Imagine His Hero Is Gone's epic crust, Shellac's obsessive-compulsive rhythmic battery, and Sunn 0)))'s glacial drone, all delivered with a rabid punk rock approach, as dirty and driving as Hannibal's elephants charging over the Alps. 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 calls-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.