Brent Hinds on New Mastodon Album, Side-Projects

May 24, 2011 – After two years of touring behind Mastodon's prog-metal epic Crack the Skye, guitarist Brent Hinds is gearing up for a big return this year: The heavily tatted frontman has worked up two records with his side-projects West End Motel and Fiend Without a Face — and is putting the finishing touches on Mastodon's fifth album, due out later this year. "It's very close," he tells SPIN of the Mastodon LP. …
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