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Destroy Erase Improve | 
 enlarge | Artist: Meshuggah
Label: Nuclear Blast Americ
Category: Music
Buy New: $15.98
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Rating:  91 reviews
Sales Rank: 83712
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 6874
UPC: 727361687427
EAN: 7273616874270
ASIN: B000000H2N
Release Date: July 25, 1995
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| Tracks:
| • | Future Breed Machine | | • | Beneath | | • | Soul Burn | | • | Transfixion - Meshuggah, Hagstrom, Marten | | • | Vanished | | • | Acrid Placidity - Meshuggah, Hagstrom, Marten | | • | Inside What's Within Behind | | • | Terminal Illusions | | • | Suffer in Truth - Meshuggah, Kidman, Jens | | • | Sublevels |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 86 more reviews...
 Relentlessly Heavy September 7, 2008
Not much exists that is heavier than this. Meshuggah comes at you, claws and fangs bared, and pummels you into goo. But somehow it remains pleasurable. I have a lot of other metal in my collection but nothing quite like this. I have heard them dubbed "math metal". They experiment with different time signatures with good results. This is one of the things that makes them more unique in the metal world. There are quiet moments, but they are short lived. With Meshuggah you can count on their music being relentlessly heavy, and the vocals are very intense. If you are used to more conventional sounding music, Meshuggah may sound abrupt to you, but if you are bored with the same old sounds Meshuggah may be just what you are looking for. Destroy Erase Improve is a very good album.
Amazing August 11, 2008
I can't help but smile every time i listen to Meshuggah. To the people who say Meshuggah is musicians' music, are absolutely right. People who don't really pay attention to or understand rhythm may just hear this and think it's loud noise. Anyone who has studied theory or plays an instrument will be impressed by Meshuggah, regardless of what styles they like. My jazz bass player college professor loved this cd. This is simply the most complex and creative metal cds of all time. No one can touch Meshuggah and their insane time signature changes.... A+
Cerebral Bludgeoning April 6, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
What? Did I even spell the title right? Anyway, DEI is for me, one of the best Metal albums I own. Sure it's the incredible polyrythms, time signatures and musicianship that isolate Meshuggah from other bands. But, none of this would matter, if not for their flawless execution. DEI was recorded 13 years ago and a majority of bands are still trying to catch up to the amazing structure and arrangement of this music. However, what puts this album over the top is the absolutely brilliant Thordendal jazz leads. Perfectly placed in the songs in various ways. "Acrid Placidity" demonstrates that Frederick Thordendal is argueably one of the best guitarists on the planet. The guitar work in this song absolutley reeks of Allan Holdsworth, yet is not derivative. This certainly is an album that any self-respecting music listener must hear. Meshuggah leaves most bands in this genre choking on their dust.
BRILLIANT!!! December 10, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I remember hearing this CD in early 1996, my buddy worked at a music store and gave me this CD to listen to. I've been a fan ever since! Just brilliant music. The tightest band i've ever heard live as well. I just started listening to this CD (mp3 now) again and it sounds as fresh as the day I first heard it. Do yourself a favor and pick this gem up.
Meshuggah at their most varied September 28, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The follow-up to the EP "None", this album took the "post-thrash" that they had become known for and upped the aggression level. While "None" and its predecessor "Contradictions Collapse" were sometimes described as the album Metallica SHOULD have made after "Justice", Meshuggah formed a more unique identity for themselves with "Destroy Erase Improve". It is probably the last Meshuggah album where "melody" seemed to be as important as rhythm, and to these ears at least, has a more human feel, and warmth that following albums seem to lack. The follow-up "Chaosphere" (an incredible album in it's own right) and the following albums, seem to be far more focused on rhythm at the expense of melody. Their albums seem to get colder and more machine-like as time goes on. On DEI, there's a lot more combined melodic, harmonic and rhythmic variation (see the opening track "Future Breed Machine" as the best example of this). Thordendal's soloing gets more chances as well to shine through above the background as opposed to just blend with it.
I for one would like to see Meshuggah bring a little more melodic focus back to the pure brutality of their music.
Oh, and if you're interested in hearing some music akin to Meshuggah but with more melody, check out Chimpspanner's "Imperium Vorago" - very cool
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