Rage Cage

Plenty of new releases this week, including a spotlight on Calgary's own, PRISONER! Also, R.I.P. Ron "Buckshot" Barge, you made growing up in Calgary extra fun!

Playlist:

• Motley Crue - Fight For Your Right To Party (Beastie Boys cover)
• Motley Crue - Fight For Your Rights
• Pantera - Psycho Holiday
• Prisoner - Skies Are Blackened
• Prisoner - On a Sunday
• Prisoner - Whisper of Death
• Prisoner - Turn To Smoke
• Thirteen Goats - Global Fuckup
• Annihilator - Stone Wall
• Kreator - Toxic Trace
• Immortal Death - Romance of Corpse
• Abigail - Holocaust By Evil
• Revenge - Blood Division
• KRYPTONOMICON - There's No Life, There's No Death
• Conqueror - Infinite Majesty
• Midnight - Whiplash Disaster
• Powerwolf - Thunderpriest
• Beast In Black - Die By The Blade
• Slayer - Die By The Sword
• Hammerfall - Burn It Down
• Kontact - Return of the Astral Vampire
• Traveler - Prequel To Madness
• Cauldron - Young and Hungry
• Skull Fist - Blackout
• Riot City - Return of the Force
• Lynx - Hell In High Heels
• Sebastian Bach - Freedom
• Skid Row - Livin' On a Chain
• Boneyard - Evil Ways
• Thor - Danger I'm Mad
• Hellrazer - Ancient Fire
• Powertron - Blue Monday (New Order cover)
• Powerman 5000 - 20th Century Boy (T-Rex cover)
• Tragedy - Summer Nights (John Travolta/Olivia Newton John cover)
• Northern Kings - A View To a Kill (Duran Duran cover)
• Schonberg - Misty
• Nemophila - (sic) (Slipknot cover)
• Slipknot - Eyeless
• Slipknot - New Abortion
• Jackie Chan - "Police Story" theme
• Jackie Chan - "Police Story 2" theme

Kicking off with a tribute to Jack Russell of Great White (there goes another part of my teenage years), and well, just a killer mixes that'll enlighten you all. Stay wild!

Playlist:

• Great White - Call It Rock and Roll
• Great White - No Better Than Hell
• Great White - Gonna Getcha
• Great White - Once Bitten, Twice Shy (Ian Hunter song)
• Alice Cooper - This Maniac's In Love With You
• Tarja - Poison (Alice Cooper cover)
• Liv Moon - Black Poison
• Derelict - Attunement
• KRUELTY - Manufactured Insanity
• Defeated Sanity - The Odor of Sanctity
• Gorguts - Odors of Existence
• Broken Hope - Awakened By Stench
• Disincarnate - Stench of Paradise Burning (demo)
• Blitkrieg - If I Told You
• Diamond Head - Waited Too Long
• Metallica - Holier Than Thou (live)
• Apocalyptica, featuring Dave Lombardo - Blacked
• Kerry King - From Hell I Arise
• Death Angel - Hell To Pay
• Testament - Trail By Fire
• Cavalera Conspiracy - Screams Behind the Shadows
• Carcass - Deliverance (demo)
• Festerdecay - Carcasses Revenge
• Guns n' Roses - My Michelle
• Slash, featuring Brian Johnson - Killing Floor (Howlin' Wolf cover)
• Jackyl, featuring Brian Johnson - Locked and Loaded
• AC/DC - First Blood
• Don Felder - Heavy Metal: Takin' a Ride
• Sammy Hagar - Heavy Metal
• Sammy Hagar - Girl Gets Around
• Sammy Hagar - Winner Takes It All
• Sammy Hagar - Fast Times At Ridgemont High
• Orianthi, featuring Steven Tyler - Sex E Bizarre
• Motley Crue, featuring Steven Tyler - Slice Of Your Pie
• Dolly Parton, featuring Steven Tyler - I Want You Back
• Aerosmith - Home Tonight
• kick Axe - Cause For Alarm
• Killer Dwarfs - Driftin' Back
• Helix - Dream On (Nazareth cover)
• Haywire - Fire
• Platinum Blonde, featuring Fonzi Thornton - Fire (Ohio Players cover)
• Gary Wright - Love Is Alive

Couple of festive tunes, metal anthems, and Japanese-related themes (and lots of J-metal) as well, as it is the annual Omatsuri Japanese Festival weekend here in Calgary. Some K-metal as well, as the Korean Festival's also happening this weekend.

