# U.D.O. discography

The discography of U.D.O., a German heavy metal band, consists of 18 studio albums, six live albums, three compilations, 17 singles, six video albums and 19 music videos. Formed in 1987 by eponymous vocalist Udo Dirkschneider following his departure from Accept, the group originally included guitarists Mathias Dieth and Peter Szigeti, bassist Frank Rittel and drummer Thomas Franke. Shortly after the release and promotion of their debut album Animal House, Dirkschneider dismissed all band members except Dieth, and rebuilt the group with guitarist Andy Susemihl, bassist Thomas Smuszynski, and future Accept drummer Stefan Schwarzmann. Mean Machine, released in 1989, reached number 31 on the German Albums Chart. Susemihl was subsequently replaced by Wolla Böhm.
1990's Faceless World reached number 52 on the German Albums Chart. The next year's follow-up, Timebomb, failed to chart and was the last album to be released before Dirkschneider's return to Accept. U.D.O. reformed in 1997 with the album Solid, with Dirkschneider and Schwarzmann joined by former Accept drummer Stefan Kaufmann on guitar, alongside second guitarist Jürgen Graf and bassist Fitty Wienhold. The group's next release, No Limits, saw them return to the charts in Germany at number 90. With Graf and Schwarzmann replaced by Igor Gianola and Lorenzo Milani, respectively, Holy also broke into the German top 100. The band continued to make their way slowly up the albums chart, as Man and Machine reached number 71, and Thunderball reached number 83.
Francesco Jovino replaced Milani in time for Mission No. X, which reached number 92 in the band's home country. The group broke into the German top 40 for the first time since 1989 with their next release, peaking at number 32 with Mastercutor in 2007. Subsequent releases improved on this form – 2009's Dominator was the band's first top 30 album, and 2011's Rev-Raptor was their first top 20. Both guitarists had left by the time Steelhammer was released in 2013, to be replaced by Andrey Smirnov and Kasperi Heikkinen. The album reached number 21 in Germany and also registered on the US Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart at number 28. 2015's Decadent reached a new band record of number 16 in Germany, while the live album Navy Metal Night charted at number 31.
U.D.O. released Steelfactory in 2018, which was the first album to feature Dirkschneider's son Sven on drums, and the first since Heikkinen's departure. The album was the band's first to reach the German Albums Chart top 10, peaking at number 7. It also reached number 27 on the UK Rock & Metal Albums Chart, and number 9 on the Billboard Heatseekers Albums chart.

## Albums
### Studio albums

List of studio albums, with selected chart positions :
| Title | Album details | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions | Peak chart positions |
| Title | Album details | GER | AUT | BEL Wal. | ESP | FIN | NOR | SWE | SWI | UK Rock | US Heat |
| Animal House | Released: 3 November 1987 Label: RCA Formats: CD, LP, CS | — | — | — | — | — | — | 41 | — | — | — |
| Mean Machine | Released: 10 January 1989 Label: RCA Formats: CD, LP, CS | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Faceless World | Released: 25 February 1990 Label: RCA Formats: CD, LP, CS | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | 37 | — | — | — |
| Timebomb | Released: 13 April 1991 Label: RCA Formats: CD, LP, CS | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Solid | Released: 24 March 1997 Label: GUN Formats: CD, CS | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| No Limits | Released: 20 April 1998 Label: GUN Formats: CD, CS | 90 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Holy | Released: 18 October 1999 Label: Nuclear Blast Formats: CD, LP, CS | 96 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Man and Machine | Released: 24 July 2002 Label: Breaker Formats: CD, CS | 71 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Thunderball | Released: 29 March 2004 Label: AFM Format: CD | 83 | — | — | — | — | — | 47 | — | — | — |
| Mission No. X | Released: 30 September 2005 Label: AFM Format: CD | 92 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mastercutor | Released: 18 May 2007 Label: AFM Format: CD | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dominator | Released: 21 August 2009 Label: AFM Formats: CD, LP, DL | 27 | — | — | — | 35 | — | 51 | 100 | — | — |
| Rev-Raptor | Released: 20 May 2011 Label: AFM Formats: CD, LP, DL | 20 | — | — | — | — | — | 26 | 57 | — | — |
| Steelhammer | Released: 21 May 2013 Label: AFM Formats: CD, 2LP, DL | 21 | — | — | — | 38 | — | 23 | 79 | — | 28 |
| Decadent | Released: 23 January 2015 Label: AFM Formats: CD, 2LP, DL | 16 | — | — | — | 34 | — | — | 48 | — | — |
| Steelfactory | Released: 31 August 2018 Label: AFM Formats: CD, 2LP, DL | 7 | 23 | 135 | 81 | — | 33 | 19 | 24 | 27 | 9 |
| We Are One (with Das Musikkorps Der Bundeswehr) | Released: 20 July 2020 Label: AFM Formats: CD, 2LP | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — |
| Game Over | Released: 22 October 2021 Label: AFM Formats: CD | 13 | 39 | — | — | 25 | — | — | 16 | — | — |
| Touchdown | Released: 25 August 2023 Label: AFM Formats: CD | 4 | 33 | 160 | — | 34 | — | 17 | 8 | — | — |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region. ||||||||||||

### Live albums

List of live albums, with selected chart position :
| Title | Album details | Peak |
| Title | Album details | GER |
| Live from Russia | Released: 15 October 2001 Label: Breaker Format: 2CD | — |
| Nailed to Metal: The Missing Tracks | Released: 21 October 2003 Label: AFM Format: CD | 100 |
| Mastercutor Alive | Released: 6 October 2008 Label: ZYX, Metal Mind Formats: 2CD, DL | — |
| Live in Sofia | Released: 13 November 2012 Label: AFM Formats: 2CD, 3LP, DL | 75 |
| Steelhammer: Live from Moscow | Released: 10 June 2014 Label: AFM Formats: 2CD, 3LP, DL | 60 |
| Navy Metal Night (with the Marinemusikkorps Nordsee) | Released: 31 July 2015 Label: AFM Formats: 2CD, 2LP, DL | 31 |
| Live in Bulgaria 2020 – Pandemic Survival Show | Released: 19 March 2021 Label: AFM Format: CD, LP, DL | — |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region. |||

### Compilations

List of compilation albums, with selected chart positions :
| Title | Album details | Peaks | Peaks |
| Title | Album details | GER | SWE |
| Best Of | Released: 13 September 1999 Label: GUN Format: CD | — | — |
| Metallized: Best of U.D.O. | Released: 3 December 2007 Label: AFM Format: CD | — | — |
| Celebrator: Rare Tracks | Released: 4 May 2012 Label: AFM Formats: 2CD, 2LP, DL | 73 | 55 |
| "—" denotes a release that did not chart or was not issued in that region. ||||

## Singles

List of singles, showing year released and album name :
| Title | Year | Peak | Album |
| Title | Year | GER | Album |
| "They Want War" | 1988 | — | Animal House |
| "Heart of Gold" | 1990 | — | Faceless World |
| "Faceless World" | 1990 | — | Faceless World |
| "Two Faced Woman" | 1997 | — | Solid |
| "Independence Day" | 1997 | — | Solid |
| "Lovemachine" | 1998 | — | No Limits |
| "Dancing with an Angel" | 2002 | — | Man and Machine |
| "24/7" | 2005 | 82 | Mission No. X |
| "The Wrong Side of Midnight" | 2007 | — | Mastercutor |
| "Infected" | 2009 | — | Dominator |
| "Leatherhead" | 2011 | — | Rev-Raptor |
| "Metal Machine" | 2013 | — | Steelhammer |
| "Steelhammer" | 2013 | — | Steelhammer |
| "Decadent" | 2014 | — | Decadent |
| "Rising High" | 2018 | — | Steelfactory |
| "One Heart One Soul" | 2018 | — | Steelfactory |
| "Make the Move" | 2018 | — | Steelfactory |

## Videos
### Video albums

List of video albums :
| Title | Album details |
| Nailed to Metal: The Complete History | Released: 21 October 2003 Label: AFM Format: DVD |
| Thundervision | Released: 29 March 2004 Label: AFM Format: DVD |
| Mastercutor Alive | Released: 26 September 2008 Label: ZYX, Golden Core Format: 2DVD |
| Live in Sofia | Released: 13 November 2012 Label: Eagle Vision Formats: DVD, Blu-ray |
| Steelhammer: Live from Moscow | Released: 10 June 2014 Label: AFM Formats: DVD, BD |
| Navy Metal Night (with the Marinemusikkorps Nordsee) | Released: 31 July 2015 Label: AFM Formats: DVD, BD |
| Live in Bulgaria 2020 – Pandemic Survival Show | Released: 19 March 2021 Label: AFM Formats: DVD, BD |

### Music videos

List of music videos, showing year released :
| Title | Year |
| "They Want War" | 1988 |
| "Go Back to Hell" | 1988 |
| "Break the Rules" | 1989 |
| "Heart of Gold" | 1990 |
| "Independence Day" | 1997 |
| "Dancing with an Angel" | 2002 |
| "Thunderball" | 2004 |
| "The Arbiter" | 2004 |
| "Trainride in Russia" | 2004 |
| "Blind Eyes" | 2004 |
| "Mean Streets" | 2005 |
| "The Wrong Side of Midnight" | 2007 |
| "Black and White" | 2009 |
| "Leatherhead" | 2011 |
| "I Give as Good as I Get" | 2011 |
| "Metal Machine" | 2013 |
| "Heavy Rain" | 2013 |
| "Decadent" | 2014 |
| "One Heart One Soul" | 2018 |
| "Metal Never Dies" | 2021 |
| "Prophecy" | 2021 |