MASON FOUND SOMETHING THEY COULDN’T IGNORE
One memorable riff restarted the entire writing process.
Published: 18 Sep 26 • Author: Rock Metal Machine • Reading Time: 3 min
MASON release ‘Hanging By A Thread’, the latest single from their forthcoming album, Edge Of Destruction, out September 25 via Eonian Records. Originally intended for their second album, the track was revived and reshaped into a faster, charging anthem built around its memorable guitar riff.
RELEASE DETAILS
Artist:
Mason
Album:
Edge Of Destruction
Release Date:
25 September 2026
Record Label:
Eonian Records Pre Order:
Link Formats:
TBC
PR Label:
MASON release new single 'Hanging By A Thread', out now, new album "Edge Of Destruction" is out on 25th September on Eonian Records.
Marcus states: "Hanging By A Thread is another of my favourite rocking tracks on the album, it was originally recorded and partially demoed for the Second album "Seconds To Impact" that was sitting unfinished, but was relooked at again, to fit with my idea to have more faster BPM tracks like Living By A Heartbeat, and What You Need From Me filling out for the third album. While trying out ideas for the finalized choruses and verses, it was the memorable intro guitar riff that helped get the writing process re-started. It was a track I had sitting for a long time and I was quite happy to let it see light for another day! The lyrics which discuss being on the edge, on your seat compliments the overall feel and style of the track with a charging anthem style of song much like Survivor's Eye Of The Tiger".
🔥 FIREWORKS INSIGHT
MASON’s Hanging By A Thread is interesting because it reveals how songs can survive beyond the circumstances for which they were originally written. The track dates back to the unfinished sessions for Seconds To Impact, only to be revived for Edge Of Destruction and reshaped around the band’s desire for faster, more driving material. That gives the new album a direct link to MASON’s earlier creative period while showing how older ideas can find a better home years later. For fans, the Survivor comparison also points to the song’s arena-rock ambition, making this a useful indicator of the album’s broader musical direction.
Mason are now gearing up for the release of their third album "Edge Of Destruction" which is out on 25th September, and release their latest single from this, 'Hanging By A Thread', out now on Eonian Records.
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▶ WATCH THE NEW SINGLE
Want to hear the first taste of Edge Of Destruction for yourself? Watch the official video below.
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Some artists spend years chasing the sound of their youth. Marcus Mason has spent a lifetime figuring out how to push it forward. Born in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, in 1988, Marcus Mason came of age at a time when the musical landscape was moving rapidly away from the sounds that fascinated him most. While rap, hip-hop, punk, and post-grunge dominated much of the late ’90s and early 2000s, Mason found himself looking backward: to the melodic hard rock, arena-sized choruses and polished AOR of the late ’70s, ’80s and early ’90s. It was not nostalgia for nostalgia’s sake. It was instinct.
Mason’s breakthrough came in 2024 with the release of his debut album, "I Can’t Wait", through Lions Pride Music. The record introduced a songwriter with an unapologetic affection for classic AOR but enough personality to make the formula his own. Songs including “One Life,” “I Can’t Wait” and “My Desire” emerged as standouts, while the album drew enthusiastic reviews from outlets including Fireworks Magazine, ViriAOR and Rockposer. In Germany, Rock It! reviewer Jörg Bonszkowski ranked "I Can’t Wait" among his Top 10 albums of 2024, placing it at No. 6. For Mason, the debut established the blueprint. The next album would expand it.
It was a track I had sitting for a long time and I was quite happy to let it see light for another day!
Marcus Mason
In 2025, Mason signed with Eonian Records for sophomore release "Seconds to Impact", a record that marked a noticeable leap in songwriting, performance, and production. Led by the July 2025 single “All I Ever Wanted,” and followed by “Hard to Tame” and “Waiting for You,” the album broadened Mason’s profile within the international melodic rock and AOR community. "Seconds to Impact" balanced the unmistakable DNA of classic AOR with a more contemporary edge: smooth, melodic hard rock built around muscular guitars, polished keyboards, memorable choruses, and Mason’s clear, melodic vocals. Now comes the record designed to push Mason further still. Mason’s third album, "Edge Of Destruction" is not about abandoning what worked. It is about making everything bigger. Across eleven songs and an instrumental, Mason moves confidently between hard-driving melodic rock, mid-tempo AOR and sweeping ballads, with a renewed emphasis on songwriting, arrangements, and production. The hooks remain immediate, but the scope has widened. The guitars are still big. The keyboards still shimmer. The choruses still arrive with the intention of staying in your head long after the record stops spinning.
But by Edge of Destruction, Mason no longer sounds like an artist searching for his identity.
He sounds like one who has found it.
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Images courtesy of BJF PR
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