Editing Calculating Infinity (section)

==Composition and lyrics==
[[Music criticism|Commentators]] have primarily categorised ''Calculating Infinity'' as [[mathcore]] due to its frequent use of complex time signatures, atypical rhythms and unpredictable tempo changes.<ref name="spin">{{cite news |url=https://www.spin.com/2016/08/the-dillinger-escape-plan-breaking-up-new-album/ |title=The Dillinger Escape Plan, Pioneers of Mathcore, Are Breaking Up |last=Weiss |first=Dan |work=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |publisher=[[SpinMedia]] |date=August 5, 2016 |access-date=September 5, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905141741/https://www.spin.com/2016/08/the-dillinger-escape-plan-breaking-up-new-album/ |archive-date=September 5, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11156-ire-works/ |title=The Dillinger Escape Plan: Ire Works Album Review |last=Lee |first=Cosmo |website=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=February 21, 2008 |access-date=September 5, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905143900/https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11156-ire-works/ |archive-date=September 5, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="axs">{{cite news |url=https://www.axs.com/the-dillinger-escape-plan-proves-that-math-rocks-12263 |title=The Dillinger Escape Plan proves that math rocks |last=Kalinowski |first=Christina |publisher=[[AXS (ticket merchant)|AXS]] |date=June 14, 2014 |access-date=September 5, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905142757/https://www.axs.com/the-dillinger-escape-plan-proves-that-math-rocks-12263 |archive-date=September 5, 2017 }}</ref> Many have claimed that The Dillinger Escape Plan "pioneered" or even "created" the genre with the release of their debut album.<ref name="spin"/><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.newshub.co.nz/entertainment/mathcore-band-the-dillinger-escape-plan-visit-nz-2008052022 |title=Mathcore band the 'Dillinger Escape Plan' visit NZ |work=[[Newshub]] |publisher=[[MediaWorks New Zealand]] |date=May 20, 2008 |access-date=September 5, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807022734/http://www.newshub.co.nz/entertainment/mathcore-band-the-dillinger-escape-plan-visit-nz-2008052022 |archive-date=August 7, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2016/10/10/mathcore-pioneers-the-dillinger-escape-plan-mark-an-end-to-their-20-year-run |title=Mathcore Pioneers The Dillinger Escape Plan Mark an End to Their 20-Year Run |last=Mendez |first=Sam |work=[[Cleveland Scene]] |publisher=Euclid Media Group |date=October 10, 2016 |access-date=September 5, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807072559/https://www.clevescene.com/scene-and-heard/archives/2016/10/10/mathcore-pioneers-the-dillinger-escape-plan-mark-an-end-to-their-20-year-run |archive-date=August 7, 2017 }}</ref> Others have described the album's style as [[metalcore]],<ref name="hammer">{{cite web |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/in-praise-of-dillinger-escape-plan-calculating-infinity |title=In Praise Of... Dillinger Escape Plan's Calculating Infinity |last=Hill |first=Stephen |website=[[Metal Hammer]] |publisher=TeamRock |date=September 28, 2014 |access-date=September 5, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905142134/http://teamrock.com/feature/2014-09-28/in-praise-of-dillinger-escape-plan-calculating-infinity |archive-date=September 5, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="prindle">{{cite web |url=http://www.markprindle.com/dillinger.htm#calculating |title=Calculating Infinity – Relapse 1999: The Dillinger Escape Plan |last=Prindle |first=Mark |publisher=Prindle Record Reviews |access-date=September 5, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170601114344/http://www.markprindle.com/dillinger.htm#calculating |archive-date=June 1, 2017 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Top 10 Era-Defining Metalcore Songs from the 2000s to Make Former Scene Kids Nostalgic|url=https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/top_10_era-defining_metalcore_songs_from_the_2000s_to_make_former_scene_kids_nostalgic-165294|website=[[Ultimate Guitar]]|date=2024-05-15|accessdate=2024-05-15|first=Jorge|last=Martins|archive-date=2024-05-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240515220526/https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/articles/features/top_10_era-defining_metalcore_songs_from_the_2000s_to_make_former_scene_kids_nostalgic-165294}}</ref> [[avant-garde metal]],<ref name="exclaim"/><ref name="altpress">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/man_overboard_such_gold_more_on_15_years_of_the_dillinger_escape_plans_calc |title=Man Overboard, Such Gold, more on 15 years of the Dillinger Escape Plan's 'Calculating Infinity' |last=McGuire |first=Colin |magazine=[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]] |date=September 26, 2014 |access-date=September 5, 2017 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170919195624/http://www.altpress.com/features/entry/man_overboard_such_gold_more_on_15_years_of_the_dillinger_escape_plans_calc |archive-date=September 19, 2017 }}</ref> [[hardcore punk]],<ref name="spin"/><ref name="altpress"/><ref name="allmusic" /> [[grindcore]],<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/calculating-infinity-mw0000695657 |title=Calculating Infinity – The Dillinger Escape Plan: Songs, Reviews, Credits |last=Hundey |first=Jason |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=September 5, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170917175233/http://www.allmusic.com/album/calculating-infinity-mw0000695657 |archive-date=September 17, 2017 }}</ref><ref name="cmj">{{cite magazine |title=Dillinger Escape Plan: Calculating Infinity (Relapse) |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_gt6mHyi96oC&pg=PA36 |magazine=[[CMJ#CMJ New Music Monthly|CMJ New Music Report]] |date = 18 October 1999|location=New York City, New York |publisher=[[CMJ|CMJ Network]] |publication-date=October 18, 1999 |volume=60 |issue=639 |page=36 |issn=0890-0795 |access-date=September 5, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325014830/https://books.google.com/books?id=_gt6mHyi96oC&pg=PA36 |archive-date=March 25, 2018 }}</ref> and [[post-hardcore]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Freeman|first=Phil|title=The Dillinger Escape Plan - Option Paralysis Album Reviews, Songs & More|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/option-paralysis-mw0001965567|access-date=February 26, 2024|publisher=[[AllMusic]]}}</ref> Speaking to ''[[The Independent]]'', the band's guitarist Weinman suggested that the challenging nature of the album's material was intentional, explaining that "''Calculating Infinity'' was us effectively ripping up the music theory book; if someone said 'don't harmonize with a second, it just sounds out of tune', then every single lead we did, we'd harmonize with a second. It sounded disgusting, but we did it".<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-dillinger-escape-plan-interview-the-only-way-to-finish-this-correctly-is-to-do-it-in-a-way-that-a7359221.html |title=The Dillinger Escape Plan Interview: 'The only way to finish this correctly is to do it in a way that has a definitive end' |last=Dedman |first=Remfry |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=October 13, 2016 |access-date=September 5, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170807114837/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/the-dillinger-escape-plan-interview-the-only-way-to-finish-this-correctly-is-to-do-it-in-a-way-that-a7359221.html |archive-date=August 7, 2017 }}</ref> Natalie Zina Walschots of ''[[Exclaim!]]'' described the album's style as "even more [[Avant-garde metal|avant-garde]]" than the band's first two extended plays, which she had noted featuring "complex and technical guitar work", "unpredictable shifts in tempo and tone" and "fractured song structures".<ref name="exclaim"/> ''Decibel'' writer Daniel Lake described the album as a combination of "gouts of noise, rhythmic chaos, jazzy runs and cinematic interludes".<ref name=lake>{{cite web |url=https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2017/04/04/hall-of-fame-countdown-the-dillinger-escape-plan-s-calculating-infinity/ |title=Hall of Fame Countdown: The Dillinger Escape Plan's Calculating Infinity |last=Lake |first=Daniel |website=[[Decibel (magazine)|Decibel]] |publisher=Red Flag Media |date=April 4, 2017 |access-date=September 5, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180325014830/https://www.decibelmagazine.com/2017/04/04/hall-of-fame-countdown-the-dillinger-escape-plan-s-calculating-infinity/ |archive-date=March 25, 2018 }}</ref>

According to vocalist Dimitri Minakakis, the majority of the lyrical content on ''Calculating Infinity'' is based on his experience in dysfunctional relationships. Speaking to ''Decibel'' magazine, Minakakis explained that "Most of my Dillinger lyrics were predicated on myself ... I just had stupid relationships with idiotic people, and I'd just write a song about it", concluding that "most of the lyrics on ''Calculating Infinity'' were based on human insecurity. That's where I got the best material."<ref name="preciousmetal"/> The album's title was suggested by guitarist Brian Benoit, who recalled to ''Decibel'': "Since so much of the material lyrically was about failing relationships, I kind of took it as a "love not lasting forever" sort of thing ... Obviously, forever – or infinity – isn't going to happen ... so let's see how long we can calculate before this blows up in our face."<ref name="preciousmetal"/>