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Brent Hinds, Former Mastodon Singer-Guitarist, Dies at 51 in Motorcycle Crash

Brent Hinds, 51, died after a BMW SUV driver failed to yield at a southeast Atlanta intersection while he was riding his Harley Davidson motorcycle.

  • Brent Hinds, the former singer-guitarist for the Grammy-winning heavy metal band Mastodon, died in a motorcycle accident in Atlanta.
  • Mastodon had achieved significant commercial success, with three albums reaching the Top 10 of the Billboard 200 chart and two topping the Rock Album chart.
  • While the band announced they had mutually decided to part ways, Hinds' comments on Instagram indicated a rocky relationship with his former bandmates.
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With the metal band Mastodon, Brent Hinds was able to sell millions of records. Shortly after he left the group he is dead. He became only 51 years old.

·Berlin, Germany
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Brent Hinds (1974–2025): Mastodon never quite lived up to the promise of a new big headliner. This was partly due to their unpredictable behavior…

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