Destroy Erase Improve
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| Studio album by Meshuggah | ||
| Released | July 25, 1995 | |
| Recorded | Soundfront Studios, Uppsala, Sweden | |
| Genre | Tech/Extreme metal | |
| Length | 46:31 | |
| Label | Nuclear Blast | |
| Producer(s) | Daniel Bergstrand Meshuggah |
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| Meshuggah chronology | ||
| None (1994) |
Destroy Erase Improve (1995) |
Chaosphere (1998) |
Destroy Erase Improve is the second album by Swedish tech metal band Meshuggah. It is generally considered to be Meshuggah's creative zenith or magnum opus and contains the fan favorite Future Breed Machine, often used as a closer to their live performances.
Many critics credit this album as being one of the best and most influential metal albums of the 90's. Destroy Erase Improve was groundbreaking in its use of polyrhythm and off-time thrash beats, and established these elements as instantly recognizable trademarks of Meshuggah's music. Some jazz fusion elements are present in some songs such as Future Breed Machine, Acrid Placidity, and Sublevels.
[edit] Track listing
- "Future Breed Machine" – 5:48
- "Beneath" – 5:07
- "Soul Burn" – 5:17
- "Transfixion" – 3:33
- "Vanished" – 5:04
- "Acrid Placidity" – 3:15
- "Inside What's Within Behind" – 4:30
- "Terminal Illusions" – 3:47
- "Suffer in Truth" – 4:19
- "Sublevels" – 5:14
[edit] Personnal
- Jens Kidman - Vocals
- Fredrik Thordendal - Lead/Rythm Guitar/Bass (Fredrik covered bass guitar after Peter Nordin left the band. Fredrik would play his lead guitar parts on the bass as well.)
- Marten Hagstrom - Guitar
- Peter Nordin - Bass (dropped out of the band during a tour, due to an infection in the inner ear)
- Tomas Haake - Drums/Spoken Vocals
