Sepultura discography Sepultura performing at Metalmania in 2007Studio albums 15 EPs 4 Live albums 3 Compilation albums 4 Singles 21 Video albums 6 Music videos 21
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
Year
Album details
Peak chart positions
Sales
Certifications
AUS
AUT
FRA
GER
NLD
SWE
SWI
UK
UK Rock
US
US Ind.
1986
Morbid Visions
Released: 10 November 1986
Label: Cogumelo
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1987
Schizophrenia
Released: 30 October 1987
Label: Cogumelo
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1989
Beneath the Remains
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96
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1991
Arise
Released: 2 April 1991
Label: Roadrunner
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25
68
46
24
40
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119
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1993
Chaos A.D.
Released: 19 October 1993
Label: Roadrunner/Epic
27
19
6
11
21
11
15
11
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32
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1996
Roots
Released: 12 March 1996
Label: Roadrunner
3
2
4
7
6
5
16
4
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27
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ARIA: Gold
BEA: Gold
BPI: Gold
IFPI AUT : Gold
MC : Gold
NVPI: Gold
RIAA: Gold
SNEP : Gold
1998
Against
Released: 6 October 1998
Label: Roadrunner
25
23
33
23
76
33
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40
—
82
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2001
Nation
Released: 20 March 2001
Label: Roadrunner
40
41
91
28
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—
84
88
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134
4
2003
Roorback
Released: 27 May 2003
Label: SPV /Universal Music
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77
46
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69
129
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17
2006
Dante XXI
Released: 14 March 2006
Label: SPV
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166
64
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8
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45
2009
A-Lex
Released: 27 January 2009
Label: SPV
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53
150
82
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68
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22
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48
2011
Kairos
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75
87
49
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45
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26
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48
2013
The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the Heart
Released: 29 October 2013
Label: Nuclear Blast
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153
76
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96
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22
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50
2017
Machine Messiah
Released: 13 January 2017
Label: Nuclear Blast/Sony Music
82
33
114
27
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27
165
9
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11
2020
Quadra
Released: 7 February 2020
Label: Nuclear Blast
112
17
63
5
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13
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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
FRA
SWI
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
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2014
Metal Veins – Alive in Rock in Rio
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2021
SepulQuarta
Released: 13 August 2021
Label: Nuclear Blast
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22
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.
Compilation albums
Year
Album details
Peak positions
AUS
US
1996
The Roots of Sepultura
Released: 29 November 1996
Label: Roadrunner
42
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1997
Blood-Rooted
Released: 3 June 1997
Label: Roadrunner
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162
1997
B-Sides
Released: 1997
Label: Roadrunner
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2006
The Best of Sepultura
Released: 12 September 2006
Label: Roadrunner
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"—" 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
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
FIN
FRA
GER
IRL
NLD
NOR
NZL
SWE
UK
1991
"Arise "
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Arise
"Under Siege (Regnum Irae) "
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91
"Dead Embryonic Cells "
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1993
"Refuse/Resist "
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—
—
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29
—
—
—
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51
Chaos A.D.
1994
"Territory "
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—
—
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8
—
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50
—
66
"Slave New World "
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
32
46
1996
"Roots Bloody Roots "
44
2
26
42
27
35
20
—
14
19
Roots
"Ratamahatta "
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23
"Attitude "
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16
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46
1998
"Choke "
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91
Against
1999
"Against "
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"Tribus "
82
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2006
"Convicted in Life "
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Dante XXI
2011
"Kairos"
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Kairos
2013
"The Age of the Atheist"
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The Mediator Between Head and Hands Must Be the Heart
2015
"Sepultura Under My Skin"
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Sepultura Under My Skin
2016
"I Am the Enemy"
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Machine Messiah
"Phantom Self"
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2019
"Isolation"
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Quadra
"Last Time"
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2020
"Means to an End"
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"Guardians of Earth"
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"—" 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
1995
Third World Chaos
Released: 27 June 1995
Label: Roadrunner
6
1997
We Are What We Are
Released: 28 January 1997
Label: Roadrunner
19
2002
Chaos DVD
Released: 7 October 2002
Label: Roadrunner
38
2005
Live in São Paulo
Released: 8 November 2005
Label: SPV
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2014
Metal Veins – Alive in Rock in Rio
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1. Billboard Top Music Video Charts.
Music videos
Notes
^ Peaks in Australia:
"Austria Top 40 – Hitparade Österreich" (in German). austriancharts.at. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
^ "Les charts français" (in French). lescharts.com. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
^ "Discographie von Sepultura" . GfK Entertainment. Retrieved 13 February 2020.
^ "Dutch charts portal" (in Dutch). dutchcharts.nl. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
^ "Swedish charts portal" (in Swedish). swedishcharts.com. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
^ "Die Offizielle Schweizer Hitparade und Music Community" (in German). hitparade.ch. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
^ "Official Charts Company" . Official Charts Company. Retrieved 28 February 2020.
