Suicide Commando
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Suicide Commando is a Belgian electro-industrial
act created by Johan van Roy in 1986.
compilation, Electronic. As van Roy continued self-releasing tapes, he landed more compilation appearances on Rotation II and Induktion, Varianz und Deren Folgen
, both released by Kugelblitz records.
1994 finally saw Suicide Commando's first CD, Critical Stage, released on the German label Off-Beat. Shortly after, in 1995, Suicide Commando released Stored Images, which contains to date one of van Roy's most popular songs, See You in Hell.
1996 was the ten-year anniversary of Suicide Commando, and with it came the release of Contamination, as well as the limited boxed version, which contained a bonus 3" compact disc featuring previously unreleased material. Contamination was released a year later in North America by the now defunct Electronic Death Trip records.
In 1998, Suicide Commando released the album Construct-Destruct and its sister release, Reconstruction including new clubhits like Desire and Better Off Dead, the former of which was picked up by Possessive Blindfold Records for distribution in North America with bonus tracks.
Van Roy was one of the founders of the dependent label in 1999. It was on this new label that Suicide Commando's next successful releases, two singles and one EP
: Hellraiser, Comatose Delusion, and Love Breeds Suicide, accompanied Suicide Commando's 2000 release, Mindstrip, which reached the number one spot on the Deutsche Alternative Charts
. Later the Mindstrip album was licensed and released in North America by Metropolis Records
.
In 2002 Suicide Commando released the DCD Anthology on dependent, a compilation of the best and biggest Suicide Commando hits to date, including club hits such as "Hellraiser", "See You in Hell", "Love Breeds Suicide", and offered some exclusive new remixes and rare versions.
For Suicide Commando's next release, Axis of Evil, a special edition double single called Face of Death was released beforehand, selling out in two days. The regular edition of the single continues to sell, and Axis of Evil was voted album of the year (2003) by the Deutsche Alternative Charts. In 2004 Suicide Commando released another limited edition double single, Cause of Death: Suicide + One Nation under God.
In 2006, Suicide Commando returned with the album Bind, Torture, Kill (also available as limited edition including a bonus disc, poster and sticker), featuring the single Godsend + Menschenfresser, released on Johan's own new label Noise Terror Productions, a new division of dependent. The album once again reached the top position in several alternative charts across the world and got voted album of the month in the German Orkus magazine.
Released in 2007, one year after the band's 20th anniversary, the X20 boxset included 3 CDs (one remix CD, one best of CD and the Fuck You Bitch EP) and Suicide Commando's very first live DVD. The special remix CD and the best of album were later released as separate discs by Metropolis Records
.
At the end of 2007 Suicide Commando returned with the song Hate me, their first new material since the bind torture kill album, released on the noise terror volume 2 sampler on NTP/Dependent.
In 2009 SUICIDE COMMANDO signs an exclusive european deal with the german Out Of Line label and a US (+ rest of the world) deal with Metropolis Records
and finally returns with brandnew material in the form of a special limited 7" red vinyl featuring "until we die" and "severed head".
It's the first SUICIDE COMMANDO release since 2 years and is the forerunner of the new single "die motherfucker die" (released in September 2009) and the new album + limited edition of "implements of hell", to be released early 2010.
The album was released in 3 different editions, being a regular edition, a limited double CD edition including a bonus disc with remixes and rare material, and a special limited luxury boxset including both CD's + a bonus single + t-shirt + poster + postcardset.
The album once again reaches top positions in several independent and alternative charts all over the world.
End of 2010 a 4th (!) single "death cures all pain" was taken from the successful "implements of hell" album and was released on Out Of Line.
25 years of SUICIDE COMMANDO, another milestone in the band's history !
To celebrate this unique birthday the band releases „the suicide sessions“, a luxury 6 CD boxset including their first 3 studio albums and 3 more CD’s full of rare and previously unreleased material from their early days.
Electro-industrial
Electro-industrial is a music genre drawing on EBM and post-industrial that developed in the mid-1980s. While EBM has a minimal structure and clean production, electro-industrial has a deep, complex and layered sound. The style was pioneered by Skinny Puppy, Front Line Assembly, and other groups,...
act created by Johan van Roy in 1986.
