Bind, Torture, Kill

Suicide Commando

Product Details

• Audio CD (April 11, 2006)
• Original Release Date: April 11, 2006
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Metropolis Records
• ASIN: B000EOTWK6
• In-Print Editions: MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #26,646 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Editorial Reviews

Product Description

His sixth album has everything one would expect of Suicide Commando - distorted vocals, heavy crunching beats, raspy melodies, and piercing high end. But this one is different. It has an intensity not seen on previous albums. It's more in your face, like he OD'ed on coffee, speed, adrenaline, and anger. If you thought Suicide Commando was aggressive before, you'd better strap yourself in for one hell of a ride.

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Ideal Example of Terror EBM -- Heavy Hitting, Fast Paced, Dark Music, May 25, 2006

By	M. Mierzwa (Davis, CA USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

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About the Band:
Fronted by Belgian Johan Van Roy, Suicide Commando is the seminal example of an industrial sub-genre known as terror electronic body music (EBM). Like most terror EBM acts, Suicide Commando can be characterized by the use of distorted and twisted vocals over an intense and pounding militaristic beat. As the name of the band might suggest, the lyrics take on an extremely dark subjects, focusing on death and murder. In general, this genre of music isn't seriously promoting or glorifying anything, but is audio art designed to convey an emotional sense of fear and terror.

About the Album:
This latest album will appeal to fans of Suicide Commando's well alternative chart topping album "Mindstrip". Dance friendly and hard hitting, many of the tracks on this album are sure to make their way onto alternative dance floors and radio shows. A common complaint of terror EBM, that the overuse of distorted vocals makes it hard to actually understand the lyrics, does not apply to Bind, Torture, Kill. Van Roy actually has done a beautiful job in balancing the use of voice distortion to the point to where you can clearly understand the lyrics, but to where the distortion adds an angry edge to the fast paced electronic melody and beats.

Recommended Tracks:
- Bind, Torture, Kill
- Bleed For Us All
- Menschenfresser (Eat Me)
- F*** You Bitch

Tracks such as Godsend (Deceased, Pt. 2) also feature spoken word voice-overs similar in style and substance to those used by other industrial albums such as Velvet Acid Christ's "Fun with Knives". This mix of voice-overs & distorted vox works well.

The version of the album being offered on amazon.com is the Metropolis records import. In Europe the album was released on Dependent. The two versions should be very similar. There is however a limited edition version with 5 extra tracks that has also been released. This review is for the regular edition.

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars GREAT ALBUM!, April 28, 2006

By	BALACI MARCEL (Craiova,Romania) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Never one to deviate far from the path, Suicide Commando remains consistent with every release. While new technology or synths may be incorporated, one can always tell its Suicide Commando from his signature sound. He just has this way of writing songs that is easily distinguishable among the masses of other bands in the terror EBM genre. Now ready to release his sixth album, Bind, Torture, Kill, Suicide Commando has delivered another phenomenal album that fans were expecting, but weren't ready for. Bind, Torture, Kill has all of what is expected of Suicide Commando - distorted vocals, heavy crunching beats, raspy melodies, and piercing high end. But, this album is different. It has an intensity not seen before on previous Suicide Commando albums.BEWARE!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars My first Suicide Commando cd, August 29, 2006

By	E. Anderson - See all my reviews (TOP 1000 REVIEWER)

I always been wanting to check out Suicide Commando for some time now. I recently acquired "Bind, Torture, Kill" a couple of weeks ago. I was definitely not disappointed. It took me a few listens for the music to sink but overall I thoroughly enjoyed what I heard. The music kinda reminded me of Mexico's Amduscia and Filament 38 with its distorted vocals and trance like melodies. The music is not your typical EBM. The music is fairly aggressive in comparison to other EBM bands like VNV Nation and Apoptygma Berzerk.

"Bind, Torture, Kill" opens up the album and quickly set the tone for the rest of the album with its aggressive but melodic synthesized melodies.The song could have easily been edited. The lyrics were minimal at best and hearing "Bind, Torture, Kill" over and over again quickly became tiresome. I like how the cd maintains its momentum and energy throughout the album. This terror EBM sound is a nice change of pace from the polished poppier sounds of Apop and VNV.