Hmm. 2024 turned dark and daemonic to the point that the RMR top 10 (almost) reached the glowing bottom of the occult pit. Now, early views of records on offer in 2025 seem to show a propensity toward the avantgarde. Stuffed with material that’s mighty difficult to classify and review. A redefinition of the term out-of-the-box if there ever was one.

And sure enough, an enigma just made a splash in our sumpy underworld of the review pipe. Haven is the name and they peddle their debut piece Causes. Yet another band with the urge for unconstrained metal music … [...] Click to raid more!