Mastodon have released a new 35-minute documentary called “The Mastodon In The Room.” The film finds the group opening up about the death of guitarist Brent Hinds.
The band commented:
“Hello Everyone-
We just wrapped up Europe and every country we hit showed up and gave us everything! Truly a summer we’ll never forget! We can’t thank you enough for rockin’ with us!
As we enter a new chapter of Mastodon we want to do this the right way and talk about Brent. We’ve all seen the clips, headlines, and speculations, but we haven’t told our story in our own words about our 25 year relationship.
It isn’t easy to talk about Brent, he was our family, someone we all loved wholeheartedly. He was a wild man, our wild man, and that came with some challenges. Both things are true and we aren’t interested in chasing one truth over the other. Losing him has meant sitting with a type of grief we never expected. No more hugs, no more high fives, no more disagreements, no more making up. That part has been hard, it’s real.
We put this conversation out there so you can hear it directly from us, you all deserve that.
Thank you for the past 25 years of showing up for us and Brent.”