Slights and Abuse/ The Sycophant

Clocking in at over 55 minutes of music, Slights And Abuse/ the Sycophant grabs listeners by the throat and proceeds on a tour of victorious highs and bottomless lows from anthemic, white-knuckle call-to-arms to amp-worshipping pits of icy doom. Vocals are demonic and venomous throughout, with lyrics that spit ire at organized religion and celebrate the power of the self. There is a new resurgence brewing in the Windy City and Chicago enters 2008 as the New Capital of the Progressively Heavy.