DICTATED

Death Metal • Netherlands
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Dictated is a Dutch death metal act that was formed by guitarists Sonja Schuringa and Jessica Otten in 2006. The group was originally known as Stone Squad but by the time of the release of the demo Suppressing All Who Refuse in 2008 the name had changed to Dictated. The line-up on the demo was completed by vocalist Ruud Mensink, bassist Sven van Dijk and drummer Yelmer Goudappel.

Dictated's debut full-length album Summary of Retribution was released in 2010. Sven van Dijk had switched roles to vocals by this point and been replaced on bass by Bart Metselaar while the drums were now handled by Marten van Kruijssen.

Dictated's third album The Deceived was released in 2014, again with line-up changes with the exception of the two guitarists. York Keijzer became the new vocalist while bass and drums were handled on a session basis by Henri Sattler and Michiel van der Plicht
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DICTATED Summary of Retribution album cover 0.00 | 0 ratings
Summary of Retribution
Death Metal 2010
DICTATED The Deceived album cover 3.50 | 1 ratings
The Deceived
Death Metal 2014
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Phobos
Death Metal 2019

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Suppressing All Who Refuse
Death Metal 2008

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DICTATED The Deceived

Album · 2014 · Death Metal
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The Deceived (2014) is the second full-length album by Dutch death metal act Dictated. Dictated have been around since 2006 with a pretty fluctuating line-up revolving around guitarists Sonja Schuringa and Jessica Otten and The Deceived features another iteration of the group compared to that which played on debut album Summary of Retribution (2010). While new vocalist York Keijzer appears to be a newcomer to the metal scene the rhythm section of The Deceived has been handled, on a session basis, by God Dethroned members Henri Sattler and Michiel van der Plich, which will no doubt be a point of intrigue for fans of Dutch death metal.

I find the music on The Deceived to be very standard fare though. It's competently played stuff and delivered with enough strengths to make the album an easy enough listen for me - I do tend to find that my attention wanders during most of the more 'straight up' death metal records as the songs begin to blend together a bit too much, so being able to listen to one from start to finish without that happening is, for me at least, a sign that I've found something of reasonable quality, if not originality. And I don't honestly expect that listeners who are reasonably well versed in death metal will find anything out of the ordinary in the way the two guitarists throw in tremolo riffs, slower and heavier playing and even the odd really thrashy part, but for me the thirty-five minute album gets the job done better than most.

While I doubt it'll exactly wow many listeners, The Deceived is a solid enough death metal release from Dictated. There's certainly talent here (and I'm not just referring to the two more well known musicians) but to me it doesn't feel as if they've reached their full potential yet. For The Deceived a 3.5 star rating seems fairest.

73/100

(Originally written for Heavy Metal Haven: http://metaltube.freeforums.org/dictated-the-deceived-t3726.html)

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