Napalm Death discography

Napalm Death discography
Studio albums	16
EPs	14
Live albums	4
Compilation albums	3
Singles	8
Video albums	3
Music videos	21
Cover albums	2

The following is a comprehensive discography of Napalm Death, an influential English grindcore/death metal band.

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions

Year	Album details	Peak chart positions
		BEL (Wal) [1]	FIN [2]	FRA [3]	GER [4]	JPN [5]	SWI [6]	UK [7]	US Indie [8]
1987	Scum Released: 1 July 1987 Label: Earache	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1988	From Enslavement to Obliteration Released: 16 September 1988 Label: Earache	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
1990	Harmony Corruption Released: 30 July 1990 Label: Earache	—	—	—	—	—	—	67	—
1992	Utopia Banished Released: 18 May 1992 Label: Earache	—	—	—	60	—	—	58	—
1994	Fear, Emptiness, Despair Released: 31 May 1994 Label: Earache	—	—	—	78	—	—	—	—
1996	Diatribes Released: 22 January 1996 Label: Earache	—	38	—	94	—	—	73	—
1997	Inside the Torn Apart Released: 3 June 1997 Label: Earache	—	—	—	—	—	—	129 [9]	—
1998	Words from the Exit Wound Released: 26 October 1998 Label: Earache	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2000	Enemy of the Music Business Released: 25 September 2000 Label: Spitfire	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2002	Order of the Leech Released: 21 October 2002 Label: Spitfire	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2005	The Code Is Red...Long Live the Code Released: 25 April 2005 Label: Century Media	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
2006	Smear Campaign Released: 15 September 2006 Label: Century Media	—	—	158	—	271	—	—	—
2009	Time Waits for No Slave Released: 23 January 2009 Label: Century Media	—	—	178	95	189	—	—	—
2012	Utilitarian Released: 27 February 2012 Label: Century Media	84	25	80	74	286	88	157 [10]	43
2015	Apex Predator – Easy Meat Released: 23 January 2015 Label: Century Media	111	—	99	36	199	64	120 [11]	25
2020	Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism Released: 18 September 2020 Label: Century Media	—	35 [12]	—	18	130	26	—	—
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Live albums

Year	Album details
1992	Live Corruption Released: 1992 Label: Earache Formats: CD
1998	Bootlegged in Japan Released: 22 June 1998 Label: Earache Formats: CD
2000	The Complete Radio One Sessions Released: March 2000 Formats: CD
2002	Punishment in Capitals Released: 5 November 2002 Formats: CD, LP
2009	Live in Japan – Grind Kaijyu Attack! Released: 2009 Label:Feto Records Formats: LP
2010	Live at Rock City Released: 2010 Formats: DI

Compilation albums

Year	Album details
1991	Death by Manipulation Released: 19 August 1991 Label: Earache Formats: CD, CS, LP, DI
2003	Noise for Music's Sake Released: 8 July 2003 Label: Earache Formats: CD
2018	Coded Smears and More Uncommon Slurs Released: 30 March 2018[13] Label: Century Media Formats: 2CD, 2LP, Digital

Video albums

Year	Album details
1990	Live Corruption Released: 1990 Formats: VHS
2001	The DVD Released: 15 October 2001 Formats: DVD
2002	Punishment in Capitals Released: 5 November 2002 Formats: DVD

Cover albums

Year	Album details
1999	Leaders Not Followers Released: 25 October 1999 Label: Dream Catcher Formats: CD, CS, LP
2004	Leaders Not Followers: Part 2 Released: 23 August 2004 Label: Century Media Formats: CD, LP, DI

EPs

Year	EP details	Peak chart positions
		UK Ind. [14]
1988	The Peel Session Released: 1988 Label: Strange Fruit Formats: CD, CS, LP	13
	The Curse Released: September 1988 Formats: CD, CS, LP	—
1989	Double Peel Session Released: 1989 Label: Strange Fruit Formats: CD, CS, LP	12
	Napalm Death/S.O.B. split 7-inch Released: 1989 Label: Sound of Burial Formats: LP	—
	Mentally Murdered Released: 29 August 1989 Label: Earache Formats: CD, CS, LP	6
August 1990	Suffer the Children Released: August 1990 Label: Earache Formats: CD, LP	—
1991	Mass Appeal Madness Released: 1991 Label: Earache Formats: CD, LP	—
25 June 1992	The World Keeps Turning Released: 25 June 1992 Label: Earache Formats: CD, LP	—
15 June 1993	Nazi Punks Fuck Off Released: 15 June 1993 Label: Earache Formats: LP	—
December 1995	Greed Killing Released: December 1995 Label: Earache Formats: CD, CS, LP	—
1997	In Tongues We Speak (with Coalesce) Released: 1997 Label: Earache Formats: LP	—
	Breed to Breathe Released: 17 November 1997 Label: Earache Formats: CD	—
2005	Tsunami Benefit (with The Haunted and Heaven Shall Burn) Released: 22 January 2005 Label: Century Media Formats: CD, LP, DI	—
2011	Legacy Was Yesterday Released: 2011 Label: Decibel Formats: 7-inch vinyl	—
2012	Converge / Napalm Death Released: 2012 Label: Self-released Formats: 7-inch vinyl, digital download	—
2013	Napalm Death / Insect Warfare Released: 20 April 2013 Formats: 7-inch vinyl	—
2015	Phonetics for the Stupefied (Split single with Voivod) Released: 23 October 2015 Label: Century Media Formats: 7-inch vinyl	—
2015	An Extract (Strip It Clean) (Split single "The Mission Creep" with Heaven Shall Burn) Released: 11 December 2015 Label: Century Media Formats: 7-inch vinyl	—
2016	Napalm Death / Melt-Banana Released: 25 November 2016 Label: Ipecac Formats: 7-inch vinyl	—
2020	Logic Ravaged by Brute Force Released: 7 February 2020 Label: Century Media Formats: Digital	—
2022	Resentment is Always Seismic – A Final Throw of Throes Released: 11 February 2022 Label: Century Media Formats: Digital	—

