New Central Florida band Hysteresis drop sonically dense debut, ‘Demo 2024’

Apocalyptic lines for sandbags, a constant torrent of weather emergency alerts and debris everywhere. Clearly, hurricane season is in full swing around here and this year we are ground zero. But the good news, hardened neighbors, is that after two monster storms have blown through in short order, you’re now primed enough to handle the debut drop by new Central Florida band Hysteresis.

Just over a year old, Hysteresis have been a rising force in the area’s heavy underground, opening for major names like the HIRS Collective and Usurp Synapse. Now, the quintet of guitarist Damian Michael (Exit Strategy, Red Lights Beacon), guitarist Luke Phillips (Nekroí Theoí), bassist Aaron Sluss (Seven Kingdoms, Bloodlet), singer Brett Snyder (Drawn Out, Shurwood) and drummer Brandon Bradley (Throne) have recently released their recorded debut EP, bluntly named Demo 2024.

In almost every way, it’s a deceptive title. First, there’s the word “demo.” While this is indeed an opening look at the band, the recording is anything but embryonic. Rather, it’s a strapping, blunt-force introduction to a group that already sounds like they’re in full beast mode.

Furthermore, the stark simplicity of the title on the outside gives way inside to a berserk explosion of incredibly complicated sounds that come at you all at once and at full blast. Demo 2024 is a sonically dense work that weaves together hardcore, metal and every extreme sound in between with near-math complexity, feeling like an album’s worth of range crammed into a three-song span. It’s a fuck-ton to unpack and, at first pass, it’ll leave you feeling dizzy and assaulted.

Eventually, though, its intricate intent emerges. This punishing debut is a mercurial cyclone of roaring zigs and thundering zags. Despite some brief moments of calm, and even the near-grunge mood of closing track “Smoke and Mirrors,” the story of Demo 2024 is the furious storm Hysteresis are capable of. The impact may hit like a blitzkrieg of cacophony, but these songs rage with a sharp legibility that makes their force even deadlier.

Demo 2024 is a powerful recording that bottles enough lightning to prove that Hysteresis is a gathering storm to keep a watchful eye on. It now streams everywhere and currently sits atop TLU’s Spotify Playlist.

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This article appears in Oct 23-29, 2024.