Playlist:

• Lordi - Made of Metal
• Dream Evil - Metal Gods
• Manowar - Manowarriors
• Flotsam and Jetsam - I am the Weapon
• Hanabie - Metamorphosis
• Loudness - After Illusion
• Hammerfall - The End Justifies
• Hellbutcher - Violent Destruction
• Hellhound - Samurai Warrior
• Oz - Samurai
• Iron Mask - Seven Samurai
• Metalucifer - Heavy Metal Samurai
• Li-sa-x, featuring Paul Gilbert - Scarified (Racer X cover)
• Racer X - Hammer Away
• Racer X - Godzilla (Blue Oyster Cult cover)
• Blue Oyster Cult - Shadow Warrior
• Rie a.k.a. Suzaku - Furinkazan
• Saki - Empress
• Nemophila - G.O.D.
• Billy Squire - G.O.D.
• Ugly Kid Joe - God
• Sahon - Survive
• Traitor - The Siege
• Traitor - High Kick
• Clownus - The Time, We Purged
• Oathean - Autumn Light Memories
• Arch Enemy - Dream Stealer
• Riot - Narita
• Riot - Tokyo Rose
• Scorpions - Fly To The Rainbow
• Michael Schenker Group - Lost Horizons
• Cheap Trick - Surrender/Goodnight News
• Babymetal, featuring Tom Morello - Metali
• Babymetal, featuring Tak Matsumoto - Future Metal/Da Da Dance
• Babymetal - Babymetal Death
• Babymetal, featuring Electric Callboy - Ratatata
• Atarashii Gakko - Tokyo Calling

Some good brawlin' tunes to kick off your Heritage Day weekend, which, for wrestling fans, is also a Summer Slam weekend! Rage up, rock on!

Playlist:

• Crystal Viper - The Key Is Lost
• Mercyful Fate - Devil Eyes
• Overkill - In Union We Stand
• Ghost Keeper - The Screaming Brain
• Razor - American Luck
• Vio-lence - Let the World Burn
• Exumer - Fallen Saint
• Iron Angel - Legions of Evil
• Grave Digger - Hell is my Purgatory
• Action! - Hot Rox
• Anthem - Black Eyed Tough
• EZO - Destroyer
• Twisted Sister - Destroyer
• Uncle Slam - The Executioner
• Nasty Savage - Power Slam
• Mass Murder Messiah - Got Me Under Pressure (ZZ Top cover)
• Accept - Run If You Can
• Accept - Save Us
• Accept - Up To the Limit
• Airbourne - Back in the Game
• Airbourne - Raise the Flag
• Airbourne - Burn the Nitro
• Airbourne - Too Much, Too Young, Too Fast
• Zodiac Mindwarp & the Love Reaction - Prime Mover
• Motorhead - Overkill
• The Plasmatics - The Damned
• Deep Purple - Sharp Shooter
• AC/DC - Shot Down in Flames
• AC/DC - Spellbound
• Triumph - Spellbound/Follow Your Heart
• The Cadavor Dog - Tear Your Peace To Pieces
• Exit Wound - On Lies They Tread
• Rising Sun - Primal Regression
• Streetheart - Without Your Love
• Streetheart - What Kind of Love is This?
• Steve Stevens - Action (The Sweet cover)
• Billy Idol - Blue Highway
• Billy Idol - White Wedding Pt.1 & 2
• Weird Al Yankovic - Alimony ("Mony Mony" parody)

Our mad ritual began with part 3 of our sneak-peak at this year's Loud As Hell Festival (Aug 1-4, Drumheller). Also, some fun covers from Calgary's POWERTRON, obscure 80s AOR, punk madness of Calgary's THE BREAK INS, and ... just great times to keep your minds occupied.

