Mason Hill Roar Back With New Singer and Crushing New Single “Twisted”
TAGS: Mason Hill, Tom Ward, James Bird, Marc Montgomery, Matt Ward, Craig McFetridge, Dan Weller, Scott Taylor, Enter Shikari, Bury Tomorrow, Those Damn Crows,
Mason Hill are back with a vengeance. The Glasgow-based rock four-piece have released “Twisted,” a crusher of a single that marks the arrival of new vocalist Tom Ward and signals a darker, heavier direction for the band. Huge riffs, thundering drums, and a vocal performance that swings from emotive whisper to full arena power, “Twisted” is the sound of a band that’s found its footing again and isn’t wasting a second of it.
Ward describes the song with zero ambiguity: “It’s a mix of grit and melody, a poppy chorus and a balls-to-the-wall breakdown section. 10/10 would recommend to a friend.” The song tackles toxic love with the kind of riff-driven directness that made guitarist James Bird’s original idea impossible to ignore. Ward’s voice wraps around it perfectly, and the result is one of the most immediate things Mason Hill has put out.
“Twisted” and its predecessor “Remember” are the opening shots from a fully recorded second album, produced by Dan Weller, whose credits include Enter Shikari, Bury Tomorrow, and Those Damn Crows. Four years after ‘Against The Wall’ introduced Mason Hill to a wider audience, the new record marks a genuine evolution, not a retread.
The road to this point wasn’t easy. False starts, a six-year gap between releases, a record deal that fell apart, and the departure of former singer Scott Taylor at the end of 2023 all tested the band’s resolve. James Bird is candid about how close they came to calling it: “There have been times over the years when we weren’t even sure we’d be able to keep on being a band. Even just before Tom came in, we were so close to saying, ‘Well, we tried, but let’s call it a day.'” Ward’s arrival changed everything. “When Tom put his voice to some of the demos we’d sent, that was when we knew this could work,” Bird adds.
The UK tour has already wrapped, but the album is coming, and “Twisted” makes a very strong case for it.