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 |
| Live albums | 3 |
| Compilation albums | 4 |
| Video albums | 6 |
| Music videos | 21 |
| EPs | 4 |
| Singles | 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
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1987 | Schizophrenia
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1989 | Beneath the Remains
| — | — | — | 96 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 1991 | Arise
| — | — | — | 25 | 68 | 46 | 24 | 40 | — | 119 | — | ||
| 1993 | Chaos A.D.
| 27 | 19 | 6 | 11 | 21 | 11 | 15 | 11 | — | 32 | — | ||
| 1996 | Roots
| 3 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 4 | — | 27 | — | ||
| 1998 | Against
| 25 | 23 | 33 | 23 | 76 | 33 | — | 40 | — | 82 | — |
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| 2001 | Nation
| 40 | 41 | 91 | 28 | — | — | 84 | 88 | — | 134 | 4 |
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| 2003 | Roorback
| — | — | 77 | 46 | — | — | 69 | 129 | — | — | 17 |
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| 2006 | Dante XXI
| — | — | 166 | 64 | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | 45 |
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| 2009 | A-Lex
| — | 53 | 150 | 82 | — | — | 68 | — | 22 | — | 48 |
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| 2011 | Kairos
| — | 75 | 87 | 49 | — | — | 45 | — | 26 | — | 48 |
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| 2013 | The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the Heart
| — | — | 153 | 76 | — | — | 96 | — | 22 | — | 50 |
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| 2017 | Machine Messiah
| 82 | 33 | 114 | 27 | — | — | 27 | 165 | 9 | — | 11 |
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| 2020 | Quadra
| 112 | 17 | 63 | 5 | — | — | 13 | — | 5 | — | — |
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| "—" 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
| 98 | 52 | 99 |
| 2005 | Live in São Paulo
| — | — | — |
| 2014 | Metal Veins – Alive in Rock in Rio
| — | — | — |
| 2021 | SepulQuarta
| — | — | 22 |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | ||||
Compilation albums
| Year | Album details | Peak positions | |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [1] | US [10] | ||
| 1996 | The Roots of Sepultura
| 42 | — |
| 1997 | Blood-Rooted
| — | 162 |
| 1997 | B-Sides
| — | — |
| 2006 | The Best of Sepultura
| — | — |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart. | |||
Extended plays
| Year | Album details |
|---|---|
| 1985 | Bestial Devastation
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| 1992 | Third World Posse
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| 1996 | Natural Born Blasters
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| 2002 | Revolusongs
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LP
| Year | Album details |
|---|---|
| 2015 | Sepultura Under My Skin
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Singles
| Year | Single | Peak chart positions | Album | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUS [1] | FIN [29] | FRA [3] | GER [4] | IRL [30] | NLD [5] | NOR [31] | NZL [32] | 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"[33] | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 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[1] |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Under Siege (Live in Barcelona)
| 13[34] |
| 1995 | Third World Chaos
| 6[35] |
| 1997 | We Are What We Are
| 19[36] |
| 2002 | Chaos DVD
| 38[37] |
| 2005 | Live in São Paulo
| — |
| 2014 | Metal Veins – Alive in Rock in Rio
| — |
- 1.^ Billboard Top Music Video Charts.
Music videos
| Year | Title | Album | Director |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | "Inner Self" | Beneath the Remains | Aurelio Diaz[38] |
| 1991 | "Dead Embryonic Cells" | Arise | Bill Henderson[38] |
| 1992 | "Arise" | ||
| 1993 | "Refuse/Resist" | Chaos A.D. | Peter Christopherson[38] |
| "Territory" | Paul Rachman[38] | ||
| 1994 | "Slave New World" | Thomas Mignone[38] | |
| 1996 | "Roots Bloody Roots" | Roots | |
| "Ratamahatta" | Fred Stuhr[38] | ||
| "Attitude" | Block[38] | ||
| 1998 | "Choke" | Against | Raul Machado[39] |
| 2003 | "Bullet the Blue Sky" | Revolusongs | Ricardo Della Rosa[39] |
| 2004 | "Mind War" | Roorback | |
| 2005 | "Refuse/Resist" (live) | Live in São Paulo | Lecuck Ishida[40] |
| 2006 | "Convicted in Life" | Dante XXI | Luis Carone[41] |
| 2008 | "Ostia" | Geraldo Moraes[42] | |
| 2009 | "We've Lost You" | A-Lex | André Moraes[43] |
| "What I Do!" | Sepultura[44] | ||
| 2013 | "The Vatican" | The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the Heart | Rafael Kent[45] |
| 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[46] |
Notes
References
- Barcinski, André; Gomes, Silvio (1999). Sepultura: Toda a História (in Portuguese). Editora 34. ISBN 85-7326-156-0.
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