Mastodon Open Up About Parting Ways With Brent Hinds Before His 2025 Death

The band Mastodon has openly revealed in a new video that they parted ways with guitarist Brent Hinds months before his death in 2025, stating "We were exhausted." The footage marks the group's first public account of the circumstances surrounding the split with their long-time bandmate. Hinds died in 2025, after the separation had already taken place.