Mastodon's Brent Hinds injured

Mastodon singer/guitarist Brent Hinds suffered a "severe head injury after his performance on Sunday night's MTV Video Music Awards in Las Vegas," according to a statement released by the band's management. "He is being treated by a Las Vegas hospital where he remains hospitalized."

The hirsute rocker was playing a song just hours before, live from Nirvana alumnus cum Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl's luxury suite at the Palms Casino resort. Queens of the Stone Age ringleader Josh Homme - whose multi-artist collaborative series The Desert Sessions is in the works (including help from PJ Harvey) - performed live with the group on Mastodon's single, "Colony of Birchmen."

Watch the performance below:

MTV News reported that Hinds' injuries included a broken nose and two black eyes, the cause of both still kept a mystery to all media outlets.

"Thankfully, it seems he going [make a full recovery]," according to band manager Nick John. "All I know is he had a bad head injury, broken nose and blacked-out eyes. He doesn't recall much."

Paste wishes the Atlanta native a speedy recovery.

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