***** Destroy Erase Improve by Meshuggah – Unique and Awesome Are an Understatements

From start to finish, this album has rhythms that I had never heard previously.  The aim is heaviness, and it is good heaviness.  There is some clean channel noodling that makes for a break from the onslaught making the heavy parts seem even heavier, rather than all heaviness, which in my opinion often just leaves the listener numb.  If you are into metal, then get this album; it is essential to any metal collection.  Because its rhythms are so unique, I would put the influence that Meshuggah has on par with bands like Black Sabbath, and Deep Purple.  Destroy Erase Improve is really the first album where Meshuggah evolves their trademark style of rhythms that nobody has heard anywhere ever before so far as I know.  I would recommend this album to anyone, even though anyone won’t like it.  Really, anyone who appreciates music should be able to appreciate this one.  This is some of the best metal ever made!