{"id":1975398,"date":"2025-08-22T23:09:40","date_gmt":"2025-08-22T23:09:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1975398"},"modified":"2025-08-22T23:09:40","modified_gmt":"2025-08-22T23:09:40","slug":"brent-hinds-of-mastodon-dead-at-51-in-motorcycle-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/brent-hinds-of-mastodon-dead-at-51-in-motorcycle-crash\/","title":{"rendered":"Brent Hinds Of Mastodon Dead At 51 In Motorcycle Crash"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Brent Hinds, the former singer-guitarist for the Grammy-winning heavy metal band Mastodon, has died in a motorcycle accident in Atlanta, the band and authorities said. He was 51.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Hinds was killed while riding a Harley-Davidson motorcycle late Wednesday night when the driver of a BMW SUV failed to yield while making a turn, according to Atlanta police.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Hinds was described as \u201cunresponsive\u201d at the scene. An autopsy concluded Hinds, whose legal first name is William, died of \u201cmultiple blunt force injuries.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe are in a state of unfathomable sadness and grief\u2026 last night Brent Hinds passed away as a result of a tragic accident,\u201d the band said on social media. \u201cWe are heartbroken, shocked and still trying to process the loss of this creative force with whom we\u2019ve shared so many triumphs, milestones, and the creation of music that has touched the hearts of so many.\u201d <\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mastodon had three albums rise into the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart and two that topped the Rock Album chart \u2014 \u201cEmperor of Sand\u201d in 2017 and \u201cOnce More \u2019round the Sun\u201d in 2014.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Hinds co-founded Mastodon in 2000 with bassist Troy Sanders, guitarist Bill Kelliher and drummer Brann Dailor. Mastodon\u2019s third studio album, 2006\u2019s \u201cBlood Mountain,\u201d was their first to reach the Top 40, peaking at No. 32 on the Billboard 200.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Hinds left the band in March 2025. No reason for the departure was given. The band said they had \u201cmutually decided to part ways,\u201d but comments made by Hinds on Instagram indicated a rocky relationship with the members of his former band.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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\u201cWe\u2019re deeply proud of and beyond grateful for the music and history we\u2019ve shared and we wish him nothing but success and happiness in his future endeavors,\u201d the band said at the time.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Mastodon \u2014 which forged ferocious metal, progressive wizardry and sludge rock tendencies \u2014 earned six Grammy Award nominations, winning one in 2017 for best metal performance for \u201cSultan\u2019s Curse\u201d from the album \u201cEmperor of Sand.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Rolling Stone magazine listed Mastodon\u2019s 2011 album<\/a> \u201cThe Hunter\u201d among its best off the year, saying the band had \u201cstreamlined their molten thrash into a taut thwump that doesn\u2019t pull back one bit on their natural complexity of innate weirdness.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Hinds was due to tour Europe later this year with Fiend Without a Face, a band that was once a side project during his years with Mastodon.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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