Rage Cage

Sometimes, music seems to be the ONLY thing that matters in my life, ... and that's perfectly fine, because it's what defines me, shapes me, STRENGTHENS me!

Playlist:

• Lynx - Claws Out
• W.A.S.P. - Animal: Fuck Like a Beast
• Ratt - Scratch That Itch
• Faster Pussycat - Mr. Lovedog
• Pretty Boy Floyd - Rock and Roll Outlaws
• Bullet Boys - Once Upon a Crime
• Cobra Spell - Bad Girl Crew
• Hellcats - Proud To Be Loud (Pantera cover)
• Lord Tracy - In Your Eyes
• Anthrax - Deathrider
• Nuclear Assault - New Song
• Stormtroopers of Death - What's That Noise?
• Brutal Truth - Time
• Coffins - Everlasting Spiral
• Arch Enemy - Silverwing
• In Flames - Become One
• Atrophy - High Anxiety
• Satyricon - K.I.N.G.
• Borknagar - Moon
• Amorphous Dominion - Summoning To Ruin the 10th Pillars
• Dio - Invisible
• Roger Glover, featuring Ronnie James Dio - Sitting in a Dream
• Rainbow - Street of Dreams
• Queen - One Vision (from "Iron Eagle")
• Queen - A Kind of Magic (Highlander version)
• Queen - Princes of the Universe
• Andy Taylor - Take It Easy
• Coney Hatch - Devil's Deck
• Headpins - Don't It Make You Feel
• Saga - Only Time Will Tell
• Iced Earth - Infiltrate and Assimilate
• KK's Priest - Keeper of the Graves
• Saxon - 1066
• Death Angel - Thrashers
• Motorhead - King of Kings (Triple H's theme)
• Motorhead, featuring Triple H - Serial Killer
• Motorhead - The Game
• Downstait - Kingdom (Cody Rhode's theme)
• Blosse - Destruction

Here I am: another year older, a bit crankier and grumpier, perhaps? Hey, it's the result of everything you experience (and learn) in life. But, you're NEVER TOO OLD to rock, never too old to RAGE!

Playlist:

• Rotting Christ - Art of Sin
• Rotting Christ - Heaven and Hell and Fire
• Rotting Christ - Helios Hyperion
• King's Rot - Obscure Awakenings
• King's Rot - In My Dreams of Darkness
• King's Rot - Evil Arises
• Krisiun - Obsession By Evil Force
• Incantation - Golgatha
• Immolation - Burn With Jesus
• Deicide - Death To Jesus
• Deicide - Kill the Light of Christ
• Deicide - Crucifixation
• Deicide - Crucified Soul of Salvation
• Deicide - Bury the Cross ... With Your Christ
• Vital Remains - Hammer Down the Nails
• Vital Remains - Angels of Blasphemy
• Vital Remains - Of Pure Unholiness
• Cryptopsy - Godless Deceiver
• Cryptopsy - Cleansing the Hosts
• Cryptopsy - Crown of Horns
• Cryptopsy - The Pestilence That Walketh in Darkness
• Master - The Wizard of Evil
• Hellhammer - Crucifixion
• Celtic Frost - Nemesis
• Possessed - Fallen Angel
• Black Sabbath - The Gates of Hell/Headless Cross
• Black Sabbath - Anno Mundi
• Black Sabbath - Evil Eye
• Black Sabbath - No Stranger To Love
• Judas Priest - Devil in Disguise
• Judas Priest - Some Heads Are Gonna Roll (live, May 5, 1984)
• Judas Priest - You've Got Another thing Coming (live, May 5, 1984)
• Judas Priest - Night Comes Down
• Great White - Out of the Night
• Dokken - In the Middle
• Dokken - Don't Close Your Eyes
• Dokken - Lightnin' Strikes Again
• Dokken - Kiss of Death
• Father Moon - Elena

My birthday's in couple of days. Next week, I'll be another year older, bitter, grumpier, STRONGER. My fellow middle-agers and ragers surely would know what I mean! Lol!

Playlist:

