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The ultimate Motorhead playlist (as picked by Metallica, Judas Priest and more)
By Rich Hobson published
We asked some of metal's biggest names to share which Motorhead songs mean most to them

"What will his legacy be? His guitar playing. He could bend just one note and tell a whole story. I can hear David Gilmour in his playing." Slipknot member Alessandro ‘V-Man’ Venturella pays tribute to Mastodon guitarist and his dear friend, Brent Hinds
By Joe Daly published
V-Man once worked as Brent Hinds' guitar tech and became lifelong bros with the Mastodon man

How Blood And Thunder turned Mastodon from sludge metal underdogs to generational heavyweights
By Metal Hammer published
Making a snarling concept piece about Moby-Dick doesn’t sound like a move for mainstream appeal, but that’s exactly what Mastodon found with the lead single of 2004 masterstroke Leviathan

The life and lovable lunacy of hell-raising Mastodon genius Brent Hinds
By Joe Daly published
Guitarist, artist, lunatic woodworker, dog-lover, psychedelic traveller – Brent Hinds was all of these and more

Tragedy lies behind most of Mastodon’s music. Hushed And Grim was no different
By Matt Mills published
In 2021 the band released their first double-length record, which would prove to be their last with Brent Hinds. They hoped it would be their last to be inspired by personal catastrophes

Mastodon’s Brent Hinds had an “entire album” of unreleased solo songs, according to former bandmate
By Matt Mills published
“He sent me the whole album of tunes,” says Duane Trucks, who drummed in Hinds’ psychobilly side-project Fiend Without A Face

Sabaton are on the cover of the new Metal Hammer!
By Eleanor Goodman published
We speak exclusively to Sabaton ahead of their brand new album, Legends

Mastodon members join The March Of Brent Hinds in Atlanta to celebrate life of late ex-guitarist
By Matt Mills published
Hundreds of Atlantans walked the streets of Hinds’ hometown on Sunday, following the ex-Mastodon man’s death in a traffic accident last month
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