First episode of the year kicks off with a lookback to the Top Ragers of 2023, and what a kickass year it was for metal! On a more personal note, 2023 was truly a reflective and festive year for me, as The Cage was in its 30th year. Now, despite the lack of acknowledgement of my decades-long accomplishments from certain "leaders" in the office, it was YOU listeners, along with local talents, promoters, and fellow programmers, that took your time to congratulate me. That's more than I could have imagined, and I THANK YOU all! Remember: I'm NOT doing this for any "recognition" or to please certain people. No, I RAGE for all the REAL fans who truly appreciate great radio, as well as for all the dedicated artists/promoters who keep the local scenes thriving. Brace yourselves for another WILD Cage year!

Playlist:

• Dying Fetus - Feast of Ashes
• Exhumed - Sick At Heart
• Exmortus - Mind of Metal
• Enforced - Empire
• Enforcer - Heartbeats
• Saiseiga - Level5
• Voltax - Sentencia
• Crypta - The Outsider
• Nervosa - Jailbreak
• Torture Squad - Hell Is Coming
• Babymetal, featuring Tom Morello - Metali
• Babymetal - Metalizm
• Hanabie - GAL This Year For Sure
• Anthem - Roaring Vortex
• Lovebites - Dissonance
• Cannibal Corpse - Overlords of Violence
• Cryptopsy - Praise the Filth
• Deathknell - Distractions
• Hyperia - Automatic Thrash Machine
• Incantation - Megaron
• Vomitory - Ode To The Meat Saw
• Nita Strauss, featuring Anders Friden - The Golden Train
• In Flames - Foregone Pt.1
• Parasitario - Eroding Natures
• Obituary - Dying Of Everything
• Immortal - Immortal
• Hellripper - I, The Deceiver
• KK's Priest - Strike of the Viper
• Doro, featuring Rob Halford - Living After Midnight (Judas Priest cover)
• Burning Witches - Unleash the Beast
• Blood Star - No One Wins
• Haunt - Piece By Piece
• Thelemite - NWO
• Holy Moses - Cult of the Machine
• Overkill - Harder They Fall
• Asterism - Metal
• Cavalera Conspiracy - Morbid Visions
• Powertron - Eye of the Tiger (Survivor cover)
• Those Left Behind - We Like To Party (Vengaboys cover)
• Pessimystic - Omnipresent Malevolence