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.

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

YearAlbum detailsPeak chart positionsSalesCertifications
AUSAUTFRAGERNLDSWESWIUKUK RockUSUS Ind.
1986Morbid Visions Released: 10 November 1986 Label: Cogumelo
1987Schizophrenia Released: 30 October 1987 Label: Cogumelo
1989Beneath the Remains Released: 7 April 1989 Label: Roadrunner96
1991Arise Released: 26 March 1991 Label: Roadrunner1942568462440119BPI: Silver
1993Chaos A.D. Released: 28 September 1993 Label: Roadrunner/Epic27196112111151132ARIA: Gold BEA: Gold BPI: Gold NVPI: Gold RIAA: Gold
1996Roots Released: 20 February 1996 Label: Roadrunner32476516427ARIA: Gold BEA: Gold BPI: Gold IFPI AUT: Gold MC: Gold NVPI: Gold RIAA: Gold SNEP: Gold
1998Against Released: 6 October 1998 Label: Roadrunner2523332376334082US: 129,856
2001Nation Released: 20 March 2001 Label: Roadrunner4041912884881344US: 62,065
2003Roorback Released: 27 May 2003 Label: SPV/Universal Music77466912917US: 4,000
2006Dante XXI Released: 14 March 2006 Label: SPV16664845US: 2,300CYP: Gold
2009A-Lex Released: 27 January 2009 Label: SPV5315082682248US: 1,600
2011Kairos Released: 12 July 2011 Label: Nuclear Blast758749452648US: 2,500
2013The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the Heart Released: 29 October 2013 Label: Nuclear Blast15376962250US: 1,800
2017Machine Messiah Released: 13 January 2017 Label: Nuclear Blast/Sony Music82331142727165911US: 1,900
2020Quadra Released: 7 February 2020 Label: Nuclear Blast11217635135US: 3,250
"—" denotes releases that did not chart or were not released in that country.

Live albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak positions
AUSFRASWI
2002Under a Pale Grey Sky Released: 22 September 2002 Label: Roadrunner985299
2005Live in São Paulo Released: 8 November 2005 Label: SPV
2014Metal Veins – Alive in Rock in Rio Released: 20 September 2014 Label: Eagle Vision
2021SepulQuarta Released: 13 August 2021 Label: Nuclear Blast22
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Compilation albums

YearAlbum detailsPeak positions
AUSUS
1996The Roots of Sepultura Released: 29 November 1996 Label: Roadrunner42
1997Blood-Rooted Released: 3 June 1997 Label: Roadrunner116162
1997B-Sides Released: 1997 Label: Roadrunner
2006The Best of Sepultura Released: 12 September 2006 Label: Roadrunner152
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Extended plays

YearAlbum details
1985Bestial Devastation Released: 1 December 1985 Label: Cogumelo
1992Third World Posse Released: 1992, exclusively in Australia and peaked at number #116 Label: Roadrunner Records
1996Natural Born Blasters Released: 1996 Label: Roadrunner Records
2002Revolusongs Released: 22 November 2002 Label: SPV/Universal Music
2026The Cloud of Unknowing Released: 24 April 2026 Label: Nuclear Blast

LP

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

Singles

YearSinglePeak chart positionsAlbum
AUSFINFRAGERIRLNLDNORNZLSWEUK
1991"Arise"Arise
"Under Siege (Regnum Irae)"991
"Dead Embryonic Cells"
1993"Refuse/Resist"195102951Chaos A.D.
1994"Territory"143385066
"Slave New World"10193246
1996"Roots Bloody Roots"44226422735201419Roots
"Ratamahatta"11523
"Attitude"1646
1998"Choke"16091Against
1999"Against"
"Tribus"82
2006"Convicted in Life"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

YearVideo detailsUS chart peak[1]
1992Under Siege (Live in Barcelona) Released: 14 January 1992 Label: Roadrunner13
1995Third World Chaos Released: 27 June 1995 Label: Roadrunner6
1997We Are What We Are Released: 28 January 1997 Label: Roadrunner19
2002Chaos DVD Released: 7 October 2002 Label: Roadrunner38
2005Live in São Paulo Released: 8 November 2005 Label: SPV
2014Metal Veins – Alive in Rock in Rio Released: 20 September 2014 Label: Eagle Vision

1.^ Billboard Top Music Video Charts.

Music videos

YearTitleAlbumDirector
1989"Inner Self"Beneath the RemainsAurelio Diaz
1991"Dead Embryonic Cells"AriseBill Henderson
1992"Arise"
1993"Refuse/Resist"Chaos A.D.Peter Christopherson
"Territory"Paul Rachman
1994"Slave New World"Thomas Mignone
1996"Roots Bloody Roots"Roots
"Ratamahatta"Fred Stuhr
"Attitude"Block
1998"Choke"AgainstRaul Machado
2003"Bullet the Blue Sky"RevolusongsRicardo Della Rosa
2004"Mind War"Roorback
2005"Refuse/Resist" (live)Live in São PauloLecuck Ishida
2006"Convicted in Life"Dante XXILuis Carone
2008"Ostia"Geraldo Moraes
2009"We've Lost You"A-LexAndré Moraes
"What I Do!"Sepultura
2013"The Vatican"The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the HeartRafael Kent
2014"Da Lama ao Caos"
2016"Phantom Self"Machine MessiahMauricio Eça
2019"Isolation"Quadra
2020"Means to an End"Otavio Juliano and Luciana Ferraz
"Guardians of Earth"Raul Machado

Notes

  • Barcinski, André; Gomes, Silvio (1999). Sepultura: Toda a História (in Portuguese). Editora 34. ISBN 85-7326-156-0.

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