Starve
| Blood Youth
Starve
Blood Youth The ferocity and slab-heavy edge to the production combined with Chris Pritchard s guitars give the songs a tangible weight that I can only liken to a band such as Korn. It s not a comparison I make lightly, but there is now a real groove to the music of Blood Youth. Starve will have pits being launched at the beginning of their live shows for years to come. The hooks are extreme in how easy they get into your head. - Ghost Cult Magazine
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Dead Press
However, on sophomore effort ‘Starve’, the Harrogate troupe have headed in a grittier, heavier new direction, and have ultimately come into their own.
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The Sound Board Reviews
Basically then, it’s easy to see Starve as an improvement practically across the board. It’s a lot heavier and more volatile; there’s a more satisfying wallop to how it hits; and while overall variety is still something that do with investing more resources into, it’s still probably the best that Blood Youth have sounded to date.
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Ghost Cult Magazine
The riffs are what first stood out to me on the debut, once again it’s the feel and textures of the riffs and music on Starve that leap from the speaker, and I’m more than pleased to relay the fact that there has been a massive, massive step up in the songwriting.
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Kerrang
This is the sound of four men with an undiluted fear and anger they’re not afraid to weaponise to help others in the fight. And because of this, Blood Youth can chalk this up as a victory.
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Pure Grain Audio
What nothing can prepare you for as you set yourself up to listen to Starve is the sheer intensity and depth of this record. By exploring and expanding their sound, Blood Youth have created a recording that is comprised of so many layers, you’ll discover something new to it every time you press play.
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NME
A hype-hopping exercise from the innovation-lacking metalcore bunch, this is more of a tribute to Slipknot than a boundary pushing record in its own right
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The New Fury
It is truly a massive leap to where they want to be, and the sound they have mastered to make them standout from other melodic hardcore outfits is impressive.
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Distorted Sound magazine
Starve exemplifies how howling passion guided by focused minds can create something monumental.
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Bring the Noise UK
Blood Youth have matured their sound both lyrically and musically. Even though the band haven’t left their roots and still have their ‘old-school’ vibe, there is so much more depth to their music now, something that we loved when listening to Starve.
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Already Heard
‘STARVE’ offers up something for all heavy music fans, from bone-shaking riffs, to heavy melodic choruses, to brutal breakdowns, all without ever getting stale or feeling like a rehash of its predecessor. With an added dash of nostalgia to solidify, ‘STARVE’ will be one of this year’s best heavy albums.
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When the Horn Blows
"Starve" does not hesitate to plunge into hard-hitting experiences, and you’ll come out feeling like something cathartic just happened.
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Rock Sins
An album Blood Youth have clearly poured all their passion into. There’s nothing cynical about this album, it might be easy to pick out several of the influences but this just comes from the bands love for that music. This feels like a new beginning for Blood Youth and if they continue down this route then their next album could be something to get very excited over.
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Punktastic
‘Starve’ is beautifully, soul crushingly dark throughout, musically reflecting the intense feelings of anger, despair and grief carried through the lyrics. It’s an outlet for everything that troubles us, a salve for the raw agony of living with darkness and emotional torment – comforting, genuine, and therapeutic in equal measure. This isn’t the voice of someone who’s imagining what it’s like to be in that place in your mind – this is known and experienced, and the feelings pour out from every word and thundering riff.
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Metal Report
Darker, heavier and more mature, Blood Youth are cresting the wave of contemporary metal
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Devil's Gate Media
This album is the heaviest version of pure darkness. It is bold, dark, heavy, raw and powerful.
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Noizze UK
A brave and bold move for these guys, which has paid off greatly in their favour. This album is every metal fan’s dream and shouldn’t be slept on under any circumstance.
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Sound of Pen
Exhibiting unharnessed talent start to finish, Blood Youth are firmly establishing themselves as the titans of tomorrow.
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Metal Noise
Blood Youth have taken the best of Slipknot’s opening pair of albums, thrown in some early KoRn and Linkin Park elements and created something that is designed to make you feel uncomfortable
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Smash Press
On the one hand the band safely colors within the lines of the genre, on the other hand the men really try to give their own twist to it. That twitching within the lines of colors is actually a shame, because the music comes out the best at times when the band does its own thing.
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Ramblings About Wrestling
Banging songs are banging songs, and sometimes you need to take the critical hat off to appreciate that.
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Away From Life
In my opinion, the album has become even harder than the previous one. The overall picture as well as the names of the titles are very aggressive, but they fit the sound of Blood Youth .
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