GOJIRA — Terra Incognita (review)

GOJIRA — Terra Incognita album cover Album · 2001 · Death Metal Buy this album from MMA partners
3/5 ·
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"Terra Incognita" is the debut full-length studio album by French extreme metal act Gojira. The album was released through Gabriel Records in March 2001.

The music on the album is technically well played and at times progressive death/thrash metal. Gojira´s music isn´t easily pinned down to one genre tag but I´d mention artists like Meshuggah, Strapping Young Lad, Fear Factory and Chimaira as some of the influences on the band´s music. Well...the latter mentioned might not be an influence as they are a contemporary act, but there are quite a few similarities between them. The groove based yet precision sharp riffs and rythms, the aggressive vocals (which in Gojira´s case lean more towards growling on this particular album) and a powerful and clean sound production.

The material is a bit up and down in quality. Tracks like the opener "Clone" and "Blow Me Away You(niverse)" are really great to my ears, while a track like the more experimental "Satan Is a Lawyer" isn´t that successful to my ears. There are other tracks on "Terra Incognita" which disturb the consistency of the album and there are some pretty unremarkable tracks featured on the album too. So all in all I´d call "Terra Incognita" a mixed bag. It holds a lot of promise though and if you are familiar with the later more mature material by the band the sound and style on "Terra Incognita" won´t come as a complete surprise. It´s just less refined and intriguing than their later material. A 3 - 3.5 star (65%) rating is deserved.
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