After guitarist Brent Hinds’ exit from the heavy metal band, Mastodon, they were joined by Ben Eller. On March 9, 2025, Eller performed with the band at Tool’s Tool in The Sand Festival. He seems to ...

Late last week, founding guitarist Brent Hinds and Mastodon that they were amicably parting ways after 25 years together. The band wrote at the time: “We’re deeply proud of and beyond grateful ...

Mastodon tapped YouTuber and session guitarist Ben Eller to take over for founding member Brent Hinds during the band’s set on Sunday (March 9th) at Tool’s destination festival Tool in the Sand in ...

Last night (March 9th), Mastodon played their first show since the shock departure of founding guitarist Brent Hinds, and they indeed had another axeman on-stage with them at the TOOL Live in the Sand ...

Mastodon's Brent Hinds in November 2023 (photo: Medios y Media / Getty Images). Two days after Mastodon shocked fans with the announcement that they’d parted ways with co-founding vocalist ...

Yesterday (March 9), Mastodon played their first show since parting ways with longtime guitarist Brent Hinds, utilizing the services of YouTuber Ben Eller. It was a high profile set at Tool's Live ...

So who exactly in Ben Eller? The YouTube favorite stepped into the role of guitarist for Mastodon after the recently announced exit of longtime favorite Brent Hinds and admirably helped the group ...

Just two days after announcing they had parted ways with frontman Brent Hinds, Mastodon played Tool’s Live In The Sand festival in the Dominican Republic. For Sunday’s show they had guitarist ...

Mastodon just played their first show without founding guitarist Brent Hinds, with YouTuber and session musician Ben Eller stepping in. The gig went down on March 9 at Tool’s Live In The Sand festival ...

Mastodon announced Friday that the band and guitarist Brent Hinds, who co-founded the Atlanta metal act a quarter-century ago, have parted ways. “Friends and Fans, After 25 monumental years ...

The Atlanta metal band shared the news on Instagram on Friday (March 7), revealing that the decision was mutual and that they would be continuing with their live plans as previously scheduled.

Mastodon and co-founding guitarist Brent Hinds have “mutually decided to part ways,” the band announced Friday. The revelation marks Mastodon’s first lineup change since 2001, a year after ...