Gojira discography#Demo albums
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{{Infobox artist discography
| Artist = Gojira
| Image = 2017 RiP - Gojira - by 2eight - DSC9070.jpg
| Caption = Gojira performing at Rock im Park in Germany in 2017
| Alt =
| Studio = 7
| Live = 3
| Compilation =
| Video = 3
| EP = 1
| Singles = 11
| Music videos = 17
| Option name = Demo albums
| Option = 4
| 1Option name = Film score albums
| 1Option = 1
}}
The discography of Gojira, a French heavy metal band, consists of seven studio albums, three live albums, one film score album (live), four demo albums, one extended play, ten singles, seventeen music videos, and three video albums.
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.{{cite magazine|last=Balaš|first=Jadranka|date=15 August 2017|title=Gojira – From an Underground Beast to the Very Top of the Metal World|url=https://www.hardwiredmagazine.com/gojira-from-the-beast-from-the-underground-to-the-very-top-of-the-metal-world/?lang=en|url-status=live|language=en|magazine=Hardwired Magazine|location=Serbia|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201219163025/https://www.hardwiredmagazine.com/gojira-from-the-beast-from-the-underground-to-the-very-top-of-the-metal-world/?lang=en|archive-date=19 December 2020|access-date=6 April 2021}} Jean-Michel Labadie replaced Cornillon in 1998.{{cite magazine|author=|title=Gojira: Tout Savoir sur le Groupe|trans-title=Gojira: Know Everything About the Group {{!}} 1996−present|url=https://hardforce.com/artist/9963/gojira|url-status=live|language=fr|magazine=Hard Force Magazine|location=Paris|date=n.d.|archive-url=https://archive.today/20201226115257/https://hardforce.com/artist/9963/gojira|archive-date=26 December 2020|access-date=6 April 2021|oclc=32640105}} Godzilla released a series of demos from 1996 to 2000.
The band changed their name to Gojira for legal reasons{{cite news|author=|title=Le groupe Gojira joue pour Sea Shepherd|trans-title=The band Gojira play for Sea Shepherd|url=https://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/musique/electro/le-groupe-gojira-joue-pour-sea-shepherd_3306025.html|url-status=live|language=fr|work=France Info|date=10 December 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210122180518/https://www.francetvinfo.fr/culture/musique/electro/le-groupe-gojira-joue-pour-sea-shepherd_3306025.html|archive-date=22 January 2021|access-date=6 April 2021}} in 2001,{{cite magazine|last=Sayce|first=Rob|date=August 2013|title=The Rise and Rise Of a Modern Extreme Giant {{!}} A Fire Inside (Interview)|department=Features|language=en-GB|magazine=Terrorizer|location=London|page=22|issue=238|issn=1350-6978}} and released their first full-length album, Terra Incognita, in March 2001 through Gabriel Editions (themselves).{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000827841|tab=credits|pure_url=yes}}|title=Gojira {{!}} Terra Incognita {{!}} credits|website=AllMusic|last1=Freeman|first1=Phil|access-date=6 April 2021}} Gojira then signed with Boycott Records for their second studio album,{{cite web|url={{AllMusic|class=artist|id=mn0000721409|tab=biography|pure_url=yes}}|title=Gojira {{!}} Artist Biography|website=AllMusic|last1=Buchanan|first1=Jonathan D.|access-date=6 April 2021}} 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 through Mon Slip,{{cite news|last=Bagot|first=Pascal|date=17 February 2006|title=Le métal à la française|trans-title=Metal in a French way|url=https://musique.rfi.fr/musique/20060217-le-metal-francaise|url-status=live|language=fr|work=Radio France Internationale|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210302230816/https://musique.rfi.fr/musique/20060217-le-metal-francaise|archive-date=2 March 2021|access-date=6 April 2021}} which was later released worldwide via Prosthetic Records. 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 in October 2008, which debuted and peaked at No. 138 on the Billboard 200 chart in the United States,{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/gojira/chart-history/tlp/|title=Chart History {{!}} Gojira {{!}} Billboard 200|author=|date=n.d.|magazine=Billboard|access-date=6 April 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210116133755/https://www.billboard.com/music/gojira/chart-history/TLP|archive-date=16 January 2021}} No. 25 in Finland and No. 28 in France.
