# Colony of Birchmen guitar solo > Brent Hinds's guitar solo on Colony of Birchmen by Mastodon (2006) starts at about 1:37. From the album Blood Mountain. A prog metal classic from the 2000s. Canonical URL: Mastodon, 2006, from *Blood Mountain*. Solo by *Brent Hinds*. A chunky, stop-start riff supports melodic lead phrases and harmonised hooks. The guitars lock tightly with the drums to create a hypnotic groove. Colony of Birchmen by Mastodon is #8 in our ranking of the best Mastodon guitar solos. The solo is played by Brent Hinds and the song was released in 2006. ## In our lists - [The Best Mastodon Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/mastodon-guitar-solos/) — #8 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Colony of Birchmen? Brent Hinds played the solo on Mastodon's Colony of Birchmen (2006). --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)