History
Johan van Roy, Suicide Commando's only member, began experimenting with electronic music in 1986. Three years later he released his first tape under the moniker Suicide Commando, and made an appearance on the vinylGramophone record
A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove...
compilation, Electronic. As van Roy continued self-releasing tapes, he landed more compilation appearances on Rotation II and Induktion, Varianz und Deren Folgen
Induktion, Varianz und Deren Folgen
Induktion, Varianz und Deren Folgen is the compilation CD released in 1993 featuring Extended play releases for four electro-industrial acts. Most notably, the compilation appearance of Suicide Commando led to their later signing with Off Beat ....
, both released by Kugelblitz records.
1994 finally saw Suicide Commando's first CD, Critical Stage, released on the German label Off-Beat. Shortly after, in 1995, Suicide Commando released Stored Images, which contains to date one of van Roy's most popular songs, See You in Hell.
1996 was the ten-year anniversary of Suicide Commando, and with it came the release of Contamination, as well as the limited boxed version, which contained a bonus 3" compact disc featuring previously unreleased material. Contamination was released a year later in North America by the now defunct Electronic Death Trip records.
In 1998, Suicide Commando released the album Construct-Destruct and its sister release, Reconstruction including new clubhits like Desire and Better Off Dead, the former of which was picked up by Possessive Blindfold Records for distribution in North America with bonus tracks.
Van Roy was one of the founders of the dependent label in 1999. It was on this new label that Suicide Commando's next successful releases, two singles and one EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
: Hellraiser, Comatose Delusion, and Love Breeds Suicide, accompanied Suicide Commando's 2000 release, Mindstrip, which reached the number one spot on the Deutsche Alternative Charts
Deutsche Alternative Charts
The Deutsche Alternative Charts is the primary record chart for Germany's alternative music scene. The charts cover genres ranging nu metal to Britpop, from rock music to alternative electronic...
. Later the Mindstrip album was licensed and released in North America by Metropolis Records
Metropolis Records
Metropolis Records is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based record label, distributor, and mail-order store specializing in the post-industrial field such as electro-industrial, synthpop, futurepop, darkwave, and gothic musical genres....
.
In 2002 Suicide Commando released the DCD Anthology on dependent, a compilation of the best and biggest Suicide Commando hits to date, including club hits such as "Hellraiser", "See You in Hell", "Love Breeds Suicide", and offered some exclusive new remixes and rare versions.
For Suicide Commando's next release, Axis of Evil, a special edition double single called Face of Death was released beforehand, selling out in two days. The regular edition of the single continues to sell, and Axis of Evil was voted album of the year (2003) by the Deutsche Alternative Charts. In 2004 Suicide Commando released another limited edition double single, Cause of Death: Suicide + One Nation under God.
In 2006, Suicide Commando returned with the album Bind, Torture, Kill (also available as limited edition including a bonus disc, poster and sticker), featuring the single Godsend + Menschenfresser, released on Johan's own new label Noise Terror Productions, a new division of dependent. The album once again reached the top position in several alternative charts across the world and got voted album of the month in the German Orkus magazine.
Released in 2007, one year after the band's 20th anniversary, the X20 boxset included 3 CDs (one remix CD, one best of CD and the Fuck You Bitch EP) and Suicide Commando's very first live DVD. The special remix CD and the best of album were later released as separate discs by Metropolis Records
Metropolis Records
Metropolis Records is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based record label, distributor, and mail-order store specializing in the post-industrial field such as electro-industrial, synthpop, futurepop, darkwave, and gothic musical genres....
.
At the end of 2007 Suicide Commando returned with the song Hate me, their first new material since the bind torture kill album, released on the noise terror volume 2 sampler on NTP/Dependent.
In 2009 SUICIDE COMMANDO signs an exclusive european deal with the german Out Of Line label and a US (+ rest of the world) deal with Metropolis Records
Metropolis Records
Metropolis Records is a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania based record label, distributor, and mail-order store specializing in the post-industrial field such as electro-industrial, synthpop, futurepop, darkwave, and gothic musical genres....
and finally returns with brandnew material in the form of a special limited 7" red vinyl featuring "until we die" and "severed head".
