A tragic death. Brent Hinds, guitarist and co -founder of the Mastodon Heavy Metal group, died on Wednesday 20 to Thursday, August 21, in Atlanta. The US authorities evoke a motorcycle accident that the 51 -year -old musician led, says Le Parisien, who takes information from local newspapers.
According to its history, citing police information, Brent Hinds led his motorcycle when a SUV refused to take the intersection of Drive and Boulevard memorial. The accident occurred around 11:35 pm and the death of Brent Hinds was confirmed shortly after.
Since the announcement of his death, his former comrades in the Mastodon group, bassist Troy Sanders, guitarist Bill Kellihe and drummer Brann Dailor, wanted to greet their former friend. The four men announced last March the end of their musical collaboration with Brent Hinds, however, co -funding the group, “by mutual agreement”.
Last June, the main part interested responded to the announcement by writing to an Instagram fan “I will not cease to be part of a” crazy “group with horrible people”, before eraseing their messenger, which suggests that the decision did not come from his.
A Grammy and a passage in “Game of Thrones”
This Friday, Mastodon wanted to pay tribute to his founding member in a publication published on his Instagram page.
“We are upset, in a state of shock, and we are still trying to accept the loss of this creative force with which we have shared so many triumphs, important steps and the creation of music that has touched the hearts of so many people,” you can read.
The Heavy Metal group was known for having been appointed twice at the American Grammy Awards ceremony and winning one for the title “Sultan’s Curse”, present at the album Sand emperor In 2017.
Fans of the fantastic “Game of Thrones” series, Brent Hinds, Bill Kelliher and Brann Dailor also appeared in the cast of season 5 in the role of Savage, killed and then returned life.
Source: BFM TV
