Terra Incognita is the debut studio album by French heavy metal band Gojira.

[2][3] 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, Terra Incognita was re-released in a limited edition digipack including three bonus tracks that were recorded live in Antwerp, Belgium, in 2006.

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.

The phone call at the beginning of the song is the brothers' uncle who left a voice-mail greeting his sister.