• Aborted, featuring Matt McGachy (Cryptopsy) - Hellbound
• Cryptopsy - Framed By Blood
• Cannibal Corpse - Force Fed Broken Glass
• Skeletal Remains - Cybernetic Harvest
• Fueled By Fire - Catastrophe
• F.K.U. - The Spawning
• Grindpad - Santa Cruz: Sharkbite Pt. II
• Exodus - Pirahna
• Gama Bomb - Bats in Your Hair
• Exhumed - Carbonized
• Dekapitator - Release the Dogs
• Dying Fetus - Feast of Ashes
• Slug Gore - Grounded By Slugs
• Defiled - Only the Strongest Survive
• RYUJIN, featuring Mukai Wataru (Kansai Philharmonic Orchestra) - Kunnecup
• Amorphous Dominion - Summoning to Ruin the 10th Pillars
• Darkthrone - Kathaarian Life Code
• Borknagar - Stars Ablaze
• Hypaethral - Infernal Ascension
• Strigampire - Dominate Them All
• Hellfrost - Frozen Soul
• Güttrot - Death By Cartel
• Queensryche - Queen of the Reich
• Girlschool - Demolition Boys
• Warlock - Touch of Evil
• Doro - True Metal Maniacs
• Sodom - Sodomy and Lust
• Helloween - Ride the Sky
• Grave Digger - Back To The Roots
• Torch - All Metal, No Rust
• Prong - Working Man (Rush cover)
• Rush - What You Doing
• Rush - Afterimage
• Asterism - Metal
• Saki - Germinans
• Nemophila - Yell
• Seer - The Face of the Earth was Dark

To those listening to this on CJSW APP: in case you're thinking of skipping to the second-half of the show because of more familiar names (and of course, the new Priest and Bruce Dickinson!), don't. Have patience, check out some unknowns, you're missing out on LOT if you're not checking them out!

Playlist:

• Striker - Brawl At The Pub
• Insanity Alert - Beerless Fiesta (Wham "cover")
• Liquor Store - Beers Night
• Deathknell - Distractions
• The Cadavor Dog - Speed Thrash Black Death
• Thor - Lightning Strikes Again
• Dead Quiet - Let It End
• Owls and Eagles - New Expectations
• Citizen Rage - Fuck Your Face
• Father Moon - WzDm
• Iron Tusk - Cloudeater
• Prisoner - Turn To Smoke
• Empress - Premonition
• The Cult - Firewoman
• Aldo Nova - Victim of a Broken Heart
• Honeymoon Suite - It's Over Now
• Iced Earth - Green Face
• Beyond Fear - Scream Machine
• KK's Priest - Wash Away Your Sins
• Winter's Bane - Steeler
• Dissaray - Delivering the Goods
• Nevermore - Love Bites
• Fozzy - Freewheel Burning (Judas Priest cover)
• Huntress - Running Wild (Judas Priest cover)
• Judas Priest - Giants in the Sky
• Judas Priest - Fight Of Your Life
• Judas Priest - Fight For Your Life
• Judas Priest - Fire Burns Below
• Halford, featuring Bruce Dickinson - The One You Love To Hate
• Bruce Dickinson - Sonata: Immortal Beloved
• Bruce Dickinson, featuring Gus G - Eternity Has Failed
• Iron Maiden - If Eternity Should Fail
• Blaze Bayley - Tears in Rain
• Triumph - Tears in the Rain
• Lynyrd Skynyrd - Freebird
• Amorphous Dominion - Through My Last Irreversible Respiration

International METAL Women's Day! First, we focused on Japan, where women continue to dominate the metal/rock scene, including: D_DRIVE, LI-SA-X, ASTERISM, NEMOPHILA, SAISEIGA, HADES, HANABIE, and RIE A.K.A. SUZAKU. After that, we continued our celebration with more badass metal women from other parts of the world!

Playlist:

• D_Drive - Thumbs Up
• D_Drive - Begin Again
• D_Drive - M16
• Li-sa-x - Dragon Ball Z theme (R.I.P. Akira Toriyama)
• Li-sa-x, featuring Paul Gilbert - Skullified
• Li-sa-x - Pale Pink Monster
• East of Eden, featuring Yuki (D_Drive) - Evolve
• Nemophila - Enigma
• Mary's Blood - Rolling Start
• Saki - Germinans
• Saki Yamashita - Fight
• Cyntia - Chilly Nights
• Hades - Bring It On!
• Saiseiga - Inside
• Zettai Club - Aoihonoo (Blue Flame)
• Hanabie - Pardon Me I Have To Go Now
• Bridear - Ignite
• Fate Gear - Megabullets
• Asterism, featuring Bootsy collins - Blaze
• Asterism - Full Throttle (Instrumentalization of C.O.B.'s "Needled 24/7")
• Asterism - Shooting Star
• Rie a.k.a. Suzaku, featuring Dia (Viruscarlet) - Dreaming Eyes
• Muses (JPN), featuring Rie a.k.a. Suzaku - Feminist
• Lee Aaron - Head Above Water
• Marta Gabriel - Metal Queen
• Crystal Viper - Metal Nation
• Hysterica - Girls Made of Heavy Metal
• Burning Witches - Battle Hymn (Manowar cover)
• Arch Enemy - Kill With Power (Manowar cover)
• Nita Strauss, featuring Alissa White-Gluz - The Wolf You Feed
• Nita Strauss, featuring Dorothy - Victorious
• Orianthi - Fire Together
• Lita Ford - Only Women Bleed (Alice Cooper cover)
• The Runaways - Blackmail
• The Runaways - Born To Be Bad
• Leather - We Take Back Control
• Leather Angel - Under Your Spell
• Jaded Heart - Empty Heart
• Miyako - Battery (piano instrumental cover of Metallica)
• Kobra and the Lotus - Specimen

Sometimes it's hard to stay focused, or even staying metal, especially when childhood memories keep coming back. But hey, do something that keeps your inner child happy!

