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Suicide Commando timeline (EN)

2015
returned with The Pain That You Like as lead single

In 2015, Suicide Commando returned with “The Pain That You Like” (featuring Jean Luc de Meyer from Front 242 as a guest vocalist) as the lead single from the album Forest of the Impaled (2017). The album reached the official German Media Control Charts at position 28.

2011
re-released their first three studio albums as The Suicide Sessions

In 2011, Suicide Commando re-released their first three studio albums as The Suicide Sessions , a special limited six-CD box including remastered versions of his first three albums Critical Stage , Stored Images , and Construct-Destruct , and three discs with much bonus material and many previously unreleased songs. One…
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2007
X20 boxset released

Released in 2007, one year after the band’s 20th anniversary, was 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. In 2009, Suicide Commando signed a deal with the German Out of Line…
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2003
Axis of Evil voted album of the year

Suicide Commando’s next release, Axis of Evil , was voted album of the year (2003) by the Deutsche Alternative Charts (DAC). In 2006, Suicide Commando returned with the album Bind, Torture, Kill , which was preceded by the single “Godsend + Menschenfresser”. “Godsend + Menschenfresser” peaked at #2 on the…
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1999
was one of the founders of the Dependent label

Van Roy was one of the founders of the Dependent label in 1999. It was on this new label that Suicide Commando’s next releases, the singles “Hellraiser” and “Comatose Delusion” and the EP Love Breeds Suicide , accompanied Suicide Commando’s 2000 release, Mindstrip . Mindstrip reached number one on the…
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1998
released the album Construct-Destruct and its sister release

In 1998, Suicide Commando released the album Construct-Destruct and its sister release, Reconstruction , which included the new club hits “Desire” and “Better Off Dead”.

1986
began experimenting with electronic music

Van Roy began experimenting with electronic music back in 1986. Two years later, he released his first tape under the moniker Suicide Commando, and his track appeared on the vinyl compilation Electronic . He continued to release more tapes until he was signed by the rising German label Off Beat.…
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