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) FIN FRA GER JPN SWI UK USIndie Scum Released: Label: Earache — — — — — — — — From Enslavement to Obliteration Released: Label: Earache — — — — — — — — 1990 Harmony Corruption Released: 30 July 1990 Label: Earache — — — — — — 67 — Utopia Banished Released: 18 May 1992 Label: Earache — — — 60 — — 58 — Fear, Emptiness, Despair Released: Label: Earache — — — 78 — — — — Diatribes Released: Label: Earache — 38 — 94 — — 73 — Inside the Torn Apart Released: Label: Earache — — — — — — 129 — Words from the Exit Wound Released: Label: Earache — — — — — — — — Enemy of the Music Business Released: Label: Spitfire — — — — — — — — Order of the Leech Released: Label: Spitfire — — — — — — — — The Code Is Red...Long Live the Code Released: Label: Century Media — — — — — — — — Smear Campaign Released: Label: Century Media — — 158 — 271 — — — Time Waits for No Slave Released: Label: Century Media — — 178 95 189 — — — Utilitarian Released: Label: Century Media 84 25 80 74 286 88 157 43 Apex Predator – Easy Meat Released: Label: Century Media 111 — 99 36 199 64 120 25 Throes of Joy in the Jaws of Defeatism Released: Label: Century Media — 35 — 18 130 26 — — "—" denotes a release that did not chart.
Collaborative studio albums Year Album details 2025 Savage Imperial Death March With Melvins Released: 2025 Label: Amphetamine Reptile Formats: CD, LP
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 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 UKInd.Lazell, Barry (1997) "Indie Hits 1980–1989", Cherry Red Books, 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: 20 January 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 UKPeak chart positions in the United Kingdom: FRA 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 "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
Vinylnet Record Label Discographies. link. – Earache catalogue numbers where applicable.