Earlier today, surviving guitarist Bill Kelliher shared a tribute to his fallen brother on Instagram. In what must have been a difficult post to make, he shared his raw feelings about the situation, lamenting the loss of someone he saw countless successes and failures with over the years.

Mastodon is honoring the memory of their late bandmate and co-founder Brent Hinds. On Friday (Aug. 22), the heavy metal band paid tribute to the guitarist during a performance at the Alaska State Fair,

I didn’t think you’d be taken from us like this, absolute loss of a true one of a kind guitar wizard extraordinaire.”