Rage Cage

It's FIFA time again, good luck to both CANADA and JAPAN!Playlist: Savage Blade - The Way of MetalTyrant (U.S.) - Warriors of MetalTyrant (GER) - Metal RulesVoivod - Astonomy Domine (Pink Floyd cover)Metallica - Wherever I May RoamYngwie Malmsteen - Far Beyond the SunMichael Schenker Group - Lost Horizons (Live August 12, 1981)UFO - Lights Out (Live Kawasaki City, 1992)Scorpions - Dark LadySYU - JapanAnthem - Driving WireLoudness - Devil SoldierSally - RevengeSaki - GerminansMary's Blood - Deep SixAsterism, featuring Bootsy Collins/Buckethead - BlazeAsterism, featuring Marty Friedman - GYUTTO!!! - From the First TakeMarty Friedman - InfernoMarty Friedman - Inferno (Reprise)Megadeth - Sweating BulletsMetal Church - The ShowSaxon - Stand Up and Shout (Dio cover)Dio - Rainbow in the DarkSaxon - Wheels of Steel (Live at Donington 1980)Saxon - Back in '79Allegaeon - Subdivisions (Rush cover)Rush - Red Sector A (Terry Date mix)Rush - Distant Early Warning (Live, Maple Leaf Gardens, September 21, 1984)Styx - Too Much Time on My HandsStyx - The Best of TimesVan Halen - Best of Both Worlds (Live, New Havens, 1986)Van Halen - Summer NightsDavid Lee Roth - She's My MachineRoman Grey - Shangri-La (Extended Mix)

Well, since everyone's sharing their "first time we met" stories on social media, as it typically seems to be anniversary season, instead of getting annoyed, ... what the heck, I'll share mine too! What? Nat Kaos was actually in LOVE at one point? Believe it or not, it's true! It was the summer of 1992, when I visited Japan for the first time since childhood. It was there, when I met Izumi. When our eyes met, they instantly became glued, and next thing we know, we're chatting over a tea at a nearby cafe. Coming back to Canada was the last thing on my mind, as I REALLY wanted to spend more time with her, and possibly start our new chapter together. However, ultimately, we (reluctantly) agreed that, because our lives were different, in different places, we should go separate ways to take care of our own future plans first. However, we still dated each other for the rest of my summer in Japan, ... and on our last day together, at the Osaka airport, ... we held onto each other for what seemed like an hour. My shirt felt like wet towel from her tears, and pretty sure there was some "sense" of regret, that maybe, something COULD'VE worked, because I sure felt that way. However, disrupting her future plan was something I would not forgive myself for, so it was for the best. 34 years later, ... I'm pretty sure she followed up on her plan to become a nurse, and made a difference to thousands of lives, I know she made a difference in MY life. Even after just 3 months together, I'm a better person, because of her. I still think about her, she will always be my angel. Love you Izumi! As for this week's episode: yeah, little more heavier, ... and EVIL, than last week. It is the RAGE CAGE afterall. Muhahahahaaa!Playlist: Armored Saint - EpilogueCategory 7 - In StitchesAnthrax - Got the Time (Joe Jackson cover)Anthrax - It's For the KidsFrozen Soul, featuring Robb Flynn - Invoke WarMachine Head - DavidianDecapitated, featuring Robb Flynn - IconoclastIngested, featuring John Gallagher - Watch You FoldDying Fetus - Undulating CarnageVomitory - Cataclysmic FleshfrontVehemence - Nameless Faces, Scattered RemanantsJungle Rot - Suffer In SilenceVader - IncarnationEmbryonic Autopsy - Bathing In EntrailsCannibal Corpse - Entrails Ripped From a Virgin's CuntMonstrosity - The AtrophiedMeltification - Nuclear Death ThreatImmolation - The Ephemeral CurseCryptopsy, featuring Bridget Lynch/Ben Duerr/Alexander Sason/Johnny Ciadullo/Malika Sanduramurthy - Blasphemy Made Fresh (2026 version)W.M.D. - The Thin Red LineW.M.D. - March of DeathW.M.D. - Against All WarningsW.M.D. - Already DeadUnlucky Morpheus - Ignis Fatuus VacuitatisUnlucky Morpheus - OnikobeUnholy Orpheus - Get Out of the CageKreator - Satanic AnarchyAnvil - 666Toxic Holocaust - 666Slayer - Hell AwaitsSlayer - Praise of DeathSlayer - Evil Has No Boundaries (Live From Bochum 1985)Slayer - Black MagicSlayer - Raining BloodSlayer - Blood RedSlayer - Sex, Murder, ArtGeoff Tate - The Devil's BreathQueensryche - Operation MindcrimeQueensryche - Silent LucidityGalvanist - Atrophy

