Editing Control Denied (section)

===Background===
Schuldiner, in a 1993 [[Terrorizer (magazine)|Terrorizer]] interview with Borivoj Krgin, mentioned that he had entertained the possibility of ending Death and forming a more melodic band after he returned from Europe following the 1992 tour, as he was fed up with it, though he decided that he did not want to "get off track" with Death and instead put the idea "on hold".<ref name="terrorizer">{{cite web |author=Borivoj Krgin |date=1993 |title=Individual Thought Patterns |url=http://www.emptywords.org/Terrorizer_early%2793.htm |accessdate=June 25, 2024|work=[[Terrorizer (magazine)|Terrorizer]]}}</ref> Schuldiner mentioned the general idea of teaming up with a [[Rob Halford]]-esque singer in a September 1993 interview with Guitar School<ref>{{cite web |author=Jeff Kitts |date=September 1993 |title=Dead Again |url=http://www.emptywords.org/GuitarSchool09-1993.htm |accessdate=January 25, 2024 |work=Guitar School}}</ref> and expanded on it in the Terrorizer interview, explaining that it would allow him to do "things that ... can't be totally expressed through this band".<ref name="terrorizer" /> He would discuss the idea further in multiple 1995 interviews, including [[Guitar World]],<ref name="gw">{{cite web |author=Jeff Kitts |date=April 1995 |title=At Death's Door |url=http://www.emptywords.org/GuitarWorld04-95Profile.htm |accessdate=December 29, 2023 |work=[[Guitar World]]}}</ref> the Italian magazine Metal Shock,<ref>{{cite web |author=Francesca Fabi |date=October 1995 |title=Death, Symbol of Perfection |url=http://emptywords.org/MetalShock10-95.htm |accessdate=December 29, 2023 |work=Metal Shock}}</ref> and the Dutch magazine Watt,<ref>{{cite web |author=Robert Heeg |date=April 1995 |title=Het keurmerk uit Florida|trans-title=Death The Florida Hallmark |url=http://www.emptywords.org/Watt4-95DeathTheFloridaHallmark.htm |accessdate=February 18, 2025|translator=Yvonne Kluitman}}</ref> mentioning [[Ronnie James Dio]] as another example of the type of singer he would like to partner with.<ref name="gw" /> He had already started working on Control Denied riffs by the time Death was touring in Japan for the album [[Symbolic (Death album)|Symbolic]],<ref name="ss">{{cite journal |author=Dennis Gulbey |date=Spring 1997 |title=Death No More! Control Denied is Here!! |url=http://www.emptywords.org/SentinelSteel-spring1997.htm |journal=Sentinel Steel|accessdate=January 5, 2024}}</ref> which took place in September 1995.<ref>{{cite web |title=Metal To The Masses Tour - 1995 |url=http://www.emptywords.org/ScheduleMetalToTheMasses1995.htm |accessdate=January 7, 2024 |work=Empty Words}}</ref> Death drummer [[Gene Hoglan]] has stated that after the Symbolic tour, Schuldiner broke up Death as he was unhappy with [[Roadrunner Records]], which had released the album.<ref>{{cite web |date=April 12, 2018 |title=GENE HOGLAN Says CHUCK SCHULDINER Was 'Always Uncomfortable' With Being Called 'Godfather Of Death Metal' |url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/gene-hoglan-says-chuck-schuldiner-was-always-uncomfortable-with-being-called-godfather-of-death-metal |accessdate=February 19, 2025 |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]]}}</ref>