Playlist:

• Amon Amarth - Back On Northern Shores
• Tyr - The Wild Rover
• Wintersun - Land of Snow and Sorrow
• Blackest Sin - Death Squad
• Blackest Sin - Moose Milk
• The Astral Prophets - Death of Mars
• Dead Quiet - Dying To Live Again
• Anciients - Worshipper
• Pharm - Infinite Stairway of Madness
• Morbid Saint - Burn Pit
• Sadus - No Peace
• Exodus - The Fires of Division
• Slayer - Repentless
• Kerry King, featuring Mark Osegueda - Idle Hands
• Death Angel - Seemingly Endless Time
• Loanshark - Erased From Existence
• Armored Saint - March of the Saint
• Firewind - Talking In Your Sleep (The Romantics cover)
• Joe Lynn/Steve Lukather - Hellraiser
• Toto - Change of Heart
• Alice Cooper, featuring Steve Lukather - Hell Is Living Without You
• John Waite - Tears
• Bad English - Possession
• Hardline - Bad Taste
• Journey - Raised On Radio
• Steve Perry - Oh Sherry
• Sabaton - Metal Crue
• Trivium - Kirisute Gomen
• RYUJIN, featuring Matt Heafy - Saigo No Hoshi
• Smoking Snakes - Sole Survivors
• Survivor - High On You
• REO Speedwagon - I Do' Wanna Know
• Striker - Give It All
• Powertron - Take Me Home Tonight (Eddie Money cover)
• Eddie Money - Endless Nights
• Nadja - The Sun

This week: we RAGE for Paula. R.I.P.

Playlist:

• Striker - Live To Fight Another Day
• Ravage - Ravage In Peace
• Grave Digger - Healed By Metal
• Blaze Bayley - Rage
• Iron Maiden - 2 A.M.
• Bruce Dickinson - Afterglow of Ragnarok
• Edguy - Wash Away the Poison
• Avantasia, featuring Bob Catley - Runaway Train
• Magnum - Blue Tango
• RYUJIN - Saigo No Hoshi (The Last Star)
• Crossfaith - Zero
• Coffins - Spontaneous Rot
• Hellfrost - Friday the 13th
• Ihsahn - At the Heart of All Things Broken
• Emperor - Into the Infinity of Thoughts
• Ectoplasmic Worm - Kagutaba
• Tomb Mold - Fate's Tangled Thread
• Cryptworm - Organ Snatcher
• Gorgasm - Carnal Demise
• Guttural Secrete - Stainless Conception
• Deicide - Sever the Tongue
• The Rods - Rattle the Cage
• Gravestone - Break Out
• Cobrakill - Silent Running (Mike and the Mechanics cover)
• Mike and the Mechanics - Taken In
• Honeymoon Suite - Livin' Out Loud
• Honeymoon Suite - New Girl Now '24
• Honeymoon Suite - Stay in the Light
• Helix - Dream On (Nazareth cover)
• Killer Dwarfs - We Stand Alone
• Thor - Rock the City
• Ace Frehley - Up in the Sky
• KISS - Take Me
• The Alan Parsons Project - Sirius
• The Alan Parsons Project - Lucifer
• Peter Bernstein & Tiden Webb - Come Rain or Come Shine

Why finish the story when our adventures are endless? Our Cage carnage continues this week with: Korean death metallers, TRAITOR and CLOWNUS; Korean rockers, ROLLING QUARTZ, and new materials from: F.K.U., STRINGAMPIRE, THERION, and EXHORDER. We finished our ritual with MEN WITHOUT HATS, ... guess I'm excited about that 80s Night at Grey Eagles next month!

Playlist:

