Mastodon’s former lead guitarist and singer, Brent Hinds, has been killed in a motorcycle accident in Atlanta. He was 51. The Atlanta Police Department reported Wednesday that a male riding a Harley Davidson motorcycle died after colliding with a BMW SUV, whose driver failed to yield while turning left. An investigation is ongoing.

William Brent Hinds, 51, was urgently taken to the hospital after the incident near Boulevard, Atlanta, but was sadly declared unresponsive. Hinds rose to prominence as the former lead guitarist of the Atlanta, Georgia-based heavy metal band Mastodon, where he shared guitar and vocal duties with Bill Kelliher, Troy Sanders, and Brann Dailor.