Akrothesim/Septuagint - Sphinx- The Great Enigma of Times

As we can witness and clearly see the uprising era through the as they call it, This sub-genre the Orthodox Black Metal and others call it Occult Black Metal and in general (to me) is what truly black metal stands for, The true underground arts, The left-handed path, These Devil-worshipers who devote their passion and commitment to the Coven and to complete the unfinished and the unholy work of the ones who left the path for another purposes, But yet and still those who raise the name of the lord among the existence and who burns the center of the god and set it on flames and turned it to ashes.
These covens gathered themselves and unite their strength to an unholy one and hailing from Greece circling the pyres with a ritualistic sacrifice under the burning tongue of the Dragon by drinking from the sacred chalice, like a burning stars in the darkness above and below, And to mention a few such as Serpent Noir, Acherontas, Devathhorn, Thy Darkened Shade, Acrimonious, Akrothesim, Septuagint.. etc.

And in between all these heroic releases that have been thrown out of this boiled volcano on this year's best releases and which it has a huge impact on the scene as well, Such as the Magical Full-length (Ma Ion - Formulas of Reptilian Unification) by Acherontas and the Venomous Release of Devathorn (Vritra) and not to forget the very respected release among all the false, The Draconian Collaboration from the core of Draconian Brotherhood (Erotomysticism) By Serpent Noir, And What comes after all these spectacular sacred pieces is a split that gathered two of those beasts who ascends from the darkest corners of this rusty world to strike with "Sphinx- The Great Enigma of Times".

"Sphinx- The Great Enigma of Times" is an Opus that will take you deep into the depths of your consciousness to transfer it to a wicked nightmare surrounded by heavy tunes that will rip your ears up, These two bands "Akrothesim and Septuagint" walked into the path with no turning back both lyrically themed the Orthodox Satanism and Occultism, offers three tracks fueled by fire, ambiguity and chaotic spiritualism.

Akrothesim started their journey in the year of 2012 and they released their first split along side with Order of the Ebon Hand entitled as "Behold the Sign of a New Era / Generation of Vipers" and after almost a year they strike back and released their first full-length album via Odium Records entitled as "Behold the Son of Plagues".

While Septuagint were on the path for bit longer than Akrothesim, They released their first and only Ep in 2014 via Forever Plagued Records entitled as "Negative Void Trinity", They are also known as "Declaration:Holocaust" back in 2006 to 2011 and they only released one Promo back in 2010 and after that they changed their name to Septuagint and according to the encyclopedia metallum "The Metal Archives" that The Septuagint is a translation of the Hebrew Bible and some related texts into Koine Greek

The opening track "Syn Panti (The Great Enigma)" performed by Akrothesim and the opus begins with a frightening drum percussion following with a guitar rhythm that will take you to a trip full of horrors showing the unmerciful aspects of the underworld and all its hidden secrets,
With the whispering hymns of Aeon by introducing the essence of this work, and to be

more clear to open other dimensions to get you more in the mood of swallowing the self to the unknown, where everything is dark and mysterious, Wrathful blast beats and fast to mid tempo not to forget the chaotic riffs that creates the full picture of the song and all the terror that it reveals,

And out of the fog they strike with Tertium Datur a 14:20 piece filled with spiritual,
atmospheric yet hellish sound with some ritual ambient influences on some parts and in between the lines through the underground tunes,
 A guitar riffs that blows like horns when the black horizon ascent and when the distraction wreck down the planet which in a musical aspect that sets the flames inside of the listener and to enter to the level of what is even beyond, where Aeon tormented his soul with devotion and standing on the edge of  his inner self and challenging the gods where death will represent the victory of men.

And with a blowing winds and the storm sound and out of the trampling black sea when darkness devours the last spot of light the shapeshifters combatants illuminated out of nothing embracing the dead and their name is Septuagint and with the third and the last track on this Split they blow their horns with "Shadows Of Opposition" it kicks off with a slow to mid rhythms following a mid kind of oriental tempo on drums changing to fast blast beats with more chaotic aspects and the sound becomes even darker to overcast the atmosphere and between 5:26 to 7:48 almost two minutes of a pure ritual ambient sound are like when a coven practice of magic to invoke the evil spirits to conquer the world and turn it into an emptiness void while the listener feels like tripping on ayahuasca during this part of the song and without warning the track blows again on a slow malevolent vibe filed on high quality on the sound and with more knowledge, when the vocals continue unleashing himself to an unstoppable beast in a wrathful grimness letting the world burn on fire.

Well, I can confess and clearly notice that there's a much better quality and profession throughout these three tracks that shows a progress and improved the sound on these two bands (lyrically and musically) more than the previous work though (in my opinion) and not to forget that the man behind mastering this piece is the man behind mixing and mastering couple of Acheronats albums and the owner of Sitra Ahra Studio Semjaza and the man behind Thy Darkened Shade.

This split is recommended for those creatures who dig deep down for the true underground arts of the orthodox black metal for fans who is more into the occult aspects and bands such as Acherontas, Devathorn and Dødsengel, The 135.

Artwork done by Artem Grigoryev.

You Can Purchase This Split on The Official SeptuagintAkrothesim BandCamp as a Compact Disc (CD) or a Digital Album Format
Right Over The (Links Below);
https://septuagint666.bandcamp.com/
https://akrotheism.bandcamp.com/

And here's some related links for the bands and the label as well;

Septuagint's Official Facebook;
https://www.facebook.com/Septuagint666

Akrotheism's Official Facebook;
https://www.facebook.com/Akrotheism

Forever Plagued Records's Official Bandcamp;
http://fpr666.bandcamp.com/

Forever Plagued Records's Official Soundcloud;
https://soundcloud.com/forever-plagued-records