• F.K.U. - The Horror and the Metal
• F.K.U. - Harvester of Horror
• F.K.U. - Some Kind of Mosher
• Lich King - Combat Mosh
• Speeder - Speed Metal Bench
• Gama Bomb - Speed Funeral
• Exhorder - Year of the Goat
• Exumer - Catatonic
• Metal Church - The Human Factor
• Traitor - Breed and Butcher
• Traitor - Fuck I'm Pig
• Clownus - Defect
• Strigampire - Death Silence
• Strigampire - TNT (AC/DC cover)
• AC/DC - Whole Lotta Rosie
• Therion, featuring Chiara Malvestiti - Twilight of the Gods
• Nightwish - Sacrament of Wilderness
• Liv Moon - Daybreak
• Hanabie - Bukkowasu!!
• Nemophila - Alive
• Mary's Blood - Blow Up Your Fire
• Kittie - Eyes Wide Open
• Crypta - Poisonous Apathy
• Torture Squad - Flukeman
• Cobra Spell - Satan is a Woman
• Burning Witches - Holy Diver (Dio cover)
• Liliac - Heaven and Hell (Black Sabbath cover)
• Black Sabbath - Time Machine
• Rolling Quartz - Rock 'n' Roll Paradise
• Triumph - Street Fighter
• Triumph - Street Fighter (Reprise)
• Max Webster - Lip Service
• Annihilator - Lip Service
• Warrant - Uncle Tom's Cabin
• Quiet Riot - Run To You
• Aldo Nova - Medicine Man
• Voivod - Fix My Heart (2023)
• Men Without Hats, featuring Michel "Away" Langevin - Sideways
• Men Without Hats - Ban the Game/Living In China
• Pandemik9 - Element

Ringing-in the Year of the Dragon with loads of explosive, fire-breathin' bangin' tunes! Plus, brand new STRIKER, and U.D.O. for those who are focused on Super Bowl. Man, never thought Udo would sing about football, and it rocks hard! Can't go wrong with that metal veteran! Anyways, plenty to celebrate about this weekend. Stay safe, have fun!

Playlist:

• Testament - Dragon Attack (Queen cover)
• Dragonforce - Heart of a Dragon
• Dragonforce - Where Dragons Rule
• RYUJIN - Ryujin
• RYUJIN - Scream of the Dragon
• RYUJIN - Dragon, Fly Free
• Deathrow - Dragon's Blood
• Armored Dawn - Beware of the Dragon
• Magnum - Dragons Are Real
• Manowar - Ride the Dragon
• BALROGATH - On Dragons We Ride
• BALROGATH - Dragonfall
• Saxon - Dragons Lair
• Dream Evil - Chasing the Dragon
• Adrenaline Mob - Chasing the Dragons
• Hollow Ground - Don't Chase the Dragons
• Magic Kingdom - Unleash the Dragon
• Magic Kingdom - Dragon Princess
• Troll - The Flight of the Dragonship
• Dragon Guardian, featuring Fuki (Unlucky Morpheus) - Dragonvarius
• Unlucky Morpheus - Dragon Force
• Bruce Dickinson - Tears of the Dragon
• Running Wild - Return of the Dragon
• Running Wild - Dragonmen
• Crimson Glory - Dragon Lady
• Crimson Glory - Where Dragons Rule
• Thrashlord - Son of the Dragon
• Godiego - The Dragons Come Alive
• Striker - Blood Magic
• Striker - Thunderdome
• U.D.O. - Touchdown

It's a program highlight every week here in The Cage, and this week's no exception! Spotlight on the newest deadly sensation of Italy's SLUG GORE, and the latest from MASTER. This is also the place for latest heavy offerings from Japan, including: HANABIE, MARDELAS, MUSES, and NEMOPHILA!

Playlist:

• Grave Digger - The Grave is Yours
• Iron Savior - Rising From the Ashes
• Thor - Danger I'm Mad
• Thor - Knock 'Em Down
• Blitzkrieg - Blitzkrieg
• Gaskin - Just Like a Movie Star
• Tesla - Heaven's Trail: Now Way Out
• Metalite - Expedition One
• Lovebites - M.D.O.
• U.D.O. - Raise the Crown
• Saxon - Pirates of the Airwaves
• Diamond Head - Knight of the Swords
• Tygers of Pan Tang - Making All the Rules
• Unisonic - We Rise
• Helloween - Fear of the Fallen
• Gamma Ray - Rebellion in Dreamland
• Slug Gore - Demented Crickets
• Slug Gore - Mucus Chainsaw
• Slug Gore - Grounded By the Slugs
• Horrifier - Chainsaw Death
• Bestial Mockery - Satan's Devilsaw
• Septic Flesh - The Gospels of Fear
• Master - Walk in the Footsteps of Doom
• Inhuman Condition - I'm Now the Monster
• Inhuman Condition - Godzilla (Blue Oyster Cult cover)
• Vader - The Final Massacre
• Decapitated - Names
• Origin - Designed To Expire
• Kataklysm - From the Land of the Living To The Land of the Dead
• Aborted - And Carnage Basked in its Ebullience
• Divide the Dead - Internal Inferno
• Defiled - Stealth
• Hell Freeze Over - Shred
• Jurassic Jade - I Was Born To Thrash
• Protector - Realm of Crime
• Thrashwall - Warehouse Rampage
• Dark Angel - Time Does Not Heal
• Hanabie - The Legend of Otaku Lovely
• Nemophila - OSKR
• Mardelas - Patriot Anthem
• Muses, featuring Rie a.k.a. Suzaku - Just the Four of Us
• Rie a.k.a. Suzaku - Aurora