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

One Nation Under God
Suicide Commando Lyrics

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Blood and disorder
Deadly efficiency
New world order
Pain brings victory
War is over
Your grief is history
War Is over
Your cross, my memory

Conquest by power
Blunt hypocrisy

Died for power
Shot by the enemy
War is over
Your grief is history
War is over
Your cross, my memory

One nation under god

One death
One god

Overall Meaning

The lyrics to Suicide Commando's song, One Nation Under God, speak about the horrors of war and how it is often fought in the name of power and under the guise of patriotism. The first two lines, "Blood and disorder, deadly efficiency," speak about the chaos and devastation that war brings. The next line, "New world order, pain brings victory," suggests that even though war brings destruction and pain, those in power often see it as a means to an end - to create a new order or to achieve victory. The fourth line, "War is over, your grief is history," seems to be a statement of resignation, suggesting that no matter how much people may grieve for those lost in war, eventually that grief will fade.

The second verse, "Conquest by power, blunt hypocrisy," seems to speak about the ways in which those in power justify their actions. They claim to be conquering in the name of power but are often hypocritical in their approach. The next line, "Died for power, shot by the enemy," speaks about the people who lose their lives in war, often while fighting for a cause they may not fully believe in. The final two lines, "War is over, your cross, my memory/One nation under god, one death,one god," seem to tie the song together. The first line suggests that the conflict is over and those lost will only be remembered by their loved ones. The second line, "One nation under god, one death, one god," seems to question the idea of nationalism and the way it is often used to justify violence.

Line by Line Meaning

Blood and disorder
Chaos and violence

Deadly efficiency
Effective and lethal action

New world order
A new, powerful, organized world

Pain brings victory
Success resulting from suffering and agony

War is over
The conflict has ended

Your grief is history
Your sorrow is in the past

Your cross, my memory
I will remember your sacrifice and death

Conquest by power
Dominance gained through strength and control

Blunt hypocrisy
Obvious and shameless deceit

Died for power
Loss of life in order to gain power

Shot by the enemy
Killed by opponents