Playlist:

• Beyond Creation - In Adversity
• Beyond Creation - The Great Revelation
• Beyond Creation - No Request For the Corrupted
• Culled - Coercion
• Culled - You Suffer (Napalm Death cover)
• Culled - Thin the Herd, Fail To Learn
• Anciients - Melt the Crown
• Anciients - Serpents
• Anciients - Giants
• Green Jelly, featuring Weird Al Yankovic - Pukebox
• Green Jelly - Murder Train
• Green Jelly - Orange Krunch
• Green Jelly - Three Little Pigs
• Intolerance - The Dark Forest
• Kataklysm - Mould in a Breed
• Vader - Revolt
• Unholy Orpheus - Get Out of the Cage
• Unlucky Morpheus - Black Pentagram
• DOLL$BOXX - Sub-liminal
• Apocalyptica - Ride the Lightning
• Sabaton - For Whom the Bell Tolls (Metallica cover)
• Metallica - Creeping Death
• Powertron - All the Things She Said (T.A.T.U. cover)
• Powertron - Poker Face (Lady Gaga cover)
• Rob Rock - Eagle (ABBA cover)
• Impelliterri - Symptom of the Universe (Black Sabbath cover)
• Black Sabbath - Immaculate Deception
• Balance - I'm Through Loving You
• Balance - Breaking Away
• Avantasia, featuring Bob Catley/Bruce Kullick - A Restless Heart and Obsidian
• Magnum - Steal Your Heart
• Deep Purple - A Bit On the Side
• Graham Bonnet/Marty Friedman - Since You Been Gone
• Rainbow - No Time To Lose
• The Break Ins - Madness
• Cro-Mags - Seekers of the Truth
• Misfits - Die, Die My Darling
• Danzig - Dirty Black Summer
• Joe Hendry - I Believe in Joe Hendry
• Takako Shirai - Next Gate

Kicked off the show this week with our part 2 of Loud As Hell sneak-peak. Also, new tunes from THIRTEEN GOATS, INTERCEPTOR, and some cool instrumentals from Japan, including: TONERICO, SOLI, YOHEI KIMURA & LI-SA-X!

Playlist:

• Art of Attrition - Vitriol
• Art of Attrition - Under the Weight of Apathy
• Balrogath - Land Under Sky
• Terrifier - Trial By Combat
• Terrifier - Drunk as Fuck
• Terrifier - Metal or Death
• PROHIBITOR - Orders in Blood
• PROHIBITOR - Enemy
• Striker - Out For Blood
• Thirteen Goats - Global Fuckup
• Thirteen Goats - Sign of Goats
• Thirteen Goats - Goats of War
• Truent - Creating Mortality
• Wych - Bones
• Snakepit - Descending Darkness
• Deicide - Sever the Tongue
• Jungle Rot - State of War
• Necrot - Lifeless Birth
• Testament - Burnt Offerings
• Testament - Eerie Inhabitants
• Slayer - South of Heaven
• Children of Bodom - Silent Screams (Slayer cover)
• Interceptor - Violent Metal
• Exciter - Pounding Metal
• Hallow's Eve - Scream in the Night (Exciter cover, Rehearsal May 1984)
• Helloween - Heavy Metal Is the Law
• Gamma Ray - To The Metal
• Iron Saviour - Heavy Metal Never Dies
• Kissin' Dynamite - Raise Your Glass
• AC/DC - That's the Way I Wanna Rock and Roll
• KISS - Heaven's On Fire
• Blue Oyster Cult - Hot Rails To Hell
• The Cult - Soul Asylum
• Circus of Power - Call of the Wild
• Queen - Dancer
• Poppy - New Way Out
• Babymetal, featuring F.Hero/Bodyslam - Leave It All Behind
• Crossfaith - Headshot!
• Tonerico, featuring Jill (Unlucky Morpheus)/Saori Hoshino (soLi) - Absolute Terror
• Soli - Jumbo Jamboree
• Yohei Kimura, featuring Li-sa-x - Nostalgic Future

A little sneak-peek into 2 of the biggest metal festivals in Western Canada: Loud As Hell, and Armstrong Metalfest! Also, as it is a shark week, some underwater terror tunes. Lastly, long-awaited new materials from Japan's BRIDEAR!

