Control Denied - The Fragile Art of Existence (1999)

Artist: Control Denied
Album: The Fragile Art of Existence
Year: 1999
Country: United States
Style: Technical/Progressive Metal



[DarkEternal's Review]: Considering the immense contribution that musical genius Chuck Schuldiner provided for the world of metal, it's a shame that his side project, Control Denied, only yieled one full-length album before Schuldiner's unfortunate death in 2001. Nevertheless, the result is a probing, insightful progressive metal masterpiece. Schuldiner takes the progressive elements that so heavily influenced his more famous band, Death, and expounds upon them immensely. Hooking up with Tim Aymar, Death bandmates Shannon Hamm and Robert Christy, and bassist Steve DiGiorgio, Schuldiner and company created a beautiful album that allows technical and emotional elements to harmoniously co-exist as Aymar pours his heart into singing about the realities of life and society. Schuldiner's extremely creative guitar playing remains the backbone of timely music that everyone can relate to; in fact, for those familiar, the lyrics mirror those of Death's Symbolic and The Sound of Perserverance albums. Progressive metal fans, as well as those of Chuck Schuldiner, will not want to miss this album.

[Tracks]:
1. Consumed (7:23)
2. Breaking the Broken (5:40)
3. Expect the Unexpected (7:16)
4. What If...? (4:29)
5. When the Link Becomes Missing (5:16)
6. Believe (6:09)
7. Cut Down (4:50)
8. The Fragile Art of Existence (9:36)

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