latest news 02.11.2024 FIRST 3 SUICIDE COMMANDO ALBUMS FINALLY ON VINYL On Dec. 20th 2024, SUICIDE COMMANDO will release the first of a series strictly limited vinyl releases. First release will be "construct-destruct", the bands 3rd album from 1998. The album will be released as a double vinyl LP on Out Of Line Music. Later also "critical stage" and "stored images" will be released on vinyl. All 3 albums will come in a strictly limited boxset entitled "impressions of death". 20.08.2024 SUICIDE COMMANDO LIVE DATES COMING UP: 05 SEP 2024 Glasgow - Scotland/UK 06 SEP 2024 Manchester - UK 07 SEP 2024 London - UK 21 SEP 2024 Riga - Latvia 11 OCT 2024 Oberhausen - Germany 16 NOV 2024 Vienna - Austria 22 NOV 2024 Schwarzenberg - Germany 01 DEC 2024 Athens - Greece More shows to be announced soon ! 24.08.2023 FIRST SUICIDE COMMANDO LATIN AMERICA TOUR IN SEPTEMBER In September SUICIDE COMMANDO will do a first ever Latin America tour which will bring them to countries like Mexico, Costa Rica, Colombia, Chile and Argentina. 16.09.2023 Foro 28 - Mexico City (MEXICO) 17.09.2023 Amon Solar - San José (COSTA RICA) 21.09.2023 Ace of Spades - Bogota (COLOMBIA) 23.09.2023 Blondie Club - Santiago (CHILE) 24.09.2023 The Roxy - Buenos Aires (ARGENTINA) 24.08.2023 NEW SINGLE "GOD OF DESTRUCTION" On May 25th, SUICIDE COMMANDO released "God of destruction" as 3rd single taken from their actual "Goddestruktor" album. The single contained new versions of "God of destruction" and "destroyer of worlds" and had remixes from the Greek Siva Six and the American EBM project Kreign. The single reached the N° 1 position in the German Electronic Web Charts (GEWC). 10.01.2023 NEW NORTH AMERICA TOUR COMING IN SPRING SUICIDE COMMANDO just announced a new North America tour for Spring 2023. Here are the dates: 23.03.2023 Toronto - Canada 24.03.2023 Los Angeles - USA 25.03.2023 Oakland - USA 26.03.2023 Portland - USA 28.03.2023 Salt Lake City - USA 29.03.2023 Dallas - USA 31.03.2023 Tampa - USA 01.04.2023 Atlanta - USA 02.04.2023 Parsippany - USA 27.09.2022 FIRST SUICIDE COMMANDO TAPE RE-RELEASED ON VINYL SUICIDE COMMANDO's very first demo tape, recorded in 1987, is now officially re-released as limited vinyl on Walhalla Records. "Industrial underground" was originally released back in 1988. 01.08.2022 NEW ALBUM OUT NOW AND REACHES POS. #9 IN GERMAN ALBUM CHARTS The long awaited new album "Goddestruktor" is finally out now and just reached an incredible position #9 in the Official German Album top 100. A new milestone in the career of SUICIDE COMMANDO. 21.05.2022 NEW SUICIDE COMMANDO ALBUM COMING IN JULY The new SUICIDE COMMANDO album "GODDESTRUKTOR" will be released on July 22nd. It will come in 4 different versions, a special limited boxset (666 copies only), a normal DCD edition, a vinyl edition and a strictly limited cassette edition. The album will be released worldwide on Out Of Line Music. 07.05.2022 NEW NORTH AMERICAN TOUR FOR SUICIDE COMMANDO After 2 years of the covid plague SUICIDE COMMANDO will go on a new North American tour, starting end of June in Canada ... Here are the complete tour dates: 29.06.2022 Montreal - Canada 30.06.2022 Calgary - Canada 02.07.2022 Seattle - USA 03.07.2022 Las Vegas - USA 04.07.2022 Sherwood - USA 06.07.2022 Denver - USA 07.07.2022 Kansas City - USA 08.07.2022 Minneapolis - USA 09.07.2022 Chicago - USA 14.04.2022 NEXT NEW SINGLE FROM UPCOMING ALBUM OUT NOW After the digital single "trick or treat", SUICIDE COMMANDO just released another new single called "bang bang bang" on Out Of Line Records. "bang bang bang" is taken from the upcoming new album "GODDESTRUKTOR" and this time is released as both a digital and strictly limited physical single. The single also includes remixes by C-Lekktor and F U C K B O T (the new project of Mario Vaerewijck, ex-Insekt and live drummer of SUICIDE COMMANDO). 