Adrenaline Kings is a band you can’t go wrong with. They excel at making mesmerizing, infectious music that perfectly balances the best from live performance and studio recording. As a band, they are so good at delivering an unforgettable listening experience through their music and taking composition and performance to the next level.

There are so many wonderful things happened in “M.A.S.” that you don’t get to hear everyday. The first thing to point out is that Adrenaline Kings have two killer guitarists who take improv to the next level. Vocalist/guitarist Matthias Schneider kicks start of the song with a wicked riff. Drummer Florian Hartl gives it a little push and it soon explodes into a full band intro. Here, Schneider drops his first killer riff effortlessly, and we enters the first verse with mesmerizing, anthemic melodies echoing, passing around between the lead vocal and a guitar.

Things only escalate from this point. Before you notice, the collective effort of Adrenaline Kings already places you below a stage with their stadium-filling vibe and lit energy that has you bobbing your heads and humming along. The mood and atmosphere keeps on heating to a boiling point that feels inspiring. There’s a light touch of nostalgic flying in the air, but not so much that it makes you sad, it’s the kind that lives and breathes in the presence.

What’s really interesting is that around the first chorus, the band have dropped all the important ideas, but moving forward, they showed you the hidden potentials behind what they wrote. Three vocalists adding their own interpretations to the familiar lyrics, each delivers a slightly different emotions with subtext that brings what was already written to the next level.

Matthias and guitarist Paulus Untermeyer joins together for a collaborative improv during the bridge, passing licks from one another, completing a full passage so seamlessly and effortlessly. At one point, you can’t really tell what to expect or what would happen next, but there’s an established trust and comfortability between the two guitarists that just keep the convo open, letting it to fly freely, taking you to places that no one has ever been before.

Drummer Florian Hartl provides a solidly lit sonic ground that glues the music together, but what’s interesting is how he seems to be able to express his own personality in the way he leaves out certain beat, double-time it, and in other times, simply rock it.

Maybe the reason Adrenaline Kings are able to deliver such a hot and wonderful track is because their music is a conversation that happens between these musicians. It revolves around the mutual liking of 80s rock and heavy metal, but around the topic, they exchange ideas and explore new grounds. They keep pushing each other and tuning listeners into this mystically fascinating sonic world.