virtuosic guitar taking part in — each defining features of Mastodon’s sound. The band’s first 4 albums, together with the 2004 opus Leviathan, are thought-about classics of the sludge steel style, with the band regularly implementing extra progressive-rock influences by 2009’s Crack the Skye.
Hinds was instrumental to the band’s business ascent, singing and sharing songwriting duties on all eight of Mastodon’s studio albums by 2021’s Hushed and Grim.
Issues appeared to go bitter between Hinds and his bandmates in more moderen occasions. In March of this yr, the band introduced that it was parting methods with Hinds, wishing him “nothing however success and happiness in his future endeavors.” In the meantime, Hinds took a spiteful tone on social media, calling his bandmates “horrible people” in feedback on Instagram. The remaining members of Mastodon didn’t formally reply to Hinds’ feedback previous to his passing.
Within the months following his exit from Mastodon, Hinds remained musically lively together with his different varied initiatives, taking part in exhibits round Atlanta. Most just lately, he was on tour in Europe this summer time with blues rocker Marcus King.
Rumors of Hinds’ demise started circulating on Reddit after Instrument guitarist Adam Jones posted a picture of Hinds on an Instagram story with somber ambient music early Thursday (August twenty first). The obvious tribute put up was adopted by rumors that Hinds was concerned in a deadly motorbike crash in Atlanta.