It's the first SUICIDE COMMANDO release since 2 years and is the forerunner of the new single "die motherfucker die" (released in September 2009) and the new album + limited edition of "implements of hell", to be released early 2010.
The album was released in 3 different editions, being a regular edition, a limited double CD edition including a bonus disc with remixes and rare material, and a special limited luxury boxset including both CD's + a bonus single + t-shirt + poster + postcardset.
The album once again reaches top positions in several independent and alternative charts all over the world.
End of 2010 a 4th (!) single "death cures all pain" was taken from the successful "implements of hell" album and was released on Out Of Line.
25 years of SUICIDE COMMANDO, another milestone in the band's history !
To celebrate this unique birthday the band releases „the suicide sessions“, a luxury 6 CD boxset including their first 3 studio albums and 3 more CD’s full of rare and previously unreleased material from their early days.
Albums
- Critical StageCritical StageCritical Stage is the 1994 debut album by the Belgian electro-industrial act Suicide Commando.-Track listing:All songs written by Johan Van Roy, except where noted#"Critical Stage" – 4:19#"Sheer Horror" – 5:16#"H.I.V...
(1994) - Stored ImagesStored ImagesStored Images is a 1995 album by Belgian electro-industrial act Suicide Commando.-Track listing:#"Murder"#"The Exit"#"Save Me "#"The Human Disgrace"#"Intercourse "#"Dying Inside"#"Mortal Combat "...
(1995) - ContaminationContamination (album)Contamination is a 1996 album by Belgian electro-industrial act Suicide Commando.-Track listing:#"Fall Away"#"See You In Hell, Part 1 & 2 "#"Head Down"#"Delusion"#"The Face Of God"#"Traumatize "...
(1996) - Construct-DestructConstruct-DestructConstruct-Destruct is a 1998 album by the Belgian electro-industrial act Suicide Commando.-Track listing:#"Acid Bath"#"Better Off Dead"#"Putrefaction Process"#"Desire"#"Somnambulist"#"Come To Me "#"The Mirror "#"Pesticide"...
(1998) - Re-construction (1998)
- Chromdioxyde (1999)
- MindstripMindstripMindstrip is a 2000 album by the Belgian electro-industrial act Suicide Commando.-Track listing:#"Jesus Wept" - 5:59#"Hell Raiser " - 5:01#"Body Count Proceed" - 5:37#"Raise Your God" - 4:07#"Mindstripper" - 4:31#"Run" - 3:41...
(2000) - Anthology (2002)
- Axis of EvilAxis of Evil (album)Axis of Evil is a 2003 album by the Belgian aggrotech act Suicide Commando.-Track listing:#"Cause of Death: Suicide"#"Consume Your Vengeance"#"Face of Death"#"The Reformation"#"One Nation Under God"#"Mordfabrik"#"Evildoer"#"Sterbehilfe"...
(2003) - Bind, Torture, Kill (2006)
- X20X20 (album)X20 is a 2007 album by the Belgian musical act Suicide Commando. The album title is in reference to the 20th anniversary of Suicide Commando's existence...
(2007) - Implements of HellImplements of HellImplements of Hell is the eleventh studio album by the Belgian aggrotech act Suicide Commando.-Tracklist CD 1 "Implements of Hell":# "Intro"# "The Pleasures Of Sin"# "The Dying Breed"# "Die Motherfucker Die"# "Death Cures All Pain"...
(2010) - The Suicide Sessions (2011)
Singles/EPs
- Comatose Delusion (2000)
- Hellraiser (2000)
- Love Breeds Suicide (2001)
- Face of Death (2003)
- Cause of Death: Suicide (2004)
- Cause of Death: Suicide / One Nation Under God (2004)
- Godsend / Menschenfresser (2005)
- Until We Die / Severed Head (2009)
- Die Motherfucker Die (2009)
- God Is In the Rain (2010)
- Death Cures All Pain (2010)
Tapes
- Suicide Commando (demo) (1988)
- This Is Hate (1989)
- Industrial Rape I (1990)
- Crap (1990)
- Go to Hell (album)|Go to Hell (1990)
- Into the Grave (1991)
- Industrial Rape II (1991)
- Black Flowers (1992)
- Electro Convulsion Therapy (1993)