Lurking among the dark shadows of the night is TERATISM. One of the finest Satanic USBM bands still standing today. Via Negativa is their sixth official release, and probably their most impressive to date. Under the circumstances of chemistry and the unholiest of songwriting efforts can the factor euphoric devastation occur.

Elements are in place as Iesous Khristos Cambion begins and descends into the underworld of hades. The disharmonic guitar stylings of Murder are captivatingly diabolic. Dripping with dizzying riffs that only Satan himself could be proud of. V. Wrath sounds as if demons were spewing directly from his being. His vocal deliverance is especially disturbing and spine tingling during He Descends. Its almost as if he is in the midst of channeling. On nearly every song it sounds as if he is casting the spells of perpetual evil. His screams are chilling to the bone. Bass is abundantly present and rather fancy, not something that is common with most satanic black metal bands. It is actually cool to hear and it adds incredible depth to the songs. The drums are a fury of blast beats and variations of different timings.

The compositions on Via Negativa are structurally better than their previous effort Pure Unadulterated Hate. In fact, Via Negativa far surpasses it. It’s as if they had some help from the dark lord himself. The songwriting is incredibly strong and TERATISM is just fucking tight. From Serpent Loins, Poison Life seems to really capture an essence of evil incarnate. Satanos Thronos Esti (Via Negativa) can only be described as a wraith like instrumental except for the many eerie demonic screams that are present. If that song doesn’t put you under its powerful spell then you are missing the point entirely. TERATISM keeps the flames burning blacker than ever with Via Negativa and this type of fire can’t be stopped.