Belgium based Johan Van Roy, Suicide Commando's only member, began experime… Read Full Bio ↴Belgium based 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 vinyl 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 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

Fate
Suicide Commando Lyrics

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They comming to get you
You'd better hide
They looking for you
You can't get out
They gettng closer
You gotta run
They gonna get you
The end is done

Death is coming,
Comming your way
Death is comming
To take you away

They blow your head off
You won't survive
The serial killer
Dead or alive
The scream of panic
The fear in your eyes
The scream of pain
Cut in your vein

Death is comming
Comming your way
Death is comming
To take you away

Death is comming
Comming your way

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Suicide Commando's song Fate describe a sense of impending doom and inevitable death. The repetition of "they" throughout the song creates a feeling of paranoia and suggests that there is someone or something coming after the singer. The urgent warnings to hide and run indicate that the singer is in a dangerous situation and has no way out. The references to death, including phrases like "Death is coming, coming your way" and "to take you away," emphasize the finality and inevitability of the situation.

The second half of the song describes a violent confrontation, with the singer threatened by a serial killer who ultimately kills them. The use of graphic imagery, such as the description of the killer cutting the singer's vein and the scream of pain, creates a visceral and unsettling mood. The repeated chorus of "Death is coming" reinforces the theme of inevitability, as if the singer's fate was sealed from the beginning.

In conclusion, Fate is a bleak and nihilistic song that depicts a violent and fatalistic worldview. The lyrics convey a sense of helplessness and fear in the face of death, emphasizing the theme that no one can escape their ultimate fate.

Line by Line Meaning

They comming to get you
The impending doom of death is drawing near.

You'd better hide
Take measures to prepare for your inevitable fate.

They looking for you
The universe is conspiring to bring you to your end.

You can't get out
Escape is impossible, you must face your fate.

They gettng closer
The end is drawing nearer and nearer.

You gotta run
Although futile, it's human nature to attempt to flee death.

They gonna get you
Death will catch up to you no matter how hard you try to avoid it.

The end is done
Death is the ultimate and final resolution.

Death is coming,
The inevitable end is approaching.

Comming your way
It's an inevitability that you can't avoid.

To take you away
Your life will be taken and your existence erased.