01.11.2021 NEW SINGLE "TRICK OR TREAT" OUT NOW ! Out of the blue SUICIDE COMMANDO just released a brandnew single as special Halloween surprise. "trick or treat" is the new (digital only) single and is the first treat of the band's upcoming new album in 2022. You can get the new single at most digital platforms like Spotify, iTunes ... and can watch the video here: https://youtu.be/vIxJsU3NQd8 24.10.2021 SUICIDE COMMANDO REPLACES ASSEMBLAGE 23 @ PLAGE NOIRE SUICIDE COMMANDO will replace Assemblage 23 at the upcoming Plage Noire festival at Weissenhauserstrand in the north of Germany. SUICIDE COMMANDO will be co-headliner at the Salle de Fete on friday 29.10.2021. 19.10.2021 BACK TO NORMAL Slowly life is getting back to normal and so clubs are finally opening their doors again for clubnights and concerts. We're also happy to announce the first new post corona live shows for the coming weeks: 30.10.2021 SINNERS DAY INDOOR - Heusden/Zolder - Belgium 06.11.2021 WROCLAW INDUSTRIAL FESTIVAL - Wroclaw - Poland * 20.11.2021 DAS BETT - Frankfurt - Germany 25.12.2021 DARK STORM - Chemnitz - Germany * exclusive vintage set 24.08.2021 LAST MINUTE ANNOUNCEMENT: SUICIDE COMMANDO @ SINNERS DAY SPECIAL FESTIVAL SUICIDE COMMANDO is added to the line up of the Sinners Day Special Festival in Ostend (Belgium) for August 25th 2021. Other bands playing at this festival are The Neon Judgement, Front 242, Whispering Sons ... and many more. 03.07.2021 CONFIRMED SUMMER SHOWS Now that live shows slowly get allowed again, SUICIDE COMMANDO will do 4 exclusive German live shows in July ! 17.07.2021 Gelsenkirchen 23.07.2021 Leipzig 24.07.2021 Dresden 25.07.2021 Munich For more info check our live dates or our fb profile at www.facebook.com/IIXIII 22.06.2021 MORE SHOWS COMING UP After the announcement of the Leaether Strip/Suicide Commando show in Gelsenkirchen (Germany) on July 17th, we now also are happy to announce a 2nd new show on July 23rd in Leipzig (Germany) at the Electronic Infernal Summer Open Air festival. Other bands playing at this 2-day festival will be Solitary Experiments, Lights of Euphoria ... and more. 24.05.2021 FIRST NEW LIVE SHOW CONFIRMED A first new SUICIDE COMMANDO live show since the covid pandemic is now finally announced for July 17th 2021. The show will take place at Circus Probst in Nienhausen (Gelsenkirchen - Germany). Support act will be the legendary Leaether Strip. 27.10.2020 MINDSTRIP REDUX OUT NOW 20 years after the release of the "Mindstrip" album, still one of the most influential albums in the darker electro scene, SUICIDE COMMANDO now releases "Mindstrip Redux 2000 - 2020". "Mindstrip Redux" is available as limited DCD digipack, as limited colored double vinyl and digital. It contains completely new versions of the entire "Mindstrip" album. 28.08.2020 NEW SINGLE OUT AUGUST 28TH On August 28th the new double A-side single "Dein Herz, meine gier/Bunkerb!tch" will be released on Out Of Line Records. The single will include brandnew versions of the old classic "Dein Herz, meine Gier" and "Blood in face", but also will hold 2 new songs called "Bunkerb!tch" and "Belief". Limited to 999 copies. 09.08.2020 WEBSITE DOWN We recently had some technical issues on our website. We're still working on the last bugs, but website should be up soon again. Our apologies for any inconvenience caused. 19.05.2020 SUICIDE COMMANDO ANNOUNCES NEW RELEASES In the next few months SUICIDE COMMANDO will release no less than 3 (!) new releases. Coming up soon are a new single, a special limited double vinyl & a special DCD box to celebrate 20 years of "mindstrip" which was originally released back in 2000. More infos will follow shortly. 19.05.2020 MORE SHOWS CANCELLED DUE TO CORONA Unfortunately we had to cancel or postpone more SUICIDE COMMANDO live shows due to the ongoing corona pandemic. Except the entire US tour we also had to cancel or postpone shows in Germany, Belgium, Spain ... At the moment we're still trying to find new dates for most of the postponed shows. We'll keep you updated. 