Playlist:

• Malignancy - Existential Dread
• Malignancy - Haunted Symmetry
• Malignancy - Decomposing Divinity
• Immortal Suffering - Homicidal Rage
• Immortal Suffering - iMurder
• Immortal Suffering - Embalmed Alive
• Augur - Labyrinth
• Lynx - Band of Brothers
• Odinfist - Remade in Steel
• Eye of Horus - Purified By Gore
• XUL - Dimensions
• Decrepit Birth - Mirroring Dimensions
• Abysmal Dawn - Behind Space (In Flames cover)
• In Flames - Pinball Map
• Nita Strauss, featuring Anders Friden - The Golden Trail
• Kittie - Fire
• Aborted, featuring Hal Microtsicos - The Golgathan
• Engulf - Lunar Scourge
• Supermodel Taxidermy - Exorcist For Beer
• Belushi Speed Ball - My Favourite Color is Pizza
• Pizza Death - PIzza Death
• Insanity Alert - Beer in the Park (Parody of Iron Maiden's "Fear of the Dark")
• Neon Detour - Bloodmoon
• Kontact - Bloodchild
• Derelict - Workhorse
• Cavalera Conspiracy - Nightmares of Delirium
• Cavalera Conspiracy - To The Wall
• Cavalera Conspiracy - Inquisition Symphony
• Sepultura - Orgasmatron (Motorhead cover)
• Krisiun - Sweet Revenge (Motorhead cover)
• Motorhead - Ace of Spades (Alternate Version)
• Destruction - Fast as a Shark (Accept cover)
• Grindpad - Sharkbite!
• Grindpad - Santa Cruz: Sharkbite II
• Exodus - Piranha
• F.K.U. - The Spawning
• Suffocation - Return to the Abyss
• Bridear - Still Burning
• Bridear - Real is Real
• Bridear - Cult
• Hanabie - Be the GAL - Early Summer
• Atarashii Gakko - Essa Hoisa

Howdy! Gettin' a little rowdy!

Playlist:

• Night Ranger - You Can Still Rock In America
• TNT - U.S.A.
• Motorhead - America
• Saxon - Sailing To America
• Accept - Stampede
• Krokus - Stampede
• Fumigation - Centipede Stampede
• Tesla - Modern Day Cowboy
• Anthrax - Startin' Up a Posse
• Rebel Meets Rebel - Cowboys Do More Dope?
• Pantera - Cowboys From Hell
• Black Label Society - Crazy Horse
• Kirk Hammett - High Plains Drifter (Ennio Morricone cover)
• Exodus - Cajun Hell
• Obituary - Redneck Stomp
• Jackyl - Redneck Punk
• Jackyl - Dixieland
• Black Sabbath - Country Girl
• Y&T - Hang 'Em High
• Y&T - Barroom Boogie
• Dangerous Toys - Gunslinger
• Danger Danger - Bang Bang
• Bang Tango - Shotgun Man
• Bang Tango - Pistol Whipped in the Bible Belt
• Sebastian Bach, featuring Axel Rose - Back in the Saddle
• Skid Row - Big Gun
• Slaughter - Loaded Gun
• Gorky Park - Bang!
• Bulletboys - Badlands
• Metal Church - Badlands
• Gatekeeper - Desert Winds
• Judas Priest - Desert Plains
• Astral Doors - Desert Nights
• Striker - Brawl at the Pub
• Tankard - Dead Man Drinking
• W.A.S.P. - Blind In Texas
• Rob Zombie - Go To California
• Faith No More - Midnight Cowboy
• David Lee Roth - Tobacco Road
• UFO - Shoot Shoot
• Ratt - Wanted Man
• Devildriver - Outlaw Man (Eagles cover)
• Lynyrd Skynyrd - Double Trouble
• Waylon Jennings - Good Ol' Boys (The Dukes of Hazzard theme)

Loads of great Canadian metal and hard rock (past and present) to kick off your long weekend! Plus, yours truly reminisces about the old days of Calgary. So, if you lived here for 40+ years, a bonus for you Lots of great memories shared and relived!

