Anthrax discography

Anthrax discography

Scott Ian and Frank Bello performing as part of Anthrax in 2005.
Releases
↙Studio albums 10
↙Live albums 5
↙Compilation albums 4
↙EPs 6
↙Singles 26
↙Video albums 10
↙Music videos 26

The official discography of Anthrax, an American thrash metal band, consists of ten studio albums, five live albums, four compilation albums, ten video albums, six extended plays, twenty-six singles and twenty-six music videos.

Anthrax was formed in 1981 by Scott Ian and Danny Lilker. They found the band's name in a biology textbook and claimed it because it sounded sufficiently evil to them. Anthrax started playing locally. In 1983 Anthrax signed to Megaforce Records. The band released Fistful of Metal in 1984, and the following year they released Spreading the Disease. After the album came out, by this time Anthrax had signed with Island Records. In March 1987, the band released its third studio album, Among the Living, which was certified Gold by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA).[1] Among the Living was released in March 1987 and peaked at number sixty-two on the Billboard 200.[2]

Anthrax's fourth album, State of Euphoria, was released in 1988 and peaked at thirty-one on the Billboard 200.[2] The band embarked on a tour in support of the album. Anthrax would later release Persistence of Time, which peaked at number twenty-four on the Billboard 200. After the release of a video album and a live album, the band released Sound of White Noise, their highest charting album to date. Two singles, "Only" and "Black Lodge", charted on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart at numbers twenty-six and thirty-eight, respectively.[3]

Albums

Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Year Album details Peak chart positions Sales Certifications
US
[2]		 AUS
[4]		 CAN
[5]		 FIN
[6]		 GER
[7]		 NLD
[8]		 NOR
[9]		 SWE
[10]		 SWI
[11]		 UK
[12]
1984 Fistful of Metal — — — — — — — — — —
1985 Spreading the Disease
  • Released: October 30, 1985
  • Label: Megaforce/Island
 113 — — — — — — — — —
1987 Among the Living
  • Released: March 22, 1987
  • Label: Megaforce/Island
 62 — — — — 46 — 43 — 18
1988 State of Euphoria
  • Released: September 18, 1988
  • Label: Megaforce/Island
 30 86 87 — — 57 17 21 20 12
1990 Persistence of Time
  • Released: August 21, 1990
  • Label: Megaforce/Island
 24 30 — — — 45 15 46 — 18
1993 Sound of White Noise
  • Released: May 25, 1993
  • Label: Elektra
 7 30 13 — 35 52 — 21 40 14
1995 Stomp 442
  • Released: October 24, 1995
  • Label: Elektra
 47 49 81 36 — — — — — 77
1998 Volume 8: The Threat Is Real
  • Released: July 21, 1998
  • Label: Ignition
 118 — — 38 43 — — — — 73
2003 We've Come for You All
  • Released: May 6, 2003
  • Label: Sanctuary
 122 — — — 22 — — — — 102
2011 Worship Music
  • Released: September 13, 2011
  • Label: Megaforce
 12 35 — 6 13 64 — 24 28 49
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Live albums

List of live albums, with selected chart positions
Title Album details Peak chart positions
BEL
[18]		 FIN
[6]		 GER
[7]		 NLD
[8]		 SWI
[11]
The Island Years
  • Released: April 5, 1994
  • Label: Island
 — — — — —
Music of Mass Destruction
  • Released: April 20, 2004
  • Label: Sanctuary
 — — 88 — —
Alive 2: The Music
  • Released: September 20, 2005
  • Label: Sanctuary
 — — — — —
Caught in a Mosh: BBC Live in Concert — — — — —
The Big 4 Live from Sofia, Bulgaria
(with Slayer, Metallica and Megadeth)		 73 31 4 75 63
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Compilation albums

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[2]		 AUS
[4]		 CAN
[5]		 UK
[12]
Attack of the Killer B's
  • Released: June 25, 1991
  • Label: Island
 27 50 45 13
Return of the Killer A's
  • Released: November 23, 1999
  • Label: Beyond
 — — — —
The Greater of Two Evils
  • Released: November 23, 2004
  • Label: Sanctuary
 — — — —
Anthrology: No Hit Wonders
  • Released: September 20, 2005
  • Label: Island Def Jam
 — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Extended plays

List of extended plays, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title EP details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
[2]		 NLD
[8]		 NZ
[19]		 SWE
[10]		 UK
[12]
Armed and Dangerous
  • Released: February 1985
  • Label: Megaforce
 — — — — —
I'm the Man
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: Island
 53 — 21 42 20
Penikufesin
  • Released: August 1989
  • Label: Island
 — 51 — — —
Inside Out
  • Released: January 19, 1999
  • Label: Ignition
 — — — — —
Summer 2003
  • Released: January 19, 2003
  • Label: Nuclear Blast
 — — — — —
Anthems
  • Released: March 19, 2013
  • Label: Megaforce
 52 — — — —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Singles

