Control Denied was a

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band formed by

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musician and

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founder

Chuck Schuldiner Charles Schuldiner (born May 13, 1967 – December 13, 2001) was an American musician. He founded the death metal band Death in 1983, in which he was the lead vocalist, guitarist, primary songwriter and only consistent member until his death in ...

History

The band started in 1996 as Schuldiner wanted to create a more melodic style than was possible with Death. The project was interrupted by Death's release ''

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'' in 1998, but finally the debut album ''

The Fragile Art of Existence ''The Fragile Art of Existence'' is the only studio album by Control Denied, a progressive metal band founded by Chuck Schuldiner. It was released worldwide on Nuclear Blast America in 1999. Metal Mind Productions reissued the album on April 15, ...

'' was released in 1999. A second album, tentatively titled ''When Man and Machine Collide'', was partly recorded, but the death of Schuldiner in 2001 put the recordings on hold. Remaining band members had expressed a wish to complete and release the material, though

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stated that the recordings would not be completed. Schuldiner had signed with

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for the release of When Man and Machine Collide and recorded music in November 2000 in preparation for it. However, there existed a longstanding legal dispute over the rights of the material with

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, further postponing the completion and release of the album. Part of these incomplete recordings were released without authorization in the ''

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'' two-part bootlegs of Schuldiner's

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and unreleased tracks. Schuldiner estate lawyer Eric Greif settled all matters with the label by December 2009, allowing for the possibility of completing the album. On December 4, 2010, vocalist

Tim Aymar Timothy L. Aymar (born September 4, 1963) is an American heavy metal singer. He is best known as the vocalist of progressive metal band Pharaoh and for his work with Chuck Schuldiner in Control Denied. Career Often known for his strong voca ...

released a statement saying that plans are being made to record and release the album, stating that Jim Morris of Morrisound Studios (with whom Chuck Schuldiner recorded several albums during his career) had been in contact with Greif to begin planning and booking studio time to record the remaining parts of ''When Man and Machine Collide''. Plans were cut short by a break-in at Morrisound in the spring of 2011 that saw much of their equipment stolen, pushing back the completion of the album. In January 2014, Greif stated that there had been little progress towards the completion of the album other than an exploratory meeting between producer Jim Morris and guitarist

Shannon Hamm Shannon Hamm is a death metal music, death metal guitarist who played in Death (metal band), Death from 1996 until their break-up in 2001. He then joined Chuck Schuldiner's second band Control Denied, which ended with the death of Schuldiner in 20 ...

. By 2016, Greif stated that the album would never be completed. ''The Fragile Art of Existence'' was reissued in October 2010 by

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in a 2-disc standard format, with one hour of bonus material, and a 3-disc deluxe version, with two hours of bonus material.

Discography

* 1996 demo (1996) * 1996 demo (1997) * 1999 demo (1999) * ''

'' (1999) * ''Unreleased Themes from Control Denied'' (

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) (2004) * ''The Fragile Art of Existence'' (reissue, two formats) (2010)

Members

Final lineup *

– guitars (1996–2001), vocals (1996–1997, 1999); died 2001 *

Steve Di Giorgio Steve Di Giorgio (born November 7, 1967) is an American bass guitarist. He is known for working with numerous heavy metal bands such as Sadus (of whom he was one of the co-founders), Death (metal band), Death, Testament (band), Testament, Megade ...

– bass (1999–2001) *

– guitars (1996–2001) *

– vocals (1997–2001) *

Richard Christy Thomas Richard Christy Jr. (born April 1, 1974) is an American drummer and radio personality, best known for being the former drummer for several heavy metal bands since the early 1990s, most notably Death, and his tenure on ''The Howard Stern ...

– drums (1997–2001) Former members * B.C. Richards – vocals (1996) * Chris Williams – drums (1996–1997); died 2000 *

Scott Clendenin Scott Clendenin (January 17, 1968 – March 24, 2015) was an American musician most notable for his time spent in the bands Death and Control Denied, both of which were formed by Chuck Schuldiner. Following Schuldiner's passing, Death disban ...

– bass (1996–1997); died 2015 Timeline ImageSize = width:900 height:auto barincrement:18 PlotArea = left:100 bottom:180 top:10 right:20 Alignbars = justify DateFormat = dd/mm/yyyy Period = from:01/01/1995 till:13/12/2001 TimeAxis = orientation:horizontal format:yyyy Legend = orientation:vertical position:bottom columns:4 ScaleMajor = increment:2 start:1995 ScaleMinor = increment:1 start:1996 Colors = id:Vocals value:red legend:Vocals id:Guitar value:green legend:Guitars id:Bass value:blue legend:Bass id:Drums value:orange legend:Drums id:Studio value:black legend:Studio_albums id:other value:gray(0.5) legend:Demos LineData = at:30/11/1999 color:black layer:back at:01/01/1996 color:other layer:back at:01/07/1996 color:other layer:back at:01/07/1997 color:other layer:back BarData = bar:Richards text:"B.C. Richards" bar:Tim text:"Tim Aymar" bar:Chuck text:"Chuck Schuldiner" bar:Shannon text:"Shannon Hamm" bar:Scott text:"Scott Clendenin" bar:Steve text:"Steve DiGiorgio" bar:Chris text:"Chris Williams" bar:Richard text:"Richard Christy" PlotData= width:11 textcolor:black align:left anchor:from shift:(11,-4) bar:Richards from:01/01/1995 till:01/01/1996 color:Vocals bar:Chuck from:01/01/1995 till:end color:Guitar bar:Chuck from:01/01/1995 till:05/01/1996 color:Bass width:3 bar:Chuck from:01/01/1995 till:05/01/1996 color:Drums width:7 bar:Chuck from:05/01/1996 till:30/06/1997 color:vocals width:3 bar:Tim from:30/06/1997 till:end color:Vocals bar:Shannon from:30/06/1997 till:end color:Guitar bar:Scott from:30/06/1997 till:30/06/1999 color:Bass bar:Steve from:30/06/1999 till:end color:Bass bar:Chris from:01/01/1996 till:30/06/1997 color:Drums bar:Richard from:30/06/1997 till:end color:drums

References

External links

Death/Control Denied official website
{{Authority control Heavy metal musical groups from Florida Musical groups established in 1996 Musical groups disestablished in 2001