Gojira signed to Roadrunner Records 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.{{cite web|url=https://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Gojira&titel=L%27enfant+sauvage&cat=a|title=Gojira - L'Enfant Sauvage (album)|author=|date=2012|publisher=Finnish charts|language=en|access-date=6 April 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210116142126/https://finnishcharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Gojira&titel=L'enfant+sauvage&cat=a|archive-date=16 January 2021}} In 2014, the band released a live CD/DVD titled, Les Enfants Sauvages.{{cite news|last=Bowar|first=Chad|date=12 March 2014|title='Les Enfants Sauvages' – DVD/CD Review|url=http://loudwire.com/gojira-les-enfants-sauvages-dvdcd-review/|url-status=live|work=Loudwire|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140903160050/http://loudwire.com/gojira-les-enfants-sauvages-dvdcd-review/|archive-date=3 September 2014|access-date=10 January 2021}} Gojira's sixth studio album, Magma, 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.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/gojira/chart-history/mtl/|title=Chart History {{!}} Gojira {{!}} Hard Rock Albums|author=|date=n.d.|magazine=Billboard|access-date=6 April 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210116131252/https://www.billboard.com/music/gojira/chart-history/MTL|archive-date=16 January 2021}} The album landed in the Top 40 albums chart in twelve European countries.{{cite web|url=https://acharts.co/album/100511|title=Gojira - Magma {{!}} Chart Stats - Historic Performance|author=|date=n.d.|publisher=Acharts.co (aCharts.us)|language=en|access-date=6 April 2021|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190807214940/https://acharts.co/album/100511|archive-date=7 August 2019}} Within eight months, Magma reached the bar of 400,000 albums sold worldwide.{{cite news|last=d'Avout|first=Caroline|date=12 February 2017|title=Grammy Awards: les français Gojira tout près des étoiles|trans-title=Grammy Awards: Gojira very close to the stars|url=https://www.lesechos.fr/weekend/spectacles-musique/grammy-awards-le-francais-gojira-tout-pres-des-etoiles-1210934|url-status=live|work=Les Echos|location=Paris|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210206013620/https://www.lesechos.fr/weekend/spectacles-musique/grammy-awards-le-francais-gojira-tout-pres-des-etoiles-1210934|archive-date=6 February 2021|access-date=12 November 2021}}{{cite news|last1=Bureau|first1=Eric|last2=Guillo|first2=Jean-Nicholas|date=27 April 2020|orig-date=First published 12 February 2017|title=Le métal de Gojira fait trembler l'Amérique|trans-title=Gojira's metal shakes America|url=https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/musique/video-le-metal-de-gojira-fait-trembler-l-amerique-12-02-2017-6673989.php|url-status=live|language=fr|work=Le Parisien|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210116181137/https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/musique/video-le-metal-de-gojira-fait-trembler-l-amerique-12-02-2017-6673989.php|archive-date=16 January 2021|access-date=6 April 2021}}
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 chart, leading nine new releases.{{cite magazine |last=Caulfield |first=Keith |date=13 May 2021 |title=Gojira's 'Fortitude' Leads 9 Debuts in the Top 10 of Billboard's Top Album Sales Chart |url=https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9572686/gojira-fortitude-9-debuts-top-10-top-album-sales-chart/ |url-status=live |magazine=Billboard |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211011102243/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/9572686/gojira-fortitude-9-debuts-top-10-top-album-sales-chart/ |archive-date=11 October 2021 |access-date=12 November 2021}} It topped the Billboard Top Rock Albums chart and Hard Rock Albums chart (for a second time after Magma).{{cite news |last=Hadusek |first=Jon |date=12 May 2021 |title=Gojira's Fortitude Debuts at No. 1 on Billboard's Top Album Sales Chart |url=https://consequence.net/2021/05/gojira-fortitude-no-1-top-album-sales-chart/ |url-status=live |work=Consequence |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512133137/https://consequence.net/2021/05/gojira-fortitude-no-1-top-album-sales-chart/ |archive-date=12 May 2021 |access-date=12 November 2021}} In terms of pure album sales, Fortitude was the best-selling album in the United States during its first week of release.{{cite news |last=Hartamann |first=Graham |date=11 May 2021 |title=Gojira's 'Fortitude' Is the Highest-Selling Album in the United States |url=https://loudwire.com/gojira-fortitude-highest-selling-album-united-states/ |url-status=live |work=Loudwire |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210511201934/https://loudwire.com/gojira-fortitude-highest-selling-album-united-states/ |archive-date=11 May 2021 |access-date=12 November 2021}}
Albums
=Studio albums=
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|+ List of studio albums, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;" | Album details ! scope="col" colspan="11" | Peak chart positions ! rowspan="2" |Certifications |
scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | FRA {{cite web|url=https://lescharts.com/showinterpret.asp?interpret=Gojira|title=Discographie Gojira|work=lescharts.com|publisher=Hung Medien|accessdate=13 May 2021}} ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | AUS ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | AUT ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | CAN ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | FIN ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | GER ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | NOR ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | SWE ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | SWI ! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | UK
! scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | US |
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scope="row" | Terra Incognita
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| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
scope="row" | The Link
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| — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
scope="row" | From Mars to Sirius
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| 44 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — | |
scope="row" | The Way of All Flesh
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| 28 || — || — || — || 25 || — || — || — || — || 124 || 138 | |
scope="row" | L'Enfant Sauvage
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| 7 || 47 || 64 || — || 11 || 44 || 12 || 28 || 23 || 53 || 34 | |
scope="row" | Magma
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| 10 || 11 || 9 || 17 || 5 || 14 || 9 || 26 || 4 || 24 || 24 | |
scope="row" | Fortitude
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| 2 || 3 || 3 || 15 || 2 || 8 || 10 || 13 || 4 || 6 || 12 | |
colspan="16" style="font-size:90%" | "—" denotes a recording that did not chart or was not released in that territory. |
=Live albums=
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|+ List of live albums, with selected chart positions ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:12em;" | Title ! scope="col" rowspan="2" style="width:18em;" | Album details ! scope="col" colspan="1" | Peak chart positions |
scope="col" style="width:3em;font-size:90%;" | FRA |
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scope="row" | The Link Alive
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| 174 |
scope="row" | The Flesh Alive
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| 76 |
scope="row" | Les Enfants Sauvages
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=Film score albums=
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|+ List of score albums ! scope="col" style="width:12em;" | Title ! scope="col" style="width:18em;" | Album details |
scope="row" | Maciste All'Inferno
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=Demo albums=
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|+ List of demo albums ! scope="col" style="width:12em;" | Title ! scope="col" style="width:18em;" | Album details |
scope="row" | Victim (as Godzilla) |
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scope="row" | Possessed (as Godzilla) |
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scope="row" | Saturate (as Godzilla) |
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scope="row" | Wisdom Comes (as Godzilla) |
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Extended plays
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scope="row" | End of Time
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Singles
Videos
=Music videos=
=Video albums=
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|+ List of video albums ! scope="col" style="width:12em;" | Title ! scope="col" style="width:18em;" | Album details