12.03.2020 US TOUR CANCELLED DUE TO CORONA/COVID-19 OFFICIAL STATEMENT With deep regret we have to announce that we have to cancel our upcoming US tour due to the travel restrictions for European citizens entering the USA. Despite the current situation we still did our utmost to make this tour happen, but unfortunately last night US president Donald Trump pulled the plug. We hope for your understanding and we already want to thank all of you for your supportive words so far. We'll get back to you with more news soon. Now, please keep calm and stay healthy ! 03.03.2020 SUICIDE COMMANDO 2020 LIVE DATES 20.03.2020 Los Angeles - USA 21.03.2020 Oakland - USA 22.03.2020 Portland - USA 24.03.2020 Kansas City - USA 26.03.2020 Fairfield - USA 27.03.2020 Atlanta - USA 28.03.2020 Chicago - USA 29.03.2020 Parsipanny - USA 15.05.2020 Berlin - Germany 16.05.2020 Bischofswerda - Germany 23.05.2020 Waregem - Belgium 26.07.2020 Cologne - Germany 12.09.2020 Rotterdam - Netherlands 24.10.2020 Madrid - Spain 25.12.2020 Chemnitz - Germany More 2020 dates to be announced soon ! 03.12.2019 MORE US SHOWS ADDED Following US live dates are now confirmed for Spring 2020: 20.03.2020 Catch One - Los Angeles 21.03.2020 Elbo Room - Oakland 26.03.2020 The Venue - Fairfield (Ohio) 28.03.2020 Wire - Chicago 29.03.2020 Dark Side of the Con - Parsipanny (NY) 12.11.2019 SUICIDE COMMANDO ANNOUNCE NEW US TOUR FOR 2020 With shows in Chicago (28.03.2020) and Parsippany - New York (29.03.2020) SUICIDE COMMANDO just announced the first dates of their upcoming US tour in Spring 2020. More US dates will follow in the next weeks. 16.09.2019 SUICIDE COMMANDO FEATURED IN AMERICAN TV SERIES SUICIDE COMMANDO got featured with "die motherfucker die" in episode 4 from The Righteous Gemstones, a popular American comedy television series on Netflix starring big names like Danny McBride, John Goodman, Adam DeVine ... The song was featured for almost 3 minutes. 12.07.2019 HELLRAISER ON PICTURE DISC VINYL On August 9th SUICIDE COMMANDO will release a limited picture disc vinyl featuring brandnew versions of "hellraiser" and "mindstripper". "Hellraiser" originally was released in 2000 on the "mindstrip" album and became one of SUICIDE COMMANDO's biggest clubhits ever. Now, almost 20 years later, a brandnew version will be released on a special limited picture disc vinyl. The A-side furthermore will hold another brand new interpretation of the song "mindstripper", while on the B-side you'll find the original version of "hellraiser" and the rare "kevorkian" both remastered. 22.04.2019 NEW AMERICA TOURDATES COMPLETE End of June SUICIDE COMMANDO will start their "impaled part 1" tour throughout selected US and Canada cities. Here's where you can catch them live: 21.06.2019 The Orpheum - Tampa - USA 22.06.2019 Bar XIII - Wilmington - USA 24.06.2019 Mohawk Place - Buffalo - USA 26.06.2019 Foufounes Electriques - Montreal - Canada 28.06.2019 Highline - Seattle - USA 29.06.2019 The Oriental Theater - Denver - USA 30.06.2019 Dickens - Calgary - Canada 07.03.2019 NEW AMERICA TOUR & OTHER LIVE SHOWS ANNOUNCED After a short break SUICIDE COMMANDO will soon hit the road again for a bunch of new live shows in Europe, but also a new North America tour is announced for end of June, with shows in Tampa, Denver, Seattle, Montreal … Check out our live dates section for all new dates. And more is yet to come ... 02.01.2019 HAPPY NEW YEAR In name of the entire SUICIDE COMMANDO crew we want to wish you all the very best for the new year ! Thanks for your neverending support during the last year(s). Please welcome 2019 ! 08.12.2018 2018 BUSIEST SUICIDE COMMANDO YEAR EVER With already 25 live shows done and 1 more to come on Dec. 22nd (@ Das Bett in Frankfurt - Germany), 2018 became the busiest SUICIDE COMMANDO year ever. New shows (including a new USA tour) for 2019 are already in planning, so more is to come soon. 23.07.2018 MORE TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED 2018 seems to become the busiest year in SUICIDE COMMANDO's career so far. After successful shows in Mexico, USA, Sweden and Denmark, the band soon can be seen on stage here: 26.07.2018 Munich - Germany 27.07.2018 Cologne - Germany 04.08.2018 Utrecht - Holland 19.08.2018 Amougies - Belgium 14.09.2018 Flums Hochwiese - Swiss 15.09.2018 Turin - Italy 27.10.2018 Helsinki - Finland 28.10.2018 London - UK More shows will be announced soon/ 09.06.2018 "DEATH WILL FIND YOU" REACHES THE TOP "Death lies waiting" from the new single/EP "Death will find you" once again reached the N° 1 positions in both the German Electronic Web Charts (GEWC) and the German Alternative Charts (DAC). The single/EP was released on May 4th on Out Of Line & Metropolis Records. 