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Destroy Erase Improve is the second studio album by Swedish metal band Meshuggah. It was released on 12 May 1995 by Nuclear Blast. This is the first studio album to feature rhythm guitarist Mårten Hagström and the final to feature bassist Peter Nordin, as he left the band during the supporting tour due to vertigo.

Destroy Erase Improve
Studio album by Meshuggah
Released	12 May 1995 (1995-05-12)
Recorded	February 1995
Studio	Soundfront Studios (Uppsala, Sweden)
Genre	Progressive metal groove metal avant-garde metal
Length	46:31
Label	Nuclear Blast
Producer	Daniel Bergstrand, Meshuggah
Meshuggah chronology
Selfcaged (1995) Destroy Erase Improve (1995) The True Human Design (1997)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
Pitchfork	7.9/10[2]
Punknews.org	[3]

Legacy

Describing the record as "one of the 90's definitive metallic works", Kevin Stewart-Panko argues that Destroy Erase Improve's unique fusion of genres amounted to a new "watermark" for heavy metal upon its release.[4] Metal critic Martin Popoff regards Destroy Erase Improve as the first clear demonstration of what would become the quintessential Meshuggah sound, wherein "stutter gun" riffs and "upset apple cart time signatures" are featured alongside "bone-breaking" percussion, an approach which resulted in considerable influence in the development of genres like mathcore and djent.[5] Popoff suggests that Destroy Erase Improve is the clear linchpin of Meshuggah's particular style, a "specific, nearly absurd proposal that only this band has dared to own."[6]

The album was ranked number 42 on Rolling Stone's 50 Greatest Prog Rock Albums of All Time list.[7] In 2017, Rolling Stone ranked Destroy Erase Improve as 77th on their list of 'The 100 Greatest Metal Albums of All Time.'[8] The song Future Breed Machine appears in the shockumentary film Traces of Death IV.[9]

Track listing

Personnel

Meshuggah

• Jens Kidman – vocals
• Fredrik Thordendal – lead guitar, keyboards
• Mårten Hagström – rhythm guitar
• Tomas Haake – drums, voices
• Peter Nordin – bass

Production

• Daniel Bergstrand – mixing, engineering, production
• Fredrik Thordendal – mixing
• Meshuggah – production, cover design
• Peter In De Betou – mastering (at Cutting Room, Stockholm)
• Stefan Gillbald – cover artwork

Charts

Chart (2018)	Peak position
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[10]	43

References

На других языках

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[de] Destroy Erase Improve

Destroy Erase Improve ist das dritte Album der Progressive-Metal-Band Meshuggah, das am 25. Juli 1995[1] bei Nuclear Blast erschien.

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- [en] Destroy Erase Improve

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[es] Destroy Erase Improve

Destroy Erase Improve es el segundo álbum de estudio de la banda sueca de metal, Meshuggah, lanzado el 25 de julio de 1995 a través de Nuclear Blast. También hay una versión europea jewelcase con sus detalles desconocidos. Hubo también una versión promocional del álbum en caja de cartón blanco con una imagen de un cerebro en la portada. Dice "Promo 121", así como el número de producción regular.

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[ru] Destroy Erase Improve

Destroy Erase Improve — второй полноформатный альбом шведской метал-группы Meshuggah, выпущенный 25 июля 1995 года на лейбле Nuclear Blast. Это первый альбом в составе группы для ритм-гитариста Мартена Хегстрема.

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