Happy New Year! Back after 3 weeks, hope you've been well. We kick off the year with a look-back to 2025, in no particular order. So, what will '26 be for the Cage world? Well, to quote The Thing (1982): "Let's just wait here for a little while, and see what happens!"

Playlist:

• Violator - Rot In Hell
• Interceptor - Confederate Cannibal
• Deathhammer - Satan's Hammer
• Cryptopsy - The Nimis Adoration
• Benediction - Deviant Spine
• Cancer - 39 Bodies
• Baest - Stormbringer
• Arch Enemy - Blood Dynasty
• Cradle of Filth - To Live Deliciously
• Fury - Interceptor
• Lethal X, featuring Paul Gilbert - Daredevil
• Lordi - Syntax Terror
• Serenity in Murder - Matrix
• Babymetal, featuring Alex Terrible - Song 3
• Slaughter To Prevail - Russian Grizzly in America
• Ryoji Shinomoto - Livng Dead Beat
• Warmen - March or Die
• Warbringer - Strike From the Sky
• Coroner - Sacrificial Lamb
• Testament - High Noon
• Sacrifice - Missile
• Destruction - Scumbag Human Race
• Sodom - Witchhunter
• Revenge - Treason Disrupt
• Thraxas! - Sentenced To Debt
• Hazzerd - Deathbringer
• Prisoner - Kill the King
• Grave Digger - Bone Collector
• H.E.A.T. - Running To You
• Giant - Holdin' On For Dear Life
• Helloween - A Little is a Little Too Much
• Avantasia, featuring Michael Kiske - The Moorlands at Twilight
• Alice Cooper - Blood on the Sun
• Sally - Frozen Garden
• Unlucky Morpheus - Ready For a New Stage
• The Uncrowned - Dream Chaser
• Band-Maid - Present Perfect
• Raven - Metal Militia
• Powertron - Halo