With a mutual love for bands like Black Sabbath, Fu Manchu and Clutch and a desire to write the heavy tunes they wanted to hear, the Hÿss was formed by guitarists Dave Fitzgerald and Pat Kennedy in 2011. With the addition of drummer Mike Scales (Renegade A-Bomb, Victory Auto Rockers), the band slowly started crafting the bluesy doom, stoner rock and grunge inspired songs that would become their signature and began honing their live chops in earnest by early 2013.

After recruiting old buddy and guitarist Bill Sullivan for the bass position and convincing formidable Renegade A-Bomb vocalist Matt McDonald to pick up the mic again, the Hÿss finally committed to tape some of their 20+ originals and released a self-recorded demo in August 2017. Since then, the band officially released the two 5-song bangers Hound & Extraterrestrial (both recorded by Pete Grossmann at Bricktop Recording) and continued to play out across the Chicagoland area.

In October 2022, the Hÿss headed to Berwyn Recording to record the final chapter of their EP trilogy Hÿss III: The Hÿssening. Recorded and mixed by Jackson Bomher (Theyrgy, Dead Sage Records) and mastered by Dennis Cimpeanu, Hÿss III showcases the best of the current Hÿss canon from the gate-crashing statement of intent “Are You Listening to the Hÿssening?” and cosmic garden vibes of “Gnome Ken Bone” to the harrowing tale of Cro-Magnon solitude that is “Silvio.”

Cthulhu doomnoise from the forgotten corners of Chicago. Downtuned, heavy, atmospheric.

Psythøn is A psychedelic nightmare forged in a cauldron of Electric Wizard worship, Big Bikes and bong rips. Living in The Chaos of Lynyrd Skynyrd like antics they have an edge about them that makes them stand out amongst their peers. In a world gone black and white where everything forcibly cut into cookie cutter formulas they seem to keep Rock and Roll rebellion alive with wild parties and even wilder music. Calling out to the beyond and defiant to make a stand they play at volumes that transcend loud as if to say “WITNESS ME”

“Psych, doom and even a little funkiness melded in such a way that it will blow your tiny minds” ~ heavy Psychlist