One of Brent Hinds‘ former bandmates has revealed that the late Mastodon guitarist was sitting on an entire album of unreleased solo music before his death.
Speaking exclusively in the new issue of Metal Hammer, Duane Trucks — who drummed for Hinds‘ psychobilly side project Fiend Without A Face — says he’s heard a “whole album of tunes” from the beloved guitarist, calling them “cool as shit.”
“Brent‘s got an entire album that hasn’t seen the light of day,” Trucks tells Metal Hammer. “He sent me the whole album of tunes and it’s cool as shit.”
Trucks went on to describe Hinds as a rare, uncompromising artist who only ever played from the heart: “You rarely meet someone with so many facets who does things in such an honest, vulnerable way. He really fucking meant what he was playing. It was not a put-on. He wasn’t just doing this for a cheque.”
Hinds launched Fiend Without A Face back in 1998, naming the project after a 1958 British horror flick. He joined Mastodon two years later, helping drive the Atlanta metal band to international acclaim. The group’s 2011 album The Hunter hit Number Six on the Billboard 200, while their track “Sultan’s Curse” earned them a Grammy Award for Best Metal Performance in 2018.
Despite Mastodon‘s success, Hinds never lost touch with his outsider instincts — returning to Fiend Without A Face for albums in 2011 and 2017. Hinds parted ways with Mastodon in March 2025 and tragically died in a motorcycle accident in Atlanta, Georgia, on August 20. He was 51 years old.
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