Dictated Aggression is the fifth full-length studio album from American crossover thrash band, M.O.D. It was released in 1996 on Music For Nations and follows 1994's studio album, Devolution. Blackout Records subsequently re-issued the album with a different cover and enhanced CD content of a live concert in France.
| Dictated Aggression | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | June 25, 1996 | |||
| Recorded | Explosive Sound Design, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA | |||
| Genre | Crossover thrash | |||
| Length | 41:47 | |||
| Label | Music For Nations | |||
| Producer | Billy Milano | |||
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| Alternative cover | ||||
 Blackout Records re-issue cover | ||||
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| Allmusic |   [1] |
This would be the band's last album until 2003's The Rebel You Love to Hate, although Billy Milano did appear on Bigger Than the Devil – an S.O.D. reunion album in 1999.
Track listing
editAll songs written by Billy Milano
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Dictated Aggression" | 2:25 |
| 2. | "Silence Your Sin" | 3:03 |
| 3. | "Damaged" | 2:49 |
| 4. | "Shot Glass" | 3:27 |
| 5. | "Stand or Fall" | 3:28 |
| 6. | "One Was Johnny" | 5:04 |
| 7. | "Nation" | 1:20 |
| 8. | "Empty Vision" | 3:10 |
| 9. | "In My Shoes" | 3:05 |
| 10. | "U.S. Dreams" | 2:41 |
| 11. | "Hippypottomus" | 2:23 |
| 12. | "Just Got Fired" | 2:23 |
| 13. | "Whiteout" | 2:56 |
| 14. | "Brutal Beats" | 3:33 |
Enhanced CD content
edit- Live at Club Bikini, Toulouse, France – September 14, 1993 – 19:42
Personnel
edit- Billy Milano – vocals, guitar, bass
- Joe Young – guitar
- Dave Chavarri – drums
- Recorded at Explosive Sound Design, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA
- Produced and engineered by Billy Milano
- Programming, engineered and mixed by Clinton Bradley
- Original cover art by Anthony Ferrara
- Re-issue cover art by Rick Rios
Trivia
edit- Billy Milano also co-produced Something's Gotta Give, an album by New York hardcore band, Agnostic Front, at the Explosive Sound Design studios in Hoboken, New Jersey
- The first part of the live concert in the enhanced CD content can be found on the Devolution re-issue