21.03.2018 NEW NORTH AMERICA TOUR DATES ANNOUNCED End of May SUICIDE COMMANDO will return to North America for the second leg of their "forest of the impaled" tour. The tour will start with 2 dates in Mexico, before doing 6 more US shows. Here are now the dates: 25.05.2018 Mexico City (Mex) 26.05.2018 Tijuana (Mex) 27.05.2018 Portland (USA) 29.05.2018 Richmond (USA) 31.05.2018 Pittsburgh (USA) 01.06.2018 Milwaukee (USA) 02.06.2018 Providence (USA) 03.06.2018 Palm Beach (USA) 21.03.2018 NEW SINGLE COMING UP SUICIDE COMMANDO just announced a new EP/MCD will be coming up soon. The special limited EP will feature besides the 2 main tracks (reworked versions of "death lies waiting" and "we are transitory", both from the latest "forest of the impaled" album), 2 brandnew songs and several exclusive remixes. More details will follow soon. 18.01.2018 IIXIII 2018 IIXIII Happy new year to you all ! Meanwhile 2017 already seems far gone and history, but less us look back one more time ... 2017 was a great year for SUICIDE COMMANDO, our long awaited new album "forest of the impaled" did amazingly well and even reached the official german album charts at an incredible 28th position. We also did some extensive touring again with a new USA tour, but also shows in Spain, Greece and even Malta, being the very first alternative electro band ever playing in Malta ... And 2018 is looking to become a very busy touring year as well, with many new shows already announced and many more to come. We're also working on a new single which should be out before summer. And maybe we'll have some more surprises up our sleeves for you. Thanks for your neverending support and see you soon ! 28.10.2017 WEBSITE UPDATE, NEW ONLINE MAIL ORDER SHOP AND MORE ... We finally were able to do a major website update, including updated discography, biography, lyrics ... Furthermore we finally have a new SUICIDE COMMANDO online mail order shop at www.suicidecommando.bigcartel.com You can also follow SUICIDE COMMANDO on Twitter: www.twitter.com/SUICIDECOMMANDO 29.08.2017 "FOREST OF THE IMPALED" ENTERS THE OFFICIAL GERMAN CHARTS "Forest of the impaled", the new album from SUICIDE COMMANDO entered the official german album top 100 charts at position 28. After "when evil speaks", SUICIDE COMMANDO's previous album, already entered the official german media control charts at an amazing position 47, the new album now topped it with this fantastic chart entry. 29.08.2017 "FOREST OF THE IMPALED" OUT NOW ! "Forest of the impaled", the 9th full length album from SUICIDE COMMANDO is out now (official release date 21.07.2017) in Europe through Out Of Line Music. In the USA and the rest of the world the album will be released early September through Metropolis Records. 08.06.2017 NEW ALBUM "FOREST OF THE IMPALED" COMING THIS SUMMER The long awaited new SUICIDE COMMANDO album will be entitled "Forest of the impaled" and will be released in Europe through Out Of Line still this summer. In the USA Metropolis Records will release the album early September. The album will be available in not less then 5 different formats: - regular CD - limited 2CD edition including an extra remix CD - limited 4CD edition including an extra remix CD, tribute CD and bonus single - a limited vinyl edition - digital More infos will follow soon. 17.04.2017 NEW US TOUR SCHEDULED FOR SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER It is promising to become a very busy autumn this year for SUICIDE COMMANDO as the band also finally will return to