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 Records 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 also was licensed and released in North America by Metropolis Records.
In 2002 Suicide Commando release the DCD Anthology on Dependent Records, 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 offering 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 returns 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 Records. 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 including 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. End of 2007 Suicide Commando return 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.
Notable side projects:
Lescure 13
Kombat Unit
Desire
Suicide Commando Lyrics
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You turn me on
Your blood my ecstasy
Desire
Don't try to run
Your pain my fantasy
Your hell is here
Your grave, my dear
Your death is near
Desire .....
The lyrics to Suicide Commando's song, "Desire," express a dark and twisted fascination with human suffering. The singer seems to be addressing a victim, possibly a lover, whom they find irresistibly attractive precisely because they are in pain. The first two lines, "Desire / You turn me on / Your blood my ecstasy," suggest that the singer is sexually aroused by the sight of their partner bleeding. This is an incredibly disturbing sentiment, bordering on sadism. The next two lines, "Desire / Don't try to run / Your pain my fantasy," reinforce this theme of domination and control. The singer wants their partner to remain helpless and vulnerable, so they can continue to derive pleasure from their suffering.
The final lines of the verse, "The pain, the fear / Your hell is here / Your grave, my dear / Your death is near," underscore the sense of menace and danger that permeates the song. The singer is not content to simply observe their partner's pain; they want to be the cause of it, to bring them to the brink of death. The repetition of the word "Desire" throughout the verse reinforces the obsessive, almost compulsive nature of this fixation. The song as a whole is a disturbing exploration of the darkest aspects of human sexuality and the human psyche.
Line by Line Meaning
Desire
I am consumed by my longing for you
You turn me on
Your mere presence excites me deeply
Your blood my ecstasy
The thought of you bleeding thrills and arouses me
Desire
My desire for you is overwhelming
Don't try to run
Do not attempt to escape my grasp
Your pain my fantasy
It brings me pleasure to imagine you in pain
The pain, the fear
The anguish and terror you experience
Your hell is here
You are currently living in a personal hell that I have created
Your grave, my dear
Your death is inevitable and I am eager for it to occur
Your death is near
You are living on borrowed time
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