Blazed - 'Now The Party Starts'
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            Released through www.blazedrocks.com

THE BAND:
Bobby Lycon - bass
Jesse Blaze - vocals
Benjamin Clap - drums
Omar Zarrei - guitars


TRACK FRAGMENTS:
1.) "The Party Starts Now" -This track opens with a backing vocal.  The opening backing vocal a long with the musical intro gives the intro section a very early Black Flag feel.  For the opening lead vocal line Jesses's vocal accents reminds you a lot of the stuff Dee done with Twisted Sister in the early eighties before 'Stay Hungry'.  The rhythm guitar tracks for the intro and pre-verse arrangement where very simple and laid back sounding.  As the arrangement progresses the rhythm guitar riffs build with intensity.  The pre-verses and verses of this track have a punkish feel too them.  Much like early Black Flag music the choruses where kept fairly basic.  After the second chorus there is a small heavy metal style guitar solo.  Jesse wrote and arranged a very sweet sounding melody for the verses of this song. 
2.) "Juggernaut" -This track opens with a heavy metal style intro section.  There are two different rhythm guitar riffs through the intro.  The way the band arranged the verses of this song has the music just in between the vocal lines.  Arranging the song in this fashion gives the listener a chance to hear Jesse's great vocal work.  The choruses of the song where kept clean and simple.  Don't let the simple chorus fool you it has a very huge hook that smacks you in the face.  Over the top of the breakdown section there is a small Jesse vocal line.  The vocal line sounds like it was done with a studio effect.  The band changes the rhythm structure of the song for the outro section.
3.) "Rockstar" -This track has no intro section.  From the opening musical note the song goes right into a pre-verse style arrangement.  In the way the band arranged the guitar riffs along with the vocal lines of the song gives the song a very intense feel.  It sounded like the band added a vocal effect to Jesse's vocals of the verse to give the vocal lines a little different feel than the pre-chorus.  The main bass line of the song follows a long with the rhythm guitars giving the song a very heavy feel.  There is a small breakdown section that consisted of only a drum pattern.  For the main breakdown section there is a huge underlining bass line. 
4.) "Bring It" -This track opens with a very heavy musical arrangement.  In the way the band arranged the pre-verse will give the listener a chance to hear how great of a vocalist Jesse is.  This is also noticeable at the vocal accent at the tail end of the pre-verse.  The chorus much like most of the choruses on this release was structured in a very simple way.  There is a small lead guitar solo.  This guitar solo runs underneath the last pre-verse. 
5.) "Punk You!" -This track opens with a vocal line.  The verse and chorus arrangements on this track have a very early punk feel.  Much like punk music this track is straight forward and smacks you in the face!!
6.) "Make It Hurt " -Over the top of this intro section there is a very cool rhythm guitar riff.  The music along with the lyrics arrangement of this verse has a very intense feel.  At times the way Jesse pronounces the ending of some of the vocal accents will remind you a lot of some his fathers early vocal accents.  The guys arranged the backing harmonies of the chorus liked seasoned professionals.  There is a very cool bass line underneath the musical section that connects the first chorus with the second verse.  The guitar solo was very laid back in comparison to the rest of the musical arrangement. 
7.) "Scream" -This track opens with a hi-hat count off before going into the musical intro.  Through the musical intro there are a couple of lead guitar licks that fill in the gap left by the rhythm guitar.  There is a mean rhythm guitar arrangement that opens the verse.  The band speeds the song up for the pre-verse and then slow it back down for the chorus.  There is a small rhythm change for the breakdown section.
8.) "Now The Party Starts!" -This track is a small vocal and musical piece that ends the CD.

    For those out there who do not know Jesse is the son of legendary vocalist Dee Snider (Twisted Sister).  One of the things I tried to do in writing this review way to try and stay away from this fact.  And I feel I done a pretty good job.  The eight songs on this E.P are of a punk/modern metal style and it doesn't take you very long to really get into the band.  In fact if you want to do a comparison Blazed are as good if not better than most of the modern metal bands being played on the radio.  If you are into modern metal or older punks bands like Black Flack then Blazed is really worth checking out.