Quite a contrast from more brutal sounds of last week, but hey, we've been having some good outdoor weather. Hope you all had some fun time in the sun, why not add some hot, good ol' hard rockin' tunes for your outdoor venture?Playlist: Savetta - Kill On SightDemonessa - M.A.D.Doro - All We AreKiller (CHE) - Out On the Front LineKiller (BEL) - KillerIron Maiden - KillersTokyo Blade - Killer CityCloven Hoof - Cloven HoofEnforcer - High RollerKrokus - Rock CityWarrior - Three AM EternalBiss - Raise the Hammer (Icon cover)Icon - Out For BloodSanters - LOA/Black MagicSanters - Shot Down In FlamesSanters - Racing TimeLee Aaron - Radio On!Darby Mills - Never Look BackHeadpins - CelebrationChrissy Steele - Love You Til It HurtsPaul Dean - Draw the LineLoverboy - Melt DownStreetheart - One More TimeAldo Nova - FantasyConey Hatch - You Ain't Got MeAndy Curran - No TattoosAlias - The PowerWarrant - Uncle Tom's CabinCinderella - Once Around the RideDokken - NightriderDon Dokken - Crash 'N' BurnEurope - CherokeeThe Cult - CeremonyThe Cult - Wild Hearted SonGuns 'N' Roses - You Could Be MineDef Leppard - Bring On a Heartbreak/Switch 625Joe Lynn Turner/Phil Collen/Jeff Pilson/Simon Wright - Back In BlackBloom Filter - Closed Sets

Somehow, this turned into an all-CANADIAN edition, but that's okay, 'cos why wait til July to RAGE with some of the best (past and present) from this ASSKICKIN' nation?! I hope it was fun, exciting, and a bit educational for you. That is why we're here: burn while we learn!Playlist: W.M.D - Eyes of a KillerConcrete Funeral - Loud As Fucking HellHazzerd - Dead In the ShedRiot City - Eye of the JaguarFrom Beneath - Raptured Pt.1From Beneath - Raptured Pt.2GRAVEMASS - Abandon3 Inches of Blood - Axes of EvilRitual Dictates - Goth and ExhaustedTwitch - Noise EconomyTwitch, featuring Pandemik9 - Fuck Your Brain! (Pandemik9 Remix)Pandemik9 - Cyberpunk CarnivalMalhavoc - Re-releaseMalhavoc - ReleaseMalhavoc - ReleasedBlack Pestilence - PandemoniumDHI - Rage (30th Anniversary Mix)Haiduk - InfesterTHUNDEROR - Pump Up the VolumeBoneyard - Before the FallAnnihilator - King of the KillPowerRage - I Torture I KillExciter - Weapons of Mass DestructionTerrifier - Nuclear DemolisherStrings Of Mass Destruction - Walk AloneVoivod - The ProwRazor - In ProtestRazor - High Speed MetalRazor - Hot MetalRazor - ThrashdanceMortillery - Evil Invaders (Razor cover)Unleash the Archers - Test Your MetalHelix - Heavy Metal LoveHelix - You Keep Me Rockin'Brighton Rock - Mr. MistreaterBrighton Rock - Hangin' High and DryBrighton Rock - Assault AttackKick Axe - The Great EscapeBoulevard - Ready To Let GoBoulevard - Dream OnSven Gali - Lunatic Fringe (Red Rider cover)Red Rider - Young Thing, Wild DreamsTom Cochrane and the Red Rider - Citizen CainBlack Crow Funk - Albertine

