Terra Incognita (Gojira album)

Terra Incognita was written at the time vocalist Joe Duplantier had deliberately moved away from society to live two years in a cabin that he had built. He lived in this cabin in a forest with his girlfriend without electricity and without income. The reference of this experience is in the music video of "Love". The song "04" was made by Joe and Mario as a birthday present for their mother on her 50th birthday and was never intended to be released at all. The phone call at the beginning of the song is the brothers' uncle who left a voice-mail greeting his sister. In 2001, Joe Duplantier described that "This [album] cover sums up the whole album, that is to say a reflection, then an exploration of the soul, which remains an unknown land". The man posing on the album cover is guitarist Christian Andreu. == Track listing ==

;Hidden track The song "In the Forest" contains a hidden instrumental song called "Terra Inc." The main piece of the track ends at 5:30 and the hidden song starts at 9:00, giving the song a period of silence lasting 3:30. 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. On the "Reissue version", the song "In the Forest" ends and starts the instrumental hidden song after only 10 seconds of silence. The band employed a similar tactic with the closing and title track of their 2008 album The Way of All Flesh. == Personnel ==

Gojira • Joe Duplantier – vocals, guitar • Christian Andreu – guitar • Jean-Michel Labadie – bass guitar • Mario Duplantier – drums Additional personnel • Gojira – production • Gabriel Editions – production • Stephan Kraemer – engineering, mixing • Jean-Pierre Chalbos – mastering (La Source Mastering, Paris) • Seb Dupius – mastering (La Source Mastering, Paris) • Phil Allemant – pre-production • Gabrielle Duplantier – photography == References ==