Brent Hinds , former lead guitarist for the heavy metal band Mastodon , died in a motorcycle crash late Wednesday night in Atlanta. His death was confirmed by the band and to Atlanta’s WANF by the Fulton County medical examiner’s office; he was 51.

Hinds was killed while riding a Harley Davidson when the driver of a BMW SUV failed to yield, police told the publication.

Hinds co-founded the long-running band in 2000 with bassist Troy Sanders, guitarist Bill Kelliher and drummer Brann Dailor, although he parted ways with the group earlier this year amid some controversy. While the band wrote in a social media post last March that his departure was a mutual decision and they wished him “nothing but success and happiness in his future endeavors,” in response to a fan’s comment on the

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