Whatever you're up to this long weekend, even if you're working (like I do. Feeling better now?), crank up this Cage episode for your extra BLAST! Also, congrats to our fellow programmers on their NCRA Award victory: Alex (The Punk Trunk), Emily (Greenhouse), Milan (Motte & Bailey), Kaamil (Sonic Cycle), Dmitri/Mitch (The Sports Show), and Emma and Kaamil for Calgary Election Coverage. Congrats to you all, well deserved!Playlist: Jungle Rot - ManiacalJungle Rot - Rot RiffsJungle Rot, featuring Dave Ingram - Horrors VileBenediction - Embrace For the KillBolt Thrower - Inside the WireCryptopsy - In AbeyancePig's Blood - Rabid DogsHoly Moses - Reborn DogsMalevolent Creation - They BreedDeathraiser - Symphony of ViolenceDeathraiser - Everything DiesMercyless - Mirrors of MelancholyCHAOS INSIGNIA - Ceremonial ExtractionThe Crown - Devil Gate RideDarkthrone - The Dry Wells of HellNOCTURNAL DEPARTURE - Vanity In BloodshedTsjuder - Lord of SwordsImmortal - Cursed Realms of the WinterdemonsAt The Gates - Black Hole EmissionAt The Gates - Suicide NationAt The Gates - WithinPowertron - Peaches (Presidents of the United States cover)Tragedy - Never Gonna Give You Up (Rick Astley cover)Psychostick - Danger Zone (Kenny Loggins cover)Iced Earth - Cities On Flames (Blue Oyster Cult cover)Blue Oyster Cult - Then Came the Last Days of MayJoe Satriani - Lords of KarmaVinnie Moore - In the Healing GardenGus G., featuring Ronnie Romero - FrenemyRonnie Romero - No Smoke Without a Fire (Bad Company cover)Y & T - Rock 'n' Roll's Gonna Save the WorldSlaughter - Let the Good Times RollKix - Cold ChillsWinger - HungryAlice Cooper - Life and Death of the PartyFirehouse - Rock On RadioLovebites - EternallyAsterism - HomeshipBand-Maid - SionFaith No More - Easy (The Commodores covers)The Commodores - Machine Gun

Summer of 1992: a year after my high school graduation, I visited Japan for the first time in 12 years. While there, I met this beautiful woman (my age) named Izumi, who I'm certain that she liked me! Hehehee! Anyways, one thing we talked about was our love of music, and I mentioned my favourite local volunteer-run radio station called CJSW. Izumi asked me if I ever thought of join them myself, and I replied: "Well, public speaking isn't really my thing", to which she replied: "Then why not use your theater background?", and that's when the bulb flashed in my head! After the tearful good-bye with everyone (especially Izumi! God, I wish she was mine!), it was back to Calgary, starting my University, and joining CJSW, which never would've happened if I hadn't met Izumi! Arigatou!Playlist: Venom - Live LoudVenom - Metal Bloody MetalAnthrax - Metal Thrashing MadExciter - Shout It OutThor - Start Raising HellAnvil - Oooh BabyThe Rods - Rock and Roll FeverRiot - Kick Down the WallHellrazer - Defenders of MetalPowerRage - Haunted HellSaxon - Running HotWarlock - All NightGus G., featuring Doro Pesch - Nothing Can Break MeFirewind - I Am the AngerDream Evil - In Flames You BurnSkid Row - Midnight TornadoSebastian Bach - 24 Hours a DaySebastian Bach - Rock 'N' Roll MachineDorothy/Tyler Connolly, featuring Nita Strauss/Slash/Phil X - I Live For the WeekendTriumph - Ridin' High AgainTriumph - Never Say NeverTriumph - When the Lights Go DownTriumph - Street FighterTriumph - Street Fighter (Reprise)Triumph - Fool For Your LoveTriumph - Tears in the RainTriumph - Spellbound/Follow Your HeartKobra and the Lotus - Lay It On the Line (Triumph cover)Kobra and the Lotus - Sign of the Gypsy Queen (Lorence Hud cover)April Wine - Wanna RockApril Wine - I Like To RockApril Wine - Rock Myself To SleepMyles Goodwyn, featuring Lee Aaron - Do You Know What I Mean (Lee Michaels cover)Lee Aaron - What Is and What Should Never Be (Led Zeppelin cover)The Firm - RadioactiveAC/DC - Shot of LoveJackyl, featuring Brian Johnson - Locked and LoadedHalford - Locked and LoadedFight - Little CrazyFear Factory - LinchpinFear Factory - What Will BecomeFear Factory - No OneFear Factory - Full Metal ContactFear Factory, featuring Gary Numan - Cars (Gary Numan cover)SUNN O))) - Glory Black

