Sepultura discography

The following is the discography of Sepultura, a Brazilian heavy metal band. Sepultura was formed in Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, in 1984 by brothers Max and Igor Cavalera. After several lineup changes, Paulo Jr. and Jairo Guedz became permanent members for the band's first studio album Morbid Visions, released in 1986 through Cogumelo Records. Guitarist Jairo Guedz left Sepultura following the band's first tour and was replaced by Andreas Kisser. With the new lineup, Sepultura recorded Schizophrenia in 1987. Beneath the Remains, the first album from the band's contract with Roadrunner Records, was released in 1989, followed by Arise in 1991 and Chaos A.D. in 1993. Sepultura's best-selling album Roots, was released in 1996 and debuted at number 27 on the Billboard 200.

Sepultura discography
Sepultura performing at Metalmania in 2007
Studio albums	15
EPs	4
Live albums	4
Compilation albums	4
Singles	21
Video albums	6
Music videos	21

In 1996, vocalist Max Cavalera left the band and formed Soulfly. The other members announced that they would continue under the Sepultura name and were searching for a replacement. Derrick Green was chosen to replace Cavalera, and with the new vocalist the band released Against in 1998. Nation was released in 2001, the band's last studio album with Roadrunner Records. Sepultura signed to German label SPV and released Roorback. Dante XXI was released in 2006 as a concept album inspired by the literary classic Divine Comedy by Dante Alighieri. Igor Cavalera left the band in 2006 and was replaced by Jean Dolabella. In 2009 Sepultura released A-Lex, a concept album about A Clockwork Orange, followed by 2011's Kairos. Drummer Eloy Casagrande replaced Dollabella and in 2013 the band released The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the Heart, which was loosely based on sci-fi film Metropolis. In 2017, Sepultura released their fourteenth studio album Machine Messiah, and followed this in 2020 with their fifteenth studio album Quadra.

Studio albums

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions											Sales	Certifications
		AUS [1]	AUT [2]	FRA [3]	GER [4]	NLD [5]	SWE [6]	SWI [7]	UK [8]	UK Rock [9]	US [10]	US Ind. [11]
1986	Morbid Visions Released: 10 November 1986 Label: Cogumelo	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1987	Schizophrenia Released: 30 October 1987 Label: Cogumelo	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1989	Beneath the Remains Released: 7 April 1989 Label: Roadrunner	—	—	—	96	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1991	Arise Released: 26 March 1991 Label: Roadrunner	—	—	—	25	68	46	24	40	—	119	—		BPI: Silver[12]
1993	Chaos A.D. Released: 28 September 1993 Label: Roadrunner/Epic	27	19	6	11	21	11	15	11	—	32	—		ARIA: Gold[13] BEA: Gold[14] BPI: Gold[12] NVPI: Gold[15] RIAA: Gold[16]
1996	Roots Released: 20 February 1996 Label: Roadrunner	3	2	4	7	6	5	16	4	—	27	—		ARIA: Gold[17] BEA: Gold[14] BPI: Gold[18] IFPI AUT: Gold[19] MC: Gold[20] NVPI: Gold[15] RIAA: Gold[16] SNEP: Gold[21]
1998	Against Released: 6 October 1998 Label: Roadrunner	25	23	33	23	76	33	—	40	—	82	—	US: 129,856[22]
2001	Nation Released: 20 March 2001 Label: Roadrunner	40	41	91	28	—	—	84	88	—	134	4	US: 62,065[22]
2003	Roorback Released: 27 May 2003 Label: SPV/Universal Music	—	—	77	46	—	—	69	129	—	—	17	US: 4,000[23]
2006	Dante XXI Released: 14 March 2006 Label: SPV	—	—	166	64	—	—	—	—	8	—	45	US: 2,300[23]	CYP: Gold[24]
2009	A-Lex Released: 27 January 2009 Label: SPV	—	53	150	82	—	—	68	—	22	—	48	US: 1,600[23]
2011	Kairos Released: 12 July 2011 Label: Nuclear Blast	—	75	87	49	—	—	45	—	26	—	48	US: 2,500[25]
2013	The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the Heart Released: 29 October 2013 Label: Nuclear Blast	—	—	153	76	—	—	96	—	22	—	50	US: 1,800[26]
2017	Machine Messiah Released: 13 January 2017 Label: Nuclear Blast/Sony Music	82	33	114	27	—	—	27	165	9	—	11	US: 1,900[27]
2020	Quadra Released: 7 February 2020 Label: Nuclear Blast	112	17	63	5	—	—	13	—	5	—	—	US: 3,250[28]
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Live albums

