GRAMMY-winning sludge metal band MASTODON have released a brand new single titled “Your Ghost Again”, the first track from their forthcoming, as-yet-untitled new album.

It’s the first music to be released since the death of guitarist Brent Hinds last August. In a video on Instagram accompanying the announcement, the band said the song was a tribute to their friend, and is in part an expression of gratitude for what he brought to their lives.

“Your Ghost Again is about being in those familiar places you used to be with people, which for us is in the studio,” says drummer Brann Dailor. “I just kept seeing [Brent] out of the corner of my eye, where he would normally be with his guitar. It’s about that: your mind plays tricks on you, especially so soon after someone dies and you’re in the places where they always were. You just see them.”