Nice to hear from some of my new fans, thanks for choosing the Cage as your radio destiny! Next week, I won't be here, but you'll still be hearing my voice in the form of a pre-recorded episode. Got a unique show prepared for you next week, a bit different, but nonetheless, enjoy. I'll talk to in 2 weeks when the Cage is once again brought to you LIVE. See ya!Playlist: Intoxicated - War ClubObituary - WarAndrew W.K. - Ready To DieChildren Of Bodom - She Is Beautiful (Andrew W.K. cover)The Troops of Doom, featuring Chuck Billy, Andria Busic - God of Thunder (KISS cover)Debauchery - Detroit Rock CityAcheron - War MachineKISS - I Love It LoudGRAVEMASS - FallenWest Of Hell - The Dark TurnStrapping Young Lad - PossessionsBeyond Possession - I'll Never Rest in PeaceSodom - In War and PiecesSodom - Body PartsSodom - The Saw is the LawGrave - Putrefaction RemainsIncantation - Impending Diabolical ConquestImmolation - DescentInhumate - Ecotone I: The TreeInhuman Condition - GraveboundNecrot - The CurseHaiduk - NecrifierNecrofier - Toward the NecrofierNecrophobic - StormcrowNukem - Into the Kill ZoneExodus, featuring Peter Tagtgren - The Changing MeHypocrisy - New WorldBloodbath - Brave New HellCorrosion of Conformity - Gimme Some MooreDown - Eyes of the SouthPantera - The Great Southern TrendkillMarilyn Manson - 1996Queensryche - Screaming In DigitalFates Warning - Chasing TimeArch/Matheos - Straight and NarrowAsterism - Blink of RayAsterism - HomeshipHanabie - Pardon Me, I Have To Go NowBabysaster - Moonlight Densetsu ("Sailor Moon" theme)Babysaster - Moon Prism Power Make Up!Babysaster - Heart of MaidenZilqy - Carry On

Lately, the vibes around this radio has been much more POWERFUL than usual. Of course, it's ALWAYS powerful around here, but maybe it's the realization that this community radio still matters, more than ever, and I'm honoured to still be part of it! I urge you to visit mycri.ca, and find out more about why radio like this one is still vital.Playlist: Vomitory - Erased In RedVomitory - For Gore and CountryVomitory - Rapture in RuptureVomitory - Blood RaptureStabbing - Rotting EternalGuttural Slug - Hacksaw SurgeryVisceral Disgorge - Ball Gagged and GuttedCarcass - Under the Scalpel BladeKrisiun - Slaughtering VoidRebaelliun - Red SpikesAvulsed - Mental Misery (Gorefest cover)Gorefest - The End of It AllAnthrax - Be All, End AllOverkill - I Hear BlackForbidden - Alpha Century/Forsaken At the GatesMetal Church - Feet to the FireMetal Church - Start the FireMetal Church - BadlandsCrematorium - Breaking the LawTestament - Rapid FireFozzy - Metal GodsKreator - GrinderJudas Priest - You Don't Have To Be Old To Be WiseTrivium - Iron MaidenNew Eden - Phantom of the OperaIced Earth - TransylvaniaEvoken - EvokenIron Maiden - Charlotte the HarlotSaxon - Street Fighting GangSaxon - Killing GroundSaxon - Let Me Feel Your PowerAerosmith - Back in the SaddleRick Derringer - Real AmericanRick Derringer - DemolitionLiving Color - Cult of PersonalitySid Vicious - Search & DestorySid Vicous - My Way (Frank Sinatra cover)Sex Pistols - SatelliteDeep Purple - Flight of the RatDeep Purple - Perfect StrangersMean Gene - Tutti Frutti (Little Richard cover)

We may be headed for warmer days with beautiful flowers, but don't expect things to be all bright and cheery in the Cage world. We are dangerous for a reason, but always leave you smiling in the end!Playlist: Corrosion of Conformity - Good God/Final DawnCorrosion of Conformity - Baad ManCorrosion of Conformity - Forever AmplifiedCorrosion of Conformity - WisebloodNervosa - Beast of BurdenCrypta - StarvationTorture Squad - WarriorWhite Zombie - The OneRob Zombie - Heathen DaysHeathen - Heathen's SongFueled By Fire - ObliterationSkeletal Remains - Relentless AppetiteExhumed - The FumesWorm - The Night Has FangsHellripper - CoronachCruel Force - HanedaDimmu Borgir - Alt Lys Er Svennet HenDimmu Borgir - Broderskapets RingDimmu Borgir - King of Carnival CreationSpectre General (a.k.a. Kick Axe) - Nothin's Gonna Stand In Our WaySpectre General (a.k.a. Kick Axe) - HungerStan Bush - The TouchStan Bush - DareLion - The TransformersLion - Never SurrenderVinnie Moore - April SkyVicious Rumors - MurderGaskin - End of the WorldHolocaust - No Time LeftDef Leppard - White LightningDef Leppard - Now I'm Here (Queen cover, Live at the Freddie Mercury Tribute Concert, Wembley, 1992)Chicago - Free Form GuitarChicago - 25 or 6 to 4Chicago - Hearts in TroubleCryptic Shift - Hyperspace Topography