List of singles, with selected chart positions, showing year released and album name
Title Year Peak chart positions Album
US
Act. Rock
[20]		 US
Main. Rock
[3]		 AUS
[21]		 NLD
[8]		 NZ
[22]		 UK
[23]
"Soldiers of Metal"[24] 1983 — — — — — — Fistful of Metal
"Madhouse"[25] 1985 — — — — — — Spreading the Disease
"I Am the Law" 1987 — — — 93 — 32 Among the Living
"Indians" — — — — — 44
"Make Me Laugh" 1988 — — — — — 26 State of Euphoria
"Antisocial" — — — — — 44
"Got the Time" 1990 — — — — — 16 Persistence of Time
"In My World" — — — — — 29
"Bring the Noise"
(with Public Enemy)		 1991 — — — — 10 14 Attack of the Killer B's
"Only" 1993 — 26 — 48 — 36 Sound of White Noise
"Black Lodge" — 38 — — — 53
"Hy Pro Glo"[26] — — — — — —
"Room for One More"[27] — — — — — —
"Fueled"[28] 1995 — — — — — — Stomp 442
"Nothing" 1996 — — 51 — — 98
"Bordello of Blood"[29] — — — — — — Bordello of Blood soundtrack
"Inside Out" 1998 — — — — — 126 Volume 8: The Threat Is Real
"Born Again Idiot"[30] — — — — — —
"Ball of Confusion"[31] 1999 — — — — — — Return of the Killer A's
"Crush"[32] 2000 — — — — — — Volume 8: The Threat Is Real
"Safe Home"[33] 2003 — — — — — — We've Come for You All
"Taking the Music Back"[34] — — — — — —
"Fight 'Em 'Til You Can't"[35] 2011 — — — — — — Worship Music
"The Devil You Know" 28 33 — — — —
"I'm Alive" 2012 26 29 — — — —
"Neon Knights" 2014 — 43 — — — — Ronnie James Dio This Is Your Life
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

Videos

Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released and director
Title Year Director(s)
"Metal Thrashing Mad" 1984 N/A
"Madhouse" 1985 Amos Poe
"Indians" 1987 Jean Pellerin[36]
"I'm the Man" John Mills[37][38]
"Caught in a Mosh" (version 1)
"I Am the Law"
"Among the Living"
"Gung-Ho" 1988
"Antisocial"
"Who Cares Wins" Paul Rachman[39]
"In My World" 1990 Ian Fletcher[40]
"Got the Time" Parris Mayhew
"Belly of the Beast" 1991 Ian Fletcher
"Bring the Noise"
(with Public Enemy)		 Mick Mayhew, Parris Mayhew[41]
"Only" 1993 Paul Elledge[42]
"Black Lodge" Mark Pellington[43]
"Room for One More" 1994 George Dougherty[44][45]
"Hy Pro Glo"
"Fueled" 1995 Marcos Siega[46][47][48]
"Nothing" 1996
"Inside Out" 1998
"Safe Home" 2003 Robert Carlsen[49]
"What Doesn't Die" 2004 Michael John Sarna[50]
"Deathrider" N/A
"Caught in a Mosh" (version 2) 2005 Dale Resteghini[51]
"The Devil You Know" 2012 N/A
"A Skeleton In The Closet" 2014 N/A

Video albums

List of video albums, with selected chart positions and certifications
Title Album details Peak chart positions Certifications
US
Video
[52]		 GER
[7]
N.F.V.: Oidivnikufesin
  • Released: 1987
  • Label: PolyGram
 — —
Through Time P.O.V.
  • Released: July 1, 1991
  • Label: PolyGram
 — —
Attack Of The Killer B's Videos
  • Released: 1991
  • Label: PolyGram
 — —
Live Noize
  • Released: July 28, 1992
  • Label: PolyGram
 — —
White Noise: The Videos
  • Released: 1994
  • Label: Elektra
 — —
Return of the Killer A's: Video Collection
  • Released: November 23, 1999
  • Label: Beyond
 — —
Rock Legends
  • Released: February 28, 2004
  • Label: Wienerworld
 — —
Music of Mass Destruction
  • Released: April 20, 2004
  • Label: Sanctuary
 — 88
Alive 2: The DVD
  • Released: September 20, 2005
  • Label: Sanctuary
 — —
Anthrology: No Hit Wonders - The Videos
  • Released: September 20, 2005
  • Label: Island Def Jam
 — —
The Big 4 Live From Sofia, Bulgaria
(with Slayer, Metallica and Megadeth)
  • Released: October 29, 2010
  • Label: Universal Music
 1 4
Chile on Hell
  • Released: September 16, 2014
  • Label:
— —
"—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory.

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