Dedicated to Chaos is the twelfth studio album by American heavy metal band Queensrÿche.

It is also their final album to feature longtime lead vocalist Geoff Tate before he was fired from Queensrÿche in 2012.

Like the 2009 release American Soldier, Dedicated to Chaos was recorded by Queensrÿche as a quartet; Parker Lundgren, who was a guest guitarist in this album, subsequently became a permanent member of the band.

The album was first announced in late August 2010, following Queensrÿche's signing with the Loud & Proud label of Roadrunner Records.

[2] In an October 2010 interview with Brave Words & Bloody Knuckles, vocalist Geoff Tate revealed some information about the upcoming album: We are planning on a spring release.

[10] Part of the problem was that although Tate claimed that especially Rockenfield and Eddie Jackson have been contributing a lot to this record writing-wise",[11] according to Rockenfield, Tate discarded their songs and those of Wilton in favor of songs he wrote with outside writers, such as Jason Slater and Kelly Gray,[12] who produced the album together.

About the sessions for Dedicated to Chaos, guitarist Parker Lundgren recalls that "[p]reviously, it almost felt like there was a battle between what songs to use, mainly the producers.

"[17] Allmusic's Eduardo Rivadavia was more critical of the album, and wrote, "Queensrÿche are virtually unrecognizable nowadays, which is possibly worse than ripping themselves off.

"[15] Sputnikmusic staff reviewer Trey Spencer criticized the album, writing "Dedicated to Chaos is [...] a whole new chapter in the band’s sound [...] that most long-time fans will probably wish was never written.

"[20] Among the most critical of reviews comes from Murat Batmaz of Sea of Tranquility, who wrote, "I had no idea Queensryche could release such an abysmal album.