The discography of
Gojira, a French
heavy metal band, consists of seven
studio album
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s, three
live album
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s, one
film score
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album (live), four
demo album
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s, one
extended play
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singles, seventeen
music video
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s, and three
video album
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s.
Gojira was formed in 1996 under the name Godzilla by guitarist
Joe Duplantier, his brother, drummer
Mario Duplantier, guitarist
Christian Andreu, and bassist Alexandre Cornillon.
Jean-Michel Labadie replaced Cornillon in 1998. Godzilla released a series of
demos from 1996 to 2000.
The band changed their name to Gojira due to legal reasons in 2001, and released their first full-length album, ''
Terra Incognita'', in March 2001 through Gabriel Editions (themselves). Gojira then signed with Boycott Records for their second studio album,
''
The Link'', in April 2003, and their first live
DVD, ''
The Link Alive'', in 2004, which was also released as a live album.
In September 2005, Gojira released their third album, ''
From Mars to Sirius
''From Mars to Sirius'' is the third studio album by the French progressive metal/technical death metal band Gojira. It is a concept album addressing environmental issues and the rebirth of a dead planet through a space travel storyline, with th ...
'' through Mon Slip, which was later released worldwide via
Prosthetic Records
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.
''From Mars to Sirius'' was Gojira's first album to appear on any country's record chart, debuting at No. 44 in France.
It remained on the chart for three weeks.
After extensive world touring, the band released their fourth album ''
The Way of All Flesh
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'' in October 2008, which debuted and peaked at No. 138 on the
''Billboard'' 200 chart in the United States,
No. 25 in Finland
and No. 28 in France.
Gojira signed to
Roadrunner Records
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in 2011 and released their fifth album ''
L'Enfant Sauvage'', in June 2012,
alongside their second live album/DVD/Blu-ray, ''
The Flesh Alive''.
''L'Enfant Sauvage'' reached No. 34 on the ''Billboard'' 200 chart
and entered the Top 40 albums chart in six European countries. In 2014, the band released a live CD/DVD titled, ''
Les Enfants Sauvages''. Gojira's sixth studio album, ''
Magma
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'', was released in June 2016. The album debuted at No. 24 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart
and topped the
''Billboard'' Hard Rock Albums chart for one week. The album landed in the Top 40 albums chart in twelve European countries. Within eight months, ''Magma'' reached the bar of 400,000 albums sold worldwide.
The band's seventh studio album, ''
Fortitude'', was released in April 2021 under Roadrunner, and increased ''Magma''s sales and chart positions. The album entered the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart at No. 12 and landed the top spot on ''Billboard''s
Top Album Sales
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chart, leading nine new releases. It topped the ''Billboard''
Top Rock Albums
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chart and Hard Rock Albums chart (for a second time after ''Magma''). In terms of pure album sales, ''Fortitude'' was the
best-selling album in the United States during its first week of release.
Albums
Studio albums
Live albums
Film score albums
Demo albums
Extended plays
Singles
Videos
Music videos
Video albums
References
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Heavy metal group discographies
Discographies of French artists