Police reported that, at around 11:35 p.m. on August 20, Hinds died riding a Harley Davidson. The driver of a BMW SUV neglected to yield making a turn at the intersection of Memorial Drive and Boulevard and collided with the motorcycle.

Brent Hinds, the former lead guitarist and vocalist for Mastodon, has died at 51 following a deadly motorcycle accident in Atlanta.

William Brent Hinds, 51, co-founder and former member of Atlanta heavy metal band Mastodon, was killed in a motorcycle crash late Wednesday.