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", "Vanished" and "Sublevels". Meshuggah later developed these qualities, abandoning much melody on 1998's Chaosphere and introducing heavier, faster songs.