Editing Calculating Infinity (section)

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{{Infobox album
| name         = Calculating Infinity
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[the Dillinger Escape Plan]]
| cover        = CalculatingInfinity.jpg
| alt          = Across a black background lay a display of amplifier valves in the center of the cover. The band's name is atop the valves, while the album title is beneath them.
| released     = {{start date|1999|9|28}}
| recorded     = March – June 1999
| studio       = Trax East <small>([[South River, New Jersey]])</small>
| genre        = {{hlist|[[Mathcore]]|[[hardcore punk]]|[[metalcore]]|[[avant-garde metal]]|[[grindcore]]}}<!-- Only include genres with at least 2 sources in the "Composition and lyrics" section; please don't make any unexplained changes! -->
| length       = {{duration|m=37|s=27}}
| label        = {{hlist|[[Relapse Records|Relapse]]|[[Hydra Head Records|Hydra Head]]}}
| producer     = {{hlist|[[Steve Evetts]]|[[Ben Weinman]]|[[Chris Pennie]]}}
| prev_title   = [[Under the Running Board]]
| prev_year    = 1998
| next_title   = [[Irony Is a Dead Scene]]
| next_year    = 2002
}}
'''''Calculating Infinity''''' is the debut studio album by American [[metalcore]] band [[The Dillinger Escape Plan]]. Recorded at Trax East Recording Studio in [[South River, New Jersey]], it was produced by engineer [[Steve Evetts]] with the band's guitarist [[Ben Weinman]] and drummer [[Chris Pennie]], and released on September 28, 1999, by [[Relapse Records]]. ''Calculating Infinity'' is the band's only full-length album to feature original vocalist [[Dimitri Minakakis]], who left the band in 2001.

Media response to ''Calculating Infinity'' was positive, with critics praising the aggressive nature of the album's material, as well as the complexity of the arrangement and instrumental work. Several publications have highlighted it as a landmark release in the Dillinger Escape Plan's catalogue and in [[hardcore punk]] and [[Heavy metal music|heavy metal]] as a whole. They also credited its influence on the genres and on the work of several subsequent bands. The record is also classified as [[metalcore]], [[avant-garde metal]], and [[grindcore]], in addition to being highlighted as one of the first [[mathcore]] albums. Its lyrical themes mostly revolve around failing relationships and insecurity. By 2013, ''Calculating Infinity'' had sold in excess of 100,000 copies worldwide.