Test Dept are proud to announce the first release through their new deal with Artoffact Records.
The 4CD box set is the first in a series of carefully curated back catalogue boxsets and is scheduled for release on 5th December.

The release, crafted from archival recordings by founder members Paul Jamrozy and Graham Cunnington, includes:
> 42 tracks (see tracklisting at end of email)
> The first ever reissue of the essential debut album “Strength of Metal In Motion”
> 2 John Peel Sessions
> 7 other previously unavailable recordings
> 26 tracks debuting on CD
> All tracks expertly remastered by Graham Cunnington & Paul Lavigne (Kontrast Mastering)
>24 page booklet including archival photographs and newly commissioned essay by Test Dept expert Alexei Monroe
> 5-panel ecopak with exquisite design throughout by Paul Jamrozy & Stefan Alt (Ant-Zen)


BUY "INDUSTRIAL OVERTURE":
Signed CD (pre-orders only) from Lexer Music
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CD1 - STRENGTH OF METAL IN MOTION (2025 Remaster)
1. Last Rites^
2. Shockwork/Workshock^
3. Prokofiev’s Dream^
4. Drum and Body^
5. Death Of God^
6. Dawn of Humanity^
7. Blood and Sweat(Stakhanovite)^
8. WWBC^
9. Kindergarten^
10. Interlude*
11. Disneyland^
12. Feeling It All^
13. On Pain^
1-5] Albany Empire (Deptford) 25-08-82
6] Arch 69 (Waterloo) 14-05-83
7-8+12-13] Temperance Hall (Newbury) 24-04-82
9-11] Acklam Hall (Notting Hill) 23-07-82


CD2 - ECSTASY UNDER DURESS (2025 Remaster)
1. Hunger
2. Compulsion
3. In Uniform
4. Slow Hunger
5. Spring Into Action
6. Gdańsk
7. Shockwork
8. Efficiency
9. Beating Retreat
1] Britannia Row Studios (London)
2+7] Heaven (London) 11-12-83
3+5] Porterhouse (Retford) 10-12-83
4] Henry Wood Hall (Glasgow) 23-12-83
6] Batcave (London) 01-08-82
8-9] Arch 69 (Waterloo)


CD3 - JOHN PEEL SESSIONS & STUDIO RECORDINGS
1. Blood and Sweat*
2. Shockwork*
3. Gdańsk*
4. Efficiency^
5. Shockwork*
6. State of Affairs*
7. Hunger*
8. Operation Prayer Power*
9. Massive Kamikaze Attack*
10. Shockwork^
11. Gdańsk *
12. Gdańsk Dub*
1-3] Goldsmiths College Demos 18-03-82
4] Touch Meridians 1 Version 1983
5-7] John Peel Session 15-08-1983
8-9] John Peel Session 04-02-1985
10] Trident Studios Version
11-12] Red Herrings Versions 1984


CD4 - ATONAL & HAMBURG (2025 Remaster)
1. The Fall From Light
2. Total State Machine
3. Shockwork
4. Gdańsk
5. Kick to Kill
6. Fist
7. 51st State of America
8. Corridor of Cells*
1-4] Atonal Festival (Berlin) 17-02-85
5-8] Markthalle (Hamburg) 27-10-85

* Previously unreleased
^ First time on CD