{"id":531706,"date":"2026-07-08T19:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-07-08T19:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/531706\/"},"modified":"2026-07-08T19:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-07-08T19:04:09","slug":"mastodon-honor-brent-hinds-with-short-film-the-mastodon-in-the-room","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/531706\/","title":{"rendered":"Mastodon Honor Brent Hinds with Short Film “The Mastodon in the Room”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mastodon<\/a> have released a new short film titled \u201cThe Mastodon in the Room\u201d commemorating guitarist-vocalist Brent Hinds<\/a>, who tragically died in a motorcycle crash<\/a> last year at 51 years old.<\/p>\n

The 35-minute film is comprised of numerous clips from Hinds\u2019 life with the band, providing a complex and rich portrait of a flawed, full human being. \u201cThe Mastodon in the Room\u201d is a hybrid of that footage plus the reactions of founding members Troy Sanders, Bill Kelliher, and Brann Dailor watching that same footage in a private Atlanta theater showing.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe Mastodon in the Room\u201d opens with footage of Brann Dailor that has already been released, featuring him saying, \u201cBut I also feel like doing all this [\u201cThe Mastodon in the Room\u201d short film] will hopefully be really beneficial for a lot of the people that are kind of looking at us and being like, \u2018Yo, you\u2019re kind of leaving us hanging.\u2019 And I totally understand that. And to the fans, I\u2019m sorry that I wasn\u2019t able to be more for them when that happened because I couldn\u2019t for myself.\u201d He paused to collect himself before saying, \u201cI\u2019m still unpacking it.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In the archived footage, Hinds says, \u201cI am a free spirit and I live it to the fullest,\u201d a sentiment that has been mirrored by the numerous in memoriam statements and memories shared about him in the wake of his passing.<\/p>\n

The short film showcases many instances of his lighthearted sense of humor and the brotherly bond the members of Mastodon shared, underscoring the depth of their loss. It also covers how his increasing drinking began to cause tension within the band that frequently needed to be defused and the band\u2019s attempts to navigate the familial relationship they had with each other against these growing troubles. In all, it paints a complex, human portrait of Brent Hinds, neither saint nor sinner, which makes the gravity of their grief much more real.<\/p>\n

Dailor says in the film, \u201cThere was a certain level that Brent would get to where I would just have to excuse myself. He wanted you to come. He wanted you to come with him into the abyss. You know how a lot of us have fears? For me, I\u2019m like either I have to play tomorrow or I feel I might die if I go further. He didn\u2019t have that switch that turned off and went, \u2018You should turn around and go back.\u2019 He was like, \u2018No, I\u2019m going in.’\u201d<\/p>\n

Hinds and Mastodon had parted ways in early 2025, just months before a motorcycle accident took his life.<\/p>\n

Mastodon are currently preparing for their \u201cPoisonous Weapons\u201d fall tour<\/a> featuring Deafheaven and Alcest as support. The tour comes in support of their as-yet untitled upcoming album, which was previewed with lead single \u201cYour Ghost Again,\u201d<\/a> a tribute to Hinds that we named Heavy Song of the Week<\/a> upon its release.<\/p>\n

Get tickets for the \u201cPoisonous Weapons\u201d tour here<\/a>, and watch the short film \u201cThe Mastodon in the Room\u201d below.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Mastodon have released a new short film titled \u201cThe Mastodon in the Room\u201d commemorating guitarist-vocalist Brent Hinds, who…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":531707,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[146,85,46,409],"class_list":["post-531706","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-music","tag-entertainment","tag-il","tag-israel","tag-music"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531706","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=531706"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/531706\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/531707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=531706"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=531706"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/il\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=531706"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}