{"id":67268,"date":"2018-04-27T00:00:59","date_gmt":"2018-04-27T00:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/?p=67268"},"modified":"2018-05-03T01:30:21","modified_gmt":"2018-05-03T01:30:21","slug":"album-review-thrust-harvest-of-souls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/album-review-thrust-harvest-of-souls\/","title":{"rendered":"THRUST – Harvest Of Souls (2018) | Album \/ EP Reviews @ Metal Forces Magazine"},"content":{"rendered":"

THRUST
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\nPure Steel (2018)<\/span>
Rating: 9\/10<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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I\u2019ve been listening to a ton of Thrust lately. See, I put every record I listen to through a simple test. If it can rock my gym playlist whether I\u2019m doing cardio or weights, it\u2019s a keeper. And damn, the band\u2019s latest album Harvest Of Souls<\/em> is a gem. Now I\u2019ve got it playing at work and in the car. Yes, this record is definitely a keeper. <\/p>\n

Harvest Of Souls<\/em> isn\u2019t an album made by some new band that\u2019s discovered denim and leather, and patching up their battle vest. No, Thrust is the real deal. They\u2019ve been bangin\u2019 heads since the early 80s and they\u2019ve earned every accolade that comes their way. You wanna talk heavy metal then ya gotta talk Thrust, who were one of the first metal bands in Chicago before later relocating to Los Angeles.<\/p>\n

In advance of its release date, this record is already getting big press because with Harvest Of Souls<\/em> Thrust have created a metal masterpiece. And \u2018Sorceress\u2019, the first single, is without doubt the best song on this record and maybe the best classic metal track that anyone\u2019s done in the last 20 years.<\/p>\n

What I like about this record is that it showcases how far the band has matured in their songwriting, and evolved in their song composition as well. Every song is cohesive and tight, and hooks the listener immediately. Thrust have come a long way and Harvest Of Souls<\/em> is the fruit of that labour, that journey that\u2019s taken them from the early 80s into the second decade of the new millennium.<\/p>\n

If you dug what the guys were doing with their last release, Reincarnation<\/em> (an album originally recorded in 1989 but not issued until 2015), then you\u2019ll really enjoy the direction they\u2019re taking with Harvest Of Souls<\/em>. I feel like Reincarnation<\/em> was more straight ahead metal, which isn\u2019t bad by any means, but this latest album seems like it picks up where the band\u2019s 1984 Fist Held High<\/em> left off, just a more refined effort. Where Fist Held High<\/em> was a raw punch to the face, Harvest Of Souls<\/em> takes it\u2019s time kicking your ass from beginning to end of this record. And trust me, it does. <\/p>\n

Not every song is a million miles an hour but every<\/em> song is ten tons of metal waiting to crush your skull. This is a band that\u2019s not afraid to take their time and build a song, or conversely, dive in and just rip it out with as much force and brutality they can deliver. The name of the game with this record is simply domination. It\u2019s Thrust asserting itself and dominating the classic metal genre. And they do. They get it done.<\/p>\n

Standout tracks for sure are the aforementioned \u2018Sorceress\u2019, and opener \u2018Deceiver\u2019 which just melts your face. \u2018Feel The Pain\u2019 and \u2018End Of Time\u2019 are pretty scorching as well. What clearly strikes me listening to these songs is that it isn\u2019t the studio feel that you usually get from most records. Instead, there\u2019s a live groove which whets the appetite to hear these songs performed in concert to fully grasp just how epic the material on this record is, and how talented Thrust is.<\/p>\n

If classic metal is to continue making a comeback it\u2019ll be because of bands like Thrust making killer records like Harvest Of Souls<\/em>. This heavy slab of metal comes highly recommended.<\/p>\n

Theron Moore<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

THRUSTHarvest Of Souls Pure Steel (2018)Rating: 9\/10 I\u2019ve been listening to a ton of Thrust lately. See, I put every record I listen to through a simple test. If it can rock my gym playlist whether I\u2019m doing cardio or weights, it\u2019s a keeper. And damn, the band\u2019s latest album Harvest Of Souls is a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3889],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67268","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-thrust"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67268"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":67278,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67268\/revisions\/67278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67268"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67268"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.metalforcesmagazine.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}