This is the only full album that Control Denied put out. It was released in ’99. This is Chuck Schuldiner of Death’s side project. He wanted to do a more progressive metal-style album with added melody. Chuck is sadly no longer with us as he died in 2001, but he has left a great body of work. I forgot how good this album is.
Consumed blasts the album into gear with a heavy and fast monster riff, with vocalist Tim Aymar reminding me of Bruce Dickinson at times as the melody sits on the heavy groove. Breakin’ The Broken starts with a deep heavy Sabbath riff that drops into a Metallica-style groove. Expect The Unexpected kicks in with a seriously heavy riff and double kicks beasting along. Great vocal! What If is insane!!! Definitely a favourite! A monster bass groove, leads into a choppy groove, before the heavy doom and epic song itself rolls in. A very Dio style vocal! Killer! When The Link Becomes Missing is as heavy as a heavy thing on a heavy train to heavy town, that is until the middle eight when we get all dramatic and epic. Believe goes from heavy metal to Prog, then dips into pure death metal. Cut Down is deliciously heavy. Lost of chuggas, time changes, and the whole nine yards. The album close out with my favourite track The Fragile Art Of Existence. A very classic heavy metal groove with lots of tempo and time changes. Chuck was an innovator and is greatly missed.
9.5/10 from The Grooveman.
