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

Slaves
Suicide Commando Lyrics

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Our life is a torment
Paved with sorrow and pain
We are the martyrs
Slaves of money and greed
We are the victims
Cursed to live in hell
Obey the system
Show me the face of hell

We are the slaves of society
Oppressed by god
Remove the stone of eternity
Obsessed by god
We are the slaves of humanity
Oppressed by god
Remove the stone of eternity
Obsessed by god

Don't try to help me
Don't care, there's really no use
This is the hurting
Our fate to be abused
We are the tortured
We'll carry the cross of pain
We are the haunted
Return to dust in vain

We are the slaves of society
Oppressed by god
Remove the stone to eternity
Obsessed by god
We are the slaves of humanity
Oppressed by god

Remove the stone to eternity
Obsessed by god

Overall Meaning

The lyrics of Suicide Commando's song Slaves express the deep anguish of being trapped in a system that treats individuals as slaves of money, greed, and societal norms. The lyrics paint a picture of a life tormented by sorrow and pain, where individuals are cursed to live in hell, obeying the system that has oppressed them. The song talks about the impact of societal norms and the oppressive nature of humanity and god. It portrays humans as being obsessed with perpetuating certain societal values that oppress the individual.

The chorus of the song highlights the despair of being oppressed by god and humanity, where the only way to escape the torment is to remove the stone of eternity or find a way to break free from this oppressive system. The vocalist does not believe in the help that others may offer, as he feels that no one cares, and their fate as slaves will always be one of being abused, tortured, and haunted. The song emphasizes the futile nature of life, where all individuals will return to dust in vain.

Overall, the song Slaves is a poignant portrayal of the angst and hopelessness that individuals feel when they are oppressed by societal norms and expectations. The track highlights the need for individuals to break free from the shackles of tyranny and oppression and to find a way to live a life of freedom and fulfilment.

Line by Line Meaning

Our life is a torment
Life is not easy

Paved with sorrow and pain
Full of sadness and suffering

We are the martyrs
We suffer for the sake of a cause

Slaves of money and greed
We are controlled by our desire for wealth

We are the victims
We are helpless and suffer from the actions of others

Cursed to live in hell
Our life is like a never-ending nightmare

Obey the system
We have no choice but to follow the rules

Show me the face of hell
I want to see the worst that life has to offer

We are the slaves of society
Society controls us

Oppressed by god
We feel like God is against us

Remove the stone of eternity
We wish to break free from the cycle of suffering