
Brent Hinds, co-founder, guitarist, and vocalist of the heavy metal powerhouse Mastodon, died in a motorcycle accident at the age of 51.

What starts as creative drift turns into a public blow-up. From early cracks to scorched-earth comments, here’s how Brent Hinds and Mastodon went from brothers-in-arms to open war—and where both sides stand now. The Short Version (for the skimmers) The Set-Up: Friction You Could Hear Between the Riffs (2015–2018) The seeds were there. Years…