Brent Hinds, former Mastodon guitarist and vocalist, dies in Atlanta motorcycle crash at 51

Brent Hinds, the 51-year-old former guitarist and vocalist of Grammy-winning heavy metal band Mastodon, died in a motorcycle crash in Atlanta on Wednesday night after colliding with a BMW SUV. The band expressed their “unfathomable sadness and grief” over the loss of Hinds, a creative force behind their music, which included a Grammy win for “Sultan’s Curse” in 2018.

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