Took the more extreme route this week, on this Good Friday/Easter Long Weekend! Stay HEAVY!Playlist: Deicide - CrucifixationDeicide - Once Upon the CrossDeicide - Scars of the CrucifixDeicide - Crucified For the InnocenceDeicide - Trample the CrossDeicide - Fallen To SilenceDeicide - Bury Your Cross ... With Your ChristVital Remains - Hammer Down the NailsVader - The Crucified OnesIncantation - GolgothaIncantation - Rotting With Your ChristRotting Christ - Art of SinBehemoth - AmenHellripper - Blakk Satanik FvkkstormUrgehal - Satanic Black Metal In HellAbigail - Satanik Metal Fucking HellDecayed - Black Metal OnslaughtDarkthrone - Unholy Black MetalVenom - Black MetalVenom - Metal BlackCruel Force - Savage GodsHellhammer - CrucifixionCeltic Frost - Circle of the TyrantsSlayer - CultToxic Holocaust - Nuke the CrossSuicidal Angels - Vomit On The CrossDark Funeral - Nail Them To The CrossDiabolic Force - Cross in FireBlack Sabbath - Headless CrossBlack Sabbath - Cross Of ThornsBlack Sabbath - The Sign of the Southern CrossBlack Sabbath - TV CrimesOzzy Osbourne - Miracle ManBlack Label Society - Ozzy's SongManowar - Secret of SteelBurning Witches, featuring Ross the Boss - Battle Hymn (Manowar cover)Ross the Boss - Death & GloryManitoba's Wild Kingdom - The Party Starts NowBabylon A.D. - Hammer Swings DownUFO - Love To Love (live)Ironbunny - Lightning SpeedW.A.S.P. - Golgotha

Well, it was my Birthday. Actually thought about taking a night off, but I've decided, what the heck: why not make it extra special, celebrating it with you all! Afterall, one of the greatest gifts (the ones that aren't wrapped up) is being able to do what we love, and The Cage is not just a radio, but each episode is a celebration of our lives: loud, proud, and BADASS!Playlist: Axel Rudi Pell, featuring Udo Dirkschneider - Breaking SealsU.D.O. - Break the RulesAccept - Break the IceHoly Grail - Fast As A Shark (Accept cover)Blue Medusa - CheckmateNita Strauss, featuring Alissa White-Gluz - The Wolf You FeedHelloween - SavageGamma Ray - Heaven Can WaitWhitesnake - Bad BoysWhitesnake - Saints and SinnersExodus - The Dirtiest of the DozenOverkill - EliminationCavalera Conspiracy - Escape To The VoidSepultura - Altered StateMaster - Jailbreak (Thin Lizzy cover)Thin Lizzy - WarriorsThin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town (Live at the Tower Theatre, Philedelphia, 1977)Helix - Six Strings, Nine LinesLi-sa-x, featuring Paul Gilbert - Scarified (Racer X cover)Racer X - SacrificeMr. Big - Daddy, Brother, Lover, Little Boy: The Electric Drill SongVan Halen - PoundcakeVan Halen - Good EnoughVan Halen - Why Can't This Be Love? (Live at New Havens, CT, Aug 27/1986)Sammy Hagar - There's Only One Way To RockDavid Lee Roth - It's Showtime!Extreme - Get the Funk OutInfectious Grooves - Funk'n With My HeadInfectious Grooves - Violent and FunkyNuclear Assault - Funky NoiseNuclear Assault - When Freedom DiesS.O.D. - What's That Noise?Anthrax - A.D.I./Horror Of It AllMetallica - Stone Cold CrazyQueen - Hammer To Fall: Headbanger's RemixQueen - Princes of the UniverseQueen - Gimme the PrizeBabymetal - KarateIron Savior - All I Need is a Miracle (Mike and the Mechanics cover)Iron Savior - Against All Odds (Phil Collins cover)Genesis - Abacab (live)Peter Gabriel - In Your Eyes