(overdue) Metal Monday - Morgoth

Morgoth is a German death metal band that was formed in 1985 by Rüdiger Hennecke and Carsten Otterbach in Meschede. Originally the name Cadaverous Smell was used and the band played grindcore / noise style. When Harry Busse joined the band they renamed themselves to "Minas Morgul". In 1985 the...

What Makes You Turn Up The Volume?

What makes you instinctively grab that volume knob and turn it up to "ear bleed"?  There are a few songs where this happens with me.   I think for the most part it's the beat and rhythm of the music.  I don't do it at home very much.  But in the car?  GAME ON!!! It really doesn't matter...

Report: Hillary Clinton protected aide accused of sexual harassment in 2008

Hillary Clinton reportedly asked to keep an adviser to her 2008 presidential campaign onboard, despite accusations that he had sexually harassed a young woman. The New York Times reported that Burns Strider, Clinton's faith adviser at the time, was accused of harassing a 30-year-old woman who...

SLAYER To 'Make Its Exit' After One 'Final' World Tour

SLAYER will "make its exit" with one final world tour, it has been revealed. The legendary thrash metal band announced its plans via a video featuring a compilation of press clippings, early posters and press photos spanning the group's entire career. In addition, SLAYER has confirmed that...

DOJ warns House Intel chairman about purported secret memo on FBI

The Justice Department is urging the chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, whose staff has compiled a secret memorandum purporting to show "shocking" political bias within the FBI, to give the department a chance to see the memo and warning that first sharing information from the memo...

'A nightmare': Family bids goodbye as undocumented father of 2 is deported to Mexico

A tearful scene unfolded at Detroit Metropolitan Airport on Monday morning, where Jorge Garcia, a father of two and a 30-year resident of Detroit, was deported to Mexico amid cries from his family. Garcia, 39, was brought to the U.S. by his aunt when he was 10 years old, according to his wife...

US military members receive biggest pay bump since 2010

Military members will see their paychecks rise by the largest percent increase since 2010 this week. At the end of December, President Donald Trump, by way of executive order, mandated a 2.4% pay hike for uniformed service members and a 1.9% raise for federal workers. The Trump administration’s...

13 Children Ages 2 To 29 Found Shackled To Beds In Perris (California) Home, Parents Arrested

A Perris couple was arrested and booked on torture and child endangerment charges after one of their daughters escaped from their home early Sunday morning and informed deputies that 12 of her siblings were being held captive by her parents, according to authorities. After meeting with the...

Pastor admits to "sexual incident" with teen 20 years ago, gets standing ovation

Megachurch pastor Andy Savage made a confession this past Sunday at Highpoint Church in Memphis, Tennessee. "As a college student on staff at a church in Texas more than 20 years ago, I regretfully had a sexual incident with a female high school senior in the church," he said. His request for...

ICE agents descend on dozens of 7-Eleven stores in immigration operation

U.S. immigration agents descended on dozens of 7-Eleven stores before dawn Wednesday to open employment audits and interview workers in what officials described as the largest operation against an employer under Donald Trump's presidency. Agents targeted about 100 stores nationwide, broadening...