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Nick Johnston and Bill Kelliher of Mastodon perform during LEVITATION Festival at the Palmer Events Center on September 26, 2025 in Austin, Texas
Mastodon share new single with Josh Homme – and add another member to the band

By Phil Weller Published

The band will release their ninth album, Marrow Deep, on August 28

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Mastodon rehearsing, Brann Dailor, Brent Hinds, Bill Kelliher, Troy Sanders, Atlanta, Georgia, United States, 12th August 2011
Mastodon open up about their relationship with Brent Hinds – and the devastating brain injury that nearly ended everything

By Janelle Borg Published

Nearly one year on from his tragic death, Bill Kelliher, Troy Sanders, and Brann Dailor discuss the highs and lows of their 25-year relationship with Hinds

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Brent Hinds and Bill Kelliher perform with Mastodon on Day 1 of the Heavy Montreal Festival at Parc Jean-Drapeau on August 6, 2016 in Montreal, Canada.
Mastodon’s first single with their new guitarist is a powerful tribute to Brent Hinds

By Phil Weller Published

Your Ghost Again is the lead single from the band’s ninth album, Poisonous Weapons

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Schecter Nick Johnston Traditional HH Atomic Mercury
“Finding a twin humbucker guitar that looks and sounds as good as this is far from easy”: Schecter Nick Johnston Traditional HH review

By Amit Sharma Published

The newly appointed Mastodon guitarist gets heavy with his first dual humbucker signature, which comes in a fitting Silverburst-esque finish

Electric Guitars
Schecter Nick Johnston Traditional HH
Nick Johnston embraces his Mastodon turn with his most metal signature Schecter yet

By Phil Weller Published

The guitar completes Johnston’s “evolution” from a single-coil loyalist to twin humbucker convert

Electric Guitars
Post Malone, Chad Smith, Duff McKagan, Slash and Andrew Watt perform during the Ozzy Osbourne tribute at The 68th Annual Grammy Awards, broadcasting live Sunday, February 1, 2026 on the CBS Television Network, and streaming live and on demand on Paramount+
Guitar at the Grammys 2026 – Slash and Andrew Watt pay tribute to Ozzy, Bruno Mars takes a solo, but Brent Hinds excluded from In Memoriam segment

By Janelle Borg Published

Guitar acts and guitar-driven records won big at music’s biggest night, across myriad different genres

Music Industry
Brent Hinds plays his lucite Electrical Guitar Company V onstage with Mastodon and pulls a face for the camera
The life and times of Brent Hinds, the visionary guitarist with a maverick style who made Mastodon a big beast of metal

By Joel McIver Published

Guitar World pays tribute to the late Brent Hinds, one of metal's wildest and most inventive players, who died on 20 August

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Brent Hinds of Mastodon american band performs, during the VII Mexico Metal Fest at Parque Fundidora on November 10, 2023 in Monterrey, Mexico
Brent Hinds had a trove of solo material that was never released, according to his former bandmate

By Matt Owen Published

Duane Trucks of Fiend Without a Face has shed light on some unheard material that the Mastodon guitarist created before his tragic death

Guitarists
Bill Kelliher and Nick Johnston
Mastodon have seemingly confirmed their new guitar player – revealing Nick Johnston is writing and recording for their next albums

By Phil Weller Published

The guitarist had been drafted in as a touring guitarist following Brent Hinds’ departure, but it seems he’s part of the band’s long-term planning

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Brent Hinds of Mastodon performs at Rumsey Playfield, Central Park on May 19, 2015 in New York City
Brent Hinds found to be “at fault” for the tragic motorcycle accident that led to his death, police determine

By Janelle Borg Published

The former Mastodon guitarist died in a motorcycle crash in August 2025

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