Singles

Year	Single	Peak chart positions		Album
		UK [15]	FRA [16]
1989	"You Suffer"	—	—	Scum
	"Mentally Murdered"	114	—	Mentally Murdered
1990	"Suffer the Children"	—	—	Harmony Corruption
1994	"More than Meets the Eye"	—	—	Fear, Emptiness, Despair
	"Plague Rages"	—	—
	"Hung"	—	—
1995	"Greed Killing"	—	—	Diatribes
2012	"Analysis Paralysis"	—	—	Utilitarian

Music videos

Year	Song	Director
1990	"Suffer the Children"	Unknown
1991	"Mass Appeal Madness"
1992	"The World Keeps Turning"
1994	"Plague Rages"
1996	"Greed Killing"
1997	"Breed To Breathe"
2004	"Lowlife"
2005	"Silence Is Deafening"	Roger Johansson
2006	"When All Is Said and Done"	Kevin Wildt
2007	"You Suffer"	Unknown
2009	"Time Waits for No Slave"	Tom Blyth
2010	"On the Brink of Extinction"	Daniel Brand
2012	"Analysis Paralysis"	Mitch Harris
	"The Wolf I Feed"	Tim Fox
2015	"Smash a Single Digit"	Michael Panduro[17]
	"How the Years Condemn"	Costin Chioreanu
2016	"Dear Slum Landlord"
2018	"Standardization"
2020	"Amoral"	Michael Panduro
	"A Bellyful of Salt and Spleen"	Sam Edwards & Khaled Lowe
2021	"Contagion"	Marc Nickel & Ljuba Generalova
2022	"Resentment is Always Seismic (Dark Sky Burial Dirge)" (Visualizer Video)	Chariot of Black Moth

Compilation appearances

• Chapter 3 – Various Artists (by Jako of "The Joy of Propaganda", 2 songs, 1982)
• Ruptured Gut – Various Artists (by Twisted Tapes, 2 songs, 1982)
• Twisted Nervous Breakdown – Various Artists (by Twisted Tapes, 1 song, 1982)
• Subversive Elements – Various Artists (2 songs, 1982)
• Bullshit Detector #3 : "Crucifixion of Possessions" (1984)
• North Atlantic Noise Attack : "Scum", "Life?", "Retreat To Nowhere" (different from LP versions; same recording session as "Internal Animosity" from Pathological Compilation) 1989
• Hardcore Holocaust : "Moral Crusade", "M.A.D.", "Divine Death", "Control" 1989
• Grind Crusher : "The Missing Link" 1989
• Grind Crusher – free 7-inch : "You Suffer" 1989
• Hardcore Holocaust II Peel Sessions : "Walls/Raging in Hell/Conform or Die/S.O.B." 1990
• Pathological Compilation : "Internal Animosity" – unreleased song 1990
• Grind Crusher – The Ultimate Earache : "The World Keeps Turning" 1992
• Masters of Brutality I : "Suffer the Children" 1992
• Masters of Brutality II : "The World Keeps Turning" 1992
• Virus 100 : "Nazi Punks Fuck Off" – unreleased song 1992
• Earplugged I : "Plague Rages" and "State of Mind" 1994
• Earplugged I (Japanese release): "I Abstain" 1994
• Rareache : "Living in Denial" and "Internal Animosity" – unreleased songs 1995
• Better Read Than Dead: ?? (1996)
• Mortal Kombat (soundtrack motion picture) : "Twist the Knife (Slowly)" 1996
• Metallurgy I : "Greed Killing" demo version – unreleased song 1996
• Earplugged II : "Breed to Breathe" 1997
• Earplugged III: "The Infiltraitor" 1998
• Hellspawn : "Breed to Breathe" remixed by DELTA 9 – unreleased song 1998
• Anti Racist Action : "Unchallenged Hate" live – unreleased song (only in America) 1998
• Hard Music News Vol 2: "The Icing on the Hate" 2002
• What Lies Beneath: "Silence Is Deafening" 2005
• Earache Summer Sampler 2007: "Scum (Remastered)" 2007
• Grind Madness at the BBC : 34 Songs from Peel Sessions, 2009

Demos

• "Halloween" (1982)
• "And, Like Sheep, We Have All Gone Astray" (1982)
• "Kak" (1983)
• "Unpopular Yawns of Middle Class Warfare" (1983)
• "Hatred Surge" (1985)
• "From Enslavement to Obliteration (Demo)" (1986)
• "Scum (Demo)" (1986)

All demos are self-produced. "Hatred Surge" and "From Enslavement to Obliteration" were rereleased in 2019 as a combined LP record.

Webinks

• Discography of Napalm Death in Encyclopaedia Metallum

References

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Vinylnet Record Label Discographies. link. – Earache catalogue numbers where applicable.