{"id":712807,"date":"2026-06-03T15:10:13","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:10:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/712807\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T15:10:13","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T15:10:13","slug":"mastodon-honor-brent-hinds-in-first-song-since-late-frontmans-death","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/712807\/","title":{"rendered":"Mastodon Honor Brent Hinds in First Song Since Late Frontman\u2019s Death"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last August, five months after exiting<\/a> the band he co-founded in 2000, former Mastodon<\/a> frontman Brent Hinds was killed in a motorcycle crash<\/a>. The group has now returned, with bassist Troy Sanders and drummer Brann Dailor sharing vocal duties, on a single that pays tribute to their late bandmate. Listen to \u201cYour Ghost Again\u201d below. The band has also added a slate of North American dates to its ongoing European run; scroll down to see the full itinerary.<\/p>\n

Dailor, who also lost his mother recently, said in a press release, \u201cFor me, \u2018Your Ghost Again\u2019 is about when you lose somebody that\u2019s close to you that you existed with for most of your life\u2014or your whole life. It\u2019s those moments when you\u2019re in those familiar places that you\u2019ve always been with that person, and then, after they\u2019re gone, you see them out of the corner of your eye, and it makes you sad because they\u2019re not there. When we were in the studio recording, I kept seeing Brent. I\u2019d see him on my right holding the guitar because that\u2019s where he\u2019d usually be. It\u2019s the same with my mom: I keep seeing her. And you get a little jolt of excitement because you think you\u2019re actually seeing them, but then you remember they\u2019re not here and it takes you down a notch. So, it\u2019s these big relationships for me that became the subject matter of the song. I was just singing about what I was seeing, and I was seeing ghosts.\u201d<\/p>\n

With new guitarist Nick Johnston in the fold, Mastodon worked with producers Patrik Berger and Kurt Ballou on the new song as they prepare a full-length follow-up to 2021\u2019s Hushed and Grim<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Mastodon:
06-03 Prague, Czechia – O2 Universum #
06-05 N\u00fcrburg, Germany – Rock Am Ring
06-06 Gda\u0144sk, Poland – Mystic Festival
06-07 N\u00fcrnberg, Germany – Rock Im Park
06-09 Zurich, Switzerland – Komplex 457 #
06-11 Nickelsdorf, Austria – Nova Rock
06-13 Leeuwarden, Netherlands – Into the Grave Festival
06-14 Donington Park, England – Download Festival
06-16 Saarbrucken, Germany – Garage #
06-17 Dortmund, Germany – FZW #
06-19 Clisson, France – Hellfest
06-21 Dessel, Belgium – Graspop Metal Meeting
06-22 Hamburg, Germany – Docks #
06-24 Copenhagen, Denmark – Copenhell Festival
06-25 Berlin, Germany – Huxley’s Neue Welt #
06-27 Snina, Slovakia – Rock Pod Kamenon
06-28 Zagreb, Croatia – Culture Factory #
06-30 Toulouse, France – Bikini *
07-01 Bordeaux, France – Le Rocher De Palmer *
07-03 Cartagena, Spain – Rock Imperium Festival
07-04 Viveiro, Spain – Resurrection Fest
07-05 Lisbon, Portugal – Evil Live
09-16 Orlando, FL – Hard Rock
09-18 Asheville, NC – Asheville Yards
09-19 Pittsburgh, PA – Stage AE
09-20 Louisville, KY – Louder than Life
09-22 Philadelphia, PA – Franklin Music Hall
09-23 Boston, MA – House of Blues
09-24 Brooklyn, NY – Brooklyn Paramount
09-25 Washington, DC – Anthem
09-27 Montreal, Quebec – MTelus
09-28 Toronto, Ontario – Rebel
09-29 Buffalo, NY – Buffalo Riverworks
10-01 Detroit, MI – Fillmore
10-02 Chicago, IL – The Riviera
10-03 Minneapolis, MN – Palace
10-06 Salt Lake City, UT – The Complex
10-07 Boise, ID – Revolution
10-09 Oakland, CA – The Fox
10-10 Los Angeles, CA – Hollywood Palladium
10-11 San Diego, CA – The Sound
10-14 Denver, CO – Fillmore
10-16 Des Moines, IA – Val Air Ballroom
10-17 St. Louis, MO – The Pageant
10-18 Memphis, TN – Satellite Music Hall
10-20 Cleveland, OH – Agora
10-21 Greensboro, NC – Piedmont Hall
10-22 Atlanta, GA – The Eastern
10-24 Dallas, TX – Sick New World Dallas<\/p>\n

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