Despite Hinds’ Mastodon exit in March 2025, the band continued to use Hinds’ photo in promotional materials, including — as the lawsuit claims — a face that resembles Hinds on the cover of the band’s just-released new album Marrow Deep, Mastodon’s first album without Hinds; the band started recording the LP shortly after Hinds’ death. The Marrow Deep cover features three large figures, with the rightmost bat-faced one wearing a cloak shrouding skulls and human faces. One of those faces, the estate says, resembles Hinds, who did not musically contribute to the album.
Alison Krauss and Union Station Cancel Remaining Tour Dates: Singer Advised to Take a 'Vocal Rest' The estate also claimed that, at the time of Hinds parting ways with Mastodon, the band said they wouldn’t disclose the details of the guitarist’s exit. However, after his death and while promoting Marrow Deep, Mastodon members talked openly about Hinds’ departure, citing his issues with substance abuse. The lawsuit criticizes Brann Dailor, Bill Kelliher, and Troy Sanders — the three remaining founding members of Mastodon, all of whom are named in the lawsuit — for discussing “details about [Hinds’] private life that they learned in confidence — details he chose to keep private while he was alive.”
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