Mastodon co-founder William Brent Hinds has died, aged 51, with tributes having been paid to the musician, who was previously the lead guitarist of the heavy metal band

Former lead guitarist and co-founder of the heavy metal band Mastodon, Brent Hinds, died in a tragic motorcycle accident in Atlanta. He was 51 years old.

Mastodon saluted late member Brent Hinds at the end of its first show ever in Alaska last night (Aug. 22), a day after the guitarist, who left the band in March, was killed in an Atlanta motorcycle accident. See fan-shot footage from the Alaska State Fair performance below.