Sphinx is an album that collects various compositions that were never for a particular album. However, the material here is far from throwaway, and once again explores new ideas while expanding on earlier ones.
The first segment of the EP is 9 short "math" tracks that explore odd time signatures, atonality, and various ideas that sometimes change each measure, all the while staying very fast-paced. The tenth track, Xaphan, is a Middle-eastern flavoured "rock" track. The next track is the longest track on the album (6 minutes) and was originally written for the drone metal project Obelisk. It is a doom metal track which features Arabian scales, shrieking sax, odd percussion, and strange ambient noise.
Track 12, 13 and 14 combine tribal percussion and chanting with electronic/ambient noise bits, and even a spastic violin solo. Finally we have the title track Sphinx, one composition divided into four parts. Originally it was to be on the 'sequel' album to Les Catacombes Mortes, but ended up going in a slightly different direction. De-tuned guitars, dissonant vibes, and gritty, dirty sound effects that create a dark atmosphere similar to Les Catacombes Mortes, but of course the instrumentation is completely different.
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