The Fragile Art of Existence is the only studio album by Control Denied, a progressive metal band founded by Chuck Schuldiner.

This was also Chuck Schuldiner's final studio album before he died of brain cancer on December 13, 2001.

Tim Aymar's vocals have been likened to those of Bruce Dickinson of Iron Maiden and Rob Halford of Judas Priest.

"[7] Jason Hundley of AllMusic called the album "powerful, brilliant, and subversively catchy" and said that it was Steve Digiorgio's "finest hour behind the bass.

Additional musicians Production The lineup that recorded Death's album The Sound of Perseverance (TSOP) (along with singer Tim Aymar) was originally intended to release the Control Denied album (and had completed the recording process), though bassist Scott Clendenin was let go in April 1999.