"Chart Log UK" . Zobbel.de. Retrieved 30 July 2010.
^ "Sepultura Chart History: Billboard 200" . Billboard . Retrieved 20 March 2011.
"Sepultura Chart History: Independent Albums" . Billboard . Retrieved 20 March 2011.
^ "The BPI – Search the Awards Database" . British Phonographic Industry . Retrieved 31 May 2008.
"ARIA Charts – Accreditations – 1997 Albums" . Australian Recording Industry Association . Archived from the original on 28 May 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2008.
^ Barcinski & Gomes 1999, page 143.
^ "Goud/Platina Muziek" . The Dutch Association of Producers and Importers of image – and sound carriers . Archived from the original on 21 February 2009. Retrieved 27 April 2008.
^ "Searchable Database" . Recording Industry Association of America . Retrieved 31 May 2008.
^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 248.
"SEPULTURA: Discography: Career Albums" . MusicMight . Retrieved 24 May 2008.
"Gold und Platin Datenbank" . Verband der Österreichischen Musik Wirstchaft . Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 27 April 2008.
"Search Certification Database" . Canadian Recording Industry Association . Archived from the original on 1 May 2010. Retrieved 31 May 2008.
"Les Certifications Albums – Année 1997" (in French). National Union of Phonographic Publishing. Archived from the original on 17 December 2007. Retrieved 28 July 2008.
^ "SEPULTURA Frontman Says His Band is Better off on a Smaller Record Label" . 5 October 2003.
^ "ANDREAS KISSER: For A Band Like SEPULTURA, Record Sales Don't Really Matter" . Blabbermouth. 11 February 2009. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
"SEPULTURA: 'Dante XXI' Certified Gold in Cyprus" . Blabbermouth.net . 21 March 2007. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
"SEPULTURA: 'Kairos' First-Week Sales Revealed" . 20 July 2011.
"SEPULTURA: 'Mediator Between Head and Hands' First-Week Sales Revealed" . 6 November 2013.
"Metal By Numbers 1/25: Code Orange crush the chartsMetal Insider" . Metal Insider . 25 January 2017. Retrieved 27 January 2017.
"Metal by Numbers 2/19: Getting lost in the charts | Metal Insider" . 19 February 2020.
"Bubbling Down Under Week Commencing 6 July 1992" . Bubbling Down Under . Retrieved 6 July 2024.
"Finnish charts portal" . finnishcharts.com. Retrieved 16 October 2008.
"Search the charts" (in Irish). Irish charts. Archived from the original on 2 June 2009. Retrieved 22 July 2008.
"Norwegian charts portal" (in Norwegian). norwegiancharts.com. Retrieved 1 August 2008.
"New Zealand charts portal" . charts.nz. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
"Sepultura – Convicted in Life" . Discogs. Retrieved 20 March 2011.
"Top Music Video – Under Siege" . Billboard . 11 April 1992. Archived from the original on 31 January 2009. Retrieved 4 December 2008.
"Top Music Video – Third World Chaos" . Billboard . 5 August 1995. Archived from the original on 31 January 2009. Retrieved 4 December 2008.
"Top Music Video – We Are What We Are" . Billboard . 8 March 1997. Archived from the original on 31 January 2009. Retrieved 4 December 2008.
"Top Music Video – Chaos DVD" . Billboard . 14 September 2002. Archived from the original on 31 January 2009. Retrieved 4 December 2008.
^ Chaos DVD (DVD). Roadrunner Records. 2002.
^ Live in São Paulo (DVD). Steamhammer/SPV. 2005.
"Refuse/Resist | Sepultura | Music Video | MTV" . MTV Networks. 20 December 2005. Archived from the original on 2 March 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2008.
"Convicted in Life | Sepultura | Music Video | MTV" . MTV Networks. 5 September 2006. Archived from the original on 25 February 2007. Retrieved 16 October 2008.
"Sepultura: "Ostia" Video Posted Online" . Blabbermouth.net. 9 January 2008. Archived from the original on 31 January 2009. Retrieved 16 October 2008.
"Broadcast Yourself" . Retrieved 24 November 2010 – via YouTube.
"Broadcast Yourself" . Retrieved 24 November 2010 – via YouTube.
"Broadcast Yourself" . 6 November 2013. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 6 November 2013 – via YouTube.
"SepulQuarta – LIVE Q&A with David Ellefson (Megadeth & Metal Allegiance), Andreas & Paulo" . 9 September 2020. Archived from the original on 21 December 2021. Retrieved 15 September 2020 – via YouTube.
References
Barcinski, André; Gomes, Silvio (1999). Sepultura: Toda a História (in Portuguese). Editora 34. ISBN 85-7326-156-0 .
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