Destroy Erase Improve RELOADED

This is a must get if you like kick ass metal and want your face bashed in and melted off ....love every bit of it

Probably not for everyone, but if you want some really heavy in your face metal, this is it. I saw these guys as an opening act for Tool during their lateralus tour. Had no idea who they were, and at the Bryce Jordan center, they sounded pretty bad due to the acoustics there. Eventually, I re-discovered them and just love the polyrythms & the vocals.

Bought this for my husband for his birthday. He loves it!

I've had friends tell me this album has changed their lives. After listening to DEI, I understand why. Riff after riff, the pounding assault, the time signatures, it is an absolute classic. The original 10 songs are all you need to appreciate the genius of DEI, but if you never picked up the EP Selfcaged, those songs are added as well.

I must admit (please don't hate me all you Meshuggah fans out there) that even though I am a huge metal fan, Meshuggah has always just sounded like a lot of noise to me. I figure that writing and using multiple time signatures may be quite a genius move, it hasn't really encouraged me to listen!On a bit of a whim I decided to bite the bullet (after having had a quick listen to excerpts from  Contradictions Collapse (Deluxe Edition)  on Amazon that I bought this album as well).I am really quite surprised at how much I do enjoy this album. The music really has had a brief time to settle in my brain and I am really starting to enjoy it. My only real criticism is that I wish Aztec Two Step was divided into a few different tracks (without so many gaps of slience etc.) It really has some incredible compositions, but because it is one track composed of various recordings, and gives the album an 'inconsistent' finish.Overall, I am really surprised at how much I do like this album, check it out for yourself.

this album from Meshuggah is brutal.

One of the metal genre definers. Whatever that means. It made them a band that snooty death metal weirdos love to hate and the irony is it turned more people onto death metal than ever would have found it in the first place. No, they didn't invent anything but they sure as hell put their stamp on the genre with this groundbreaking release. FBM has to be one of the greatest singles ever to come out of metal itself. Beyond that the album here is solid as stone. Not quite up to par maybe with the greatness of a few of the tracks as a whole but all around really damn good. Suffer In Truth and Soul Burn come to mind but any of them have the capability to impress you. They strayed far away from this style afterwards so be warned this is the last of this kind of music in their catalogue though they do occasionally revisit the sound styling in certain songs.From what I hear this album has not been remastered but truth be told it really doesn't need it. It's already loud enough and sounds pretty decent on a nice system.

Regardless of what else might be posted, this is a very worthwhile album. Not only does it bring back one of my favorite Meshuggah albums, but with additional tracks. However, brace yourself... if you are looking for entirely different versions, you will be disappointed. Unlike the re-release of Chaosphere, with four completely different versions of Future Breed Machine (one of my favorites, originally included on this album), the final tracks on this will be like re-listening to a couple you just have. The live version of God's of Rapture and Aztec Two-Step (one of the most brutal bada** Meshuggah songs) totally make up for it (not to mention that the demo tracks are still sweet.) All in all, this re-issue/remastered album is for the new listener, just delving into chaotic metal, and the old fan who has worn through the foil of their disc. It's not really an item for someone with a good working original release, but for all that is brutal, be sure to download Aztec Two-Step. I was originally going to give this four stars, but since the other two reviews slammed it in all of its perfection, I feel it only necessary to give it the ratings boost it deserves.

Meshuggah. Need I say more?

Je suppose que pour aborder Meshuggah, groupe notoirement inabordable, Destroy Erase Improve serait une bonne porte d'entrée. Tout amateur de metal saura y retrouver ses marques, car le second album du groupe est sans doute le plus accessible. Il montre un côté relativement traditionnel, dans un mélange de thrash et de death avec des accents de jazz fusion qui ne denotait pas énormément à sa sortie en 1995, dès lors qu'on avait prêté attention à ce qui se passait du côté de la Floride sur les albums les plus récents de Death, Atheist et Cynic, ou plus au Sud chez Sepultura.A ceci près que Destroy Erase Improve plante les bases de ce qui sera la marque de fabrique à venir de Meshuggah. : des morceaux à la lourdeur relativement monolithique, voire mécanique, mais marqués par une volonté toute particulière visant à bousiller de cerveau de l'auditeur en déstabilisant les repères rythmiques par des enchevêtrements polyrythmiques très déconcertants. Si c'est véritablement Chaosphere qui lancera les hostilités contre l'équilibre de l'univers, c'est bien dans Destroy Erase Improve que Meshuggah fourbit ses armes et illumine le chemin qu'ils suivront par la suite dans les 10 titres qui composent l'album.Plus facile à écouter de prime abord, peut-être moins complexe, mais aussi plus humain, Destroy Erase Improve est un album essentiel dans la discographie du groupe. A écouter en priorité avant d'aborder le reste de la discographie.

Mis Meshuggah preferidos son los de la "primera generación", más thrasheros, y este es un disco sobresaliente donde ese thrash moderno convive con la polirítmica, cambios de tiempo, ataques secos de guitarra y voz, letras interesantes y cierta comercialidad. El primer corte es para mí el tema emblemático de toda su discográfica. Es de los noventa, supuso un impacto cuando vio la luz dentro del metal.

Der Unterschied zur ursprünglichen Aufnahme ist marginal (ein Glück, da die schon unglaublich gut ist!)Dennoch klingen vor allem die Drums an den "chaotischeren" Parts etwas luftiger, was mir sehr gut gefällt!Wer die Orginalscheibe nicht hat, sollte hier zugreifen, der Rest muss nicht!Allgemein wer die Scheibe nicht kennt:- sie ist von Jazz bis Metall alles in einem und das auf musikalisch höchstem Niveau!!!- die Scheibe gewinnt mit jedem durchhören mehr und mehr und (irgendwann) möchte man sie nicht mehr aus dem Player nehmen!!!Unbedingt reinhören und staunen (One of my Favs: Track 3: Soul Burn, wenn Thomas Haake die Drumsolos einstreut... unfassbar geil und tight!!!!!)

Meshuggah are fairly underground, while actually at the forefront of metal. Lots of bands, such as Metallica, Tool, Deftones, have been influenced by their sound. This album was the one that got them recognised, and for a good reason.Accessible isn't really a word you can use to describe Meshuggah's music, but on a relative scale, DEI is the most accessible album. When first checking them out from other's recommendations I found a lot of their stuff very difficult to like, but when I heard the song Future Breed Machine something clicked. You might hate it after the first few listens, but you could find a rhythmic groove that for some reason sticks in your head, and the songs may grow on you.Just saying other people like it isn't really a good reason alone, but there are some rhythmic hooks, crazy solos, a good mix of contrasts (acrid placidity). Also, they use polyrhythms over a basic standard 4/4 beat to create amazing grooves, which if you get into, will leaves its mark musically on you.This kind of stuff is very heavy, and a lot of people find the fairly robotic vocals annoying. However, if you find you like it, the album stays fresh listen after listen. This album represents an evolution in metal... beep beep beep beep