Year	Album details	Peak positions
		AUS [17]	FRA [3]	SWI [7]
2002	Under a Pale Grey Sky Released: 22 September 2002 Label: Roadrunner	98	52	99
2005	Live in São Paulo Released: 8 November 2005 Label: SPV	—	—	—
2014	Metal Veins – Alive in Rock in Rio Released: 20 September 2014 Label: Eagle Rock	—	—	—
2021	SepulQuarta Released: 13 August 2021 Label: Nuclear Blast	—	—	22
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Compilation albums

Year	Album details	Peak positions
		AUS [1]	US [10]
1996	The Roots of Sepultura Released: 29 November 1996 Label: Roadrunner	42	—
1997	Blood-Rooted Released: 3 June 1997 Label: Roadrunner	—	162
1997	B-Sides Released: 1997 Label: Roadrunner	—	—
2006	The Best of Sepultura Released: 12 September 2006 Label: Roadrunner	—	—
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Extended plays

Year	Album details
1985	Bestial Devastation Released: 1 December 1985 Label: Cogumelo
1992	Third World Posse Released: 1992, exclusively in Australia and peaked at number #116[29] Label: Roadrunner Records
1996	Natural Born Blasters Released: 1996 Label: Roadrunner Records
2002	Revolusongs Released: 22 November 2002 Label: SPV/Universal Music

LP

Year	Album details
2015	Sepultura Under My Skin Released: 5 June 2015 Label: Nuclear Blast

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions										Album
		AUS [1]	FIN [30]	FRA [3]	GER [4]	IRL [31]	NLD [5]	NOR [32]	NZL [33]	SWE [6]	UK [8]
1991	"Arise"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Arise
	"Under Siege (Regnum Irae)"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	91
	"Dead Embryonic Cells"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1993	"Refuse/Resist"	—	—	—	—	29	—	—	—	—	51	Chaos A.D.
1994	"Territory"	—	—	—	—	8	—	—	50	—	66
	"Slave New World"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	32	46
1996	"Roots Bloody Roots"	44	2	26	42	27	35	20	—	14	19	Roots
	"Ratamahatta"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	23
	"Attitude"	—	16	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	46
1998	"Choke"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	91	Against
1999	"Against"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Tribus"	82	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	"Convicted in Life"[34]	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Dante XXI
2011	"Kairos"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Kairos
2013	"The Age of the Atheist"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the Heart
2015	"Sepultura Under My Skin"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Sepultura Under My Skin
2016	"I Am the Enemy"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Machine Messiah
	"Phantom Self"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2019	"Isolation"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	Quadra
	"Last Time"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2020	"Means to an End"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
	"Guardians of Earth"	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Video albums

Year	Video details	US chart peak
1992	Under Siege (Live in Barcelona) Released: 14 January 1992 Label: Roadrunner	13[35]
1995	Third World Chaos Released: 27 June 1995 Label: Roadrunner	6[36]
1997	We Are What We Are Released: 28 January 1997 Label: Roadrunner	19[37]
2002	Chaos DVD Released: 7 October 2002 Label: Roadrunner	38[38]
2005	Live in São Paulo Released: 8 November 2005 Label: SPV	—
2014	Metal Veins – Alive in Rock in Rio Released: 20 September 2014 Label: Eagle Rock	—

1.^ Billboard Top Music Video Charts.

Music videos

Year	Title	Album	Director
1989	"Inner Self"	Beneath the Remains	Aurelio Diaz[39]
1991	"Dead Embryonic Cells"	Arise	Bill Henderson[39]
1992	"Arise"
1993	"Refuse/Resist"	Chaos A.D.	Peter Christopherson[39]
	"Territory"		Paul Rachman[39]
1994	"Slave New World"		Thomas Mignone[39]
1996	"Roots Bloody Roots"	Roots
	"Ratamahatta"		Fred Stuhr[39]
	"Attitude"		Block[39]
1998	"Choke"	Against	Raul Machado[40]
2003	"Bullet the Blue Sky"	Revolusongs	Ricardo Della Rosa[40]
2004	"Mind War"	Roorback
2005	"Refuse/Resist" (live)	Live in São Paulo	Lecuck Ishida[41]
2006	"Convicted in Life"	Dante XXI	Luis Carone[42]
2008	"Ostia"		Geraldo Moraes[43]
2009	"We've Lost You"	A-Lex	André Moraes[44]
	"What I Do!"		Sepultura[45]
2013	"The Vatican"	The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the Heart	Rafael Kent[46]
2014	"Da Lama ao Caos"
2016	"Phantom Self"	Machine Messiah	Mauricio Eça
2019	"Isolation"	Quadra
2020	"Means to an End"		Otavio Juliano and Luciana Ferraz
	"Guardians of Earth"		Raul Machado[47]