Group
Test Dept.
T.D.A. · Test Department · Test Dept
British band
Biography
Test Dept, sometimes credited as Test Department is a British industrial music group from London, England, that was one of the most important and influential early industrial music acts. Their approach was marked by the use of "found" material, re-constructed to better serve their purpose, of making "more" with "less".
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Songs written
- Critical Frame of Mindwriter1994 · 2 releases
Songs recorded
- Shockwork14 versions
- The Ritz Soundcheck [untitled]11 versions
- Gdansk7 versions
- Efficiency6 versions
- Total State Machine6 versions
- Fist5 versions
- Kick to Kill5 versions
- New World Order5 versions
- Spring Into Action5 versions
- 51st State of America4 versions
- Corridor Of Cells4 versions
- Gdańsk4 versions
- Hunger4 versions
- Inheritance4 versions
- Victory4 versions
- Arddyledog Ganu3 versions
- Beating Retreat3 versions
- Demonomania3 versions
- Landlord3 versions
- Sweet Sedation3 versions
- The Fall From Light3 versions
- WWBC3 versions
- Agincourt2 versions
- Cha Till Sinn Tuille (We Shall Return No More)2 versions
- Cold Witness2 versions
- Compulsion2 versions
- Death of God2 versions
- Empire2 versions
- Fuel To Fight2 versions
- Full Spectrum Dominance (JD Twitch remix)2 versions
- Full Spectrum Dominance (JD Twitch remix) (instrumental)2 versions
- Genius2 versions
- Gwŷr a Aeth Gatraeth2 versions
- High Resolution Retina2 versions
- In Uniform2 versions
- Information Scare (Imperial Black Unit remix)2 versions
- Information Scare (Imperial Black Unit remix) (instrumental)2 versions
- Jerusalem2 versions
- Kindergarten2 versions
- Last Rites2 versions
- On Pain2 versions
- Plastic2 versions
- Slow Hunger2 versions
- State of Affairs2 versions
- Tabla Rasa2 versions
- The Legacy (A Lasting Presence)2 versions
- [untitled]2 versions
- 2 Ghettos
- 51st State of America (Hamburg Live '85)
- A Bird or a Bullet (Thought mix)
- A Good Night Out
- Accusation
- Al' Rabih (The Spring)
- Al'Rabih (The Spring)
- Apocalypse
- Arddyledog Ganu (live in Polvergi, 1989 (2026 remaster))
- Atlantis
- Bang on It
- Bang on It (Metal edit)
- Bang on It (TC Ruff House mix)
- Bang on It! (T*A*O* Systems mix)
- Bang on It! (T.C. Ruff House remix)
- Battle (early studio Sessions, reworked 2026)
- Beating Retreat (Live at Arch 69 [Waterloo])
- Berserking (early studio Sessions, reworked 2026)
- Blood and Sweat
- Blood and Sweat (Goldsmiths Demo Version [2025 Master])
- Blood and Sweat (Stakhanovite)
- Blood and Sweat (Stakhanovite) (Live at Temperance Hall - Newbury [2025 Remaster])
- Characters of Light
- Chillo (Sunrise)
- Chillo (Sunset)
- Compulsion (Live at Heaven [London])
- Compulsion (Machine Run)
- Compulsion (instrumental)
- Comrade Enver Hoxha
- Comrades
- Comrades in Arms
- Corridor of Cells (Hamburg Live '85 [2025 Remaster])
- Cracked Facade
- Critical Dub
- Critical Frame of Mind (Criminal edit)
- Critical Frame of Mind (Lyrical mix)
- Current Affairs
- Dark Eyes
- Dark Light
- Dawn of Humanity
- Dawn of Humanity (Live at Arch 69 - Waterloo [2025 Remaster])
- Death of God (Live at Albany Empire - Deptford [2025 Remaster])
- Debris
- Debris (Shelley Parker remix)
- Demonomania (remix)
- Disneyland
- Disneyland (Live at Acklam Hall - Notting Hill [2025 Remaster])
- Documentary (1990)
- Drum & Body
- Drum and Body
- Drum and Body (Live at Albany Empire - Deptford [2025 Remaster])
- Efficiency (Live at Arch 69 [Waterloo])
- Efficiency (Touch Meridians 1 Version [2025 Remaster])
- Enigma of Doctor Dee
- Entry of the Warriors (early studio Sessions, reworked 2026)
- Epilogue (live in Polvergi, 1989 (2026 remaster))
- Extract From Exercise of Will
- Faces of Freedom (HeadFuck) - NOzone Mix
- Faces of Freedom (Headfuck) (Virus mix)
- Fall from Light
- Fall from Light (Atonal Live '85)
- Farewell the Trumpets
- Feeling It All
- Feeling It All (Live at Temperance Hall - Newbury [2025 Remaster])
- Finale
- Firedance
- Fist (FA4S mix 132 BPM)
- Fist (Hamburg Live '85)
- Forward
- From the Land
- Fuckhead
- Fuckhead/Headfuck (2016 mix)
- Fuel Foundation of the Nation (live)
Film soundtracks
Albums
CompulsionTest Dept. · 1983
Peel Session 1983.Test Dept. · 1983
Strength Of Metal In MotionTest Dept. · 1983
Beating the RetreatTest Dept. · 1984
Ecstacy Under DuressTest Dept. · 1984
Live at The Ritz - New York July 1984Test Dept. · 1984
Shoulder to ShoulderSouth Wales Striking Miners Choir / Test Dept. · 1984
European Network 1-9-8-5Test Dept. · 1986
Live At Transmusicales De RennesTest Dept. · 1986
The Faces of Freedom 1 2 & 3Test Dept. · 1986
The Unacceptable Face of FreedomTest Dept. · 1986
A Good Night OutTest Dept. · 1987
VictoryTest Dept. · 1987
GododdinTest Dept. & Brith Gof · 1988
Natura VictusTest Dept. · 1988
Terra FirmaTest Dept. · 1988
Pax AmericanaTest Dept. · 1990
New World OrderTest Dept. · 1991
Pax BritannicaTest Dept. · 1991
Proven in ActionTest Dept. · 1991
Atonal & Hamburg 'Live'Test Dept. · 1992
Bang on It!Test Dept. · 1993
Legacy (1990-1993)Test Dept. · 1994
TotalityTest Dept. · 1995
Totality 1Test Dept. · 1995
Totality 1 & 2Test Dept. · 1996
Totality 2: Genius MixesTest Dept. · 1996
The Enigma of Doctor DeeTest Dept. · 1997
Tactics for EvolutionTest Dept. · 1998
Faces of Freedom (Headfuck)Test Dept. · 2017
DisturbanceTest Dept. · 2019
Disturbance DisorderedTest Dept · 2019
Full Spectrum DominanceTest Dept · 2025
Industrial OvertureTest Dept. · 2025
Industrial OvertureTest Dept. · 2025
Information ScareTest Dept. · 2025
PROLOGUE (Early Studio Sessions, Reworked 2026)Test Dept & Brith Gof · 2026
Speak Truth to PowerTest Dept.
White LabelTest Dept.
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