Playlist:

• Thorazine - Flatline
• Culled - Psycles
• Disciples of Power - Crisis
• Voivod - Ultraman
• Voivod - Tribal Convictions
• Voivod - Killing Technology
• Thor - Fubar is a Super Rocker
• Sum 41 - Rock You (Helix cover)
• Helix - Dirty Dog
• Helix - Running Wild in the 20th Century
• Slik Toxik - Helluvatime
• Sven Gali - Under the Influence
• Sword - Stoned Again
• Brighton Rock - We Came To Rock
• Brighton Rock - One More Try
• Andy Curran - Licensed To Love
• Coney Hatch - Shake It
• Coney Hatch - No Sleep Tonight
• Coney Hatch - This Ain't Love
• Coney Hatch - Wrong Side of Town
• Big House - All Night
• Big House - L.A.
• Smash L.A. - Breaking All the Rules
• Unleash the Archers - Give It Up or Give It All
• Aldo Nova - All Night Long
• Aldo Nova - Fantasy
• Kick Axe - Rock the World
• kick Axe - Too Loud ... Too Old
• Kick Axe - On the Road To Rock
• Dead Salvation - Let Them Bleed
• Our Last Crusade - Purified
• Exciter - Heavy Metal Maniac
• April Wine - Big City Girls
• Lee Aaron - Still Gotta Thing For You
• Lee Aaron - Runnin' From the Fire
• Lee Aaron - Metal Queen
• Lee Aaron - Watcha Do To My Body
• Chilliwack - Watcha Gonna Do
• Headpins - Celebration
• Rush - Tom Sawyer
• Max Webster, featuring Geddy Lee - Battle Scar
• Boulevard - Never Give Up

Like it or not, summer has officially arrived. Even if it's not your time of the year, The Cage promises to keep you COOL with loads of hot, rockin', RAGIN' tunes!

Playlist:

• UFO - Hot 'n' Ready
• UFO - Too Hot To Handle
• Joe Satriani - A Door Into Summer
• Joe Satriani - Summer Song
• Joe Satriani - Surfing With the Alien
• Kontact - Heavy Leather
• Savage - Hard On Your Heels
• Riot V - Feel the Fire
• Riot - Fire Down Under
• Cloven Hoof - Last Man Standing
• Satan - Luciferic
• Witchfynde - Tetelestai
• Marty Friedman - Thrill City
• Megadeth - Time: The Beginning
• Megadeth - Time: The End
• Exodus - Strike of the Beast
• Dublin Death Patrol, featuring Chuck Billy/Steve Souza - DDP For Life
• Testament - The New Order
• Kreator - Death Is Your Saviour
• Death Angel - Mistress of Pain
• Exhorder - The Tragic Period
• D.R.I. - Dead in a Ditch/Suit and Tie Guy
• Municipal Waste - Tango and Thrash
• Iron Reagan - Take the Fall
• Motley Crue - Til Death Do Us Part
• Motley Crue - Hooligan's Holiday
• Motley Crue - Live Wire
• John 5 - Pity Belt
• John 5 - A Hollywood Story
• Hurricane - Messin' With a Hurricane
• Foreigner - Can't Slow Down
• Foreigner, featuring Kelly Hansen - Juke Box Hero/Whole Lotta Love
• Foreigner - Low Down and Dirty
• Foreigner - Starrider
• Lou Gramm - Ready or Not
• Alice Cooper - School's Out
• Loverboy - Turn Me Loose
• Loverboy - Teenage Overdose
• Loverboy - Lady of the 80s
• Heart - Bad Animals