the US for a new tour. Here are now the confirmed shows for the US tour: 29.09.2017 Newark, QXTs 30.09.2017 Newark, QXTs (worldwide exclusive vintage show) 02.10.2017 Tampa, Orpheum 03.10.2017 Austin, Elysium 04.10.2017 Denver, The Oriental Theater 06.10.2017 tba 07.10.2017 LA, Das Bunker 17.04.2017 NEW ALBUM COMING SOON It took a bit longer then expected but we now finally can announce that the new SUICIDE COMMANDO album is almost finished and scheduled to be released this summer. At this moment Johan is putting the last hand on the final songs for the follow up for the 2013 released "when evil speaks". So stay tuned for more details soon ! 07.11.2016 30 YEARS OF SUICIDE COMMANDO GIFT As a special thank you for all visitors of the 30 years of SUICIDE COMMANDO anniversary show in Leopoldsburg, Johan compiled and released the "collective suicide 1986-2016" CD sampler, featuring a collection of previously unreleased, rare or limited material from 1986 till 2016. "collective suicide 1986-2016" was released as a special limited edition on 250 copies and won't be available in the shops. 09.10.2016 ANNIVERSARY SHOW IN LEOPOLDSBURG SOLD OUT ! The special 30 years of SUICIDE COMMANDO anniversary show in Johan's hometown Leopoldsburg on Oct. 22nd is already sold out since a couple of weeks. SUICIDE COMMANDO will do a special double show (a vintage set + a best of show) with special guests and after party. Place to be: YAP - Leopoldsburg (Belgium) 03.09.2016 SUICIDE COMMANDO HEADLINER AT DETI NOCHI FESTIVAL SUICIDE COMMANDO is this year's headliner at the Ukrainian DETI NOCHI Festival on Sep. 24th in Kiew. It's the very first time SUICIDE COMMANDO will play in Ukraine, so don't miss this unique opportunity. 02.08.2016 EXCLUSIVE ANNIVERSARY SHOW IN LEOPOLDSBURG To celebrate 30 years of SUICIDE COMMANDO, Johan Van Roy decided to do a special exclusive and one time only double live show in his own hometown Leopoldsburg (Belgium) on Oct. 22nd 2016. This double show (vintage set presenting the band's early works + a best of show) will take place at YAP, a small club in Leopoldsburg. Don't miss this unique double show as it will be the only time ever to see both shows on one evening ! 10.05.2016 COMPENDIUM X30 & BIND TORTURE KILL DOUBLE VINYL Dependent, the former label of SUICIDE COMMANDO, decided to re-issue all SUICIDE COMMANDO albums ever released on their label between 1999 and 2007, under the name "Compendium X30". The release will come in a special boxset containing 9 CD's + 1 live DVD, for a low special price. Release date is set for May 13th ! 2 weeks later Dependent also will re-release the "bind, torture, kill" album as a special limited (to 500 copies only) double gatefold vinyl. The double vinyl will include the entire "bind, torture, kill" CD + 4 rare bonus tracks. 14.03.2016 ANOTHER TAPE RE-RELEASE ON CD COMING After the very successful re-issue of SUICIDE COMMANDO's "Electro Convulsion Therapy" tape from 1993 on LP/CD, SUICIDE COMMANDO will now also re-release another old tape from 1992 "Black Flowers". The re-issue of "Black Flowers" will be released as a strictly limited digipack CD on April 1st on the Berlin based Sleepless Records from Eric Van Wonterghem (Sonar/Monolith/Absolute Body Control) and will feature as bonus an extra Industrial soundscape of over 30 minutes called "Baustellen". 09.01.2016 SUICIDE COMMANDO ANNOUNCES NEW LIVE DATES SUICIDE COMMANDO just announced a new bunch of live dates coming up this year, here's an actual list of which shows are confirmed so far: 13.02.2016 E-Only Festival - Leipzig - Germany >>> vintage show 05.03.2016 E-tropolis Festival - Oberhausen - Germany >>> vintage show 18.03.2016 Out Of Line Weekender - Berlin - Germany 09.04.2016 Zürich - Swiss 14.05.2016 WGT - Leipzig - Germany 24.07.2016 Amphi Festival - Cologne - Germany 13/14.08.2016 M'era Luna Festival - Hildesheim - Germany 01.10.2016 Paris - France >>> vintage show 26.11.2016 Schattenwelt Festival - Schwechat - Austria More shows are in planning and will be announced soon.