Terra Incognita (Gojira album)

Terra Incognita
Studio album by Gojira
Released 2001, 2009 (re-release)
Recorded 2001 in a Belgian Studio
Genre Technical death metal, progressive death metal, groove metal, thrash metal[1]
Length 66:49
Label Gabriel Editions
Producer Gojira
Gojira chronology

Wisdom Comes
(2000)		 Terra Incognita
(2001)		 Maciste All'Inferno
(2003)
Professional ratings
Review scores
Source Rating
Allmusic [2]
Sputnikmusic [3]

Terra Incognita is the debut album released by French death metal band Gojira. It was recorded and mixed by Laurentx Etxemendi. According to a text on the album inlay, the title (Latin for "unknown land") refers to the area inside of each man, where, according to Hindu legend, Brahma hid the divinity that he had taken from humanity for the punishment of its abuse. In 2009, the album was re-released in a limited edition digipack including three bonus tracks.[4] However, it is currently unavailable on Amazon.com's US website.

The man posing on the album cover is guitarist Christian Andreu.

Track listing

No. Title Length
1. "Clone"   5:00
2. "Lizard Skin"   4:32
3. "Satan Is a Lawyer"   4:25
4. "04" (instrumental) 2:11
5. "Blow Me Away You(niverse)"   5:12
6. "5988 Trillions de Tonnes" (instrumental) 1:20
7. "Deliverance"   4:56
8. "Space Time"   5:23
9. "On the B.O.T.A"   2:49
10. "Rise"   5:12
11. "Fire Is Everything"   4:59
12. "Love"   4:22
13. "1990 Quatrillions de Tonnes"   4:17
14. "In the Forest"   12:11
Hidden track

The final song of the album, contains a hidden instrumental song. The main piece of the track ends at 5:30 and the hidden songs starts in at 8:59, giving the song a period of silence lasting 4:15. The song contains complex layers of ambient guitar sounds with various echo and reverb effects. This song ends promptly at 12:11 and closes the album.

Personnel

References

  1. ↑ Gojira on Allmusic
  2. ↑ Freeman, Phil. "Terra Incognita review". AllMusic. Retrieved 2010-03-11.
  3. ↑ Schroer, Brendan. "Gojira Terra Incognita". Sputnikmusic. Retrieved 10 June 2014.
  4. ↑ "http://bulletins.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=bulletin.read&authorID=4552860&messageID=6535305233"