The metal legend was just 51 years old. The post Mastodon’s Lead Guitarist Brent Hinds Dead at 51 After Motorcycle Crash appeared first on Reality Tea.

Brent Hinds, the electrifying musician whose riffs helped launch Mastodon to metal stardom, has died in a tragic motor-vehicle crash in Atlanta. The 51-year-old Hinds, the former lead guitarist and co-vocalist of the Grammy-winning band,

Brent Hinds, former singer-guitarist of the heavy metal band Mastodon, died in a motorcycle crash at the age of 51 on August 20. Hinds was riding a Harley-Davidson in the downtown-Atlanta area when a driver in a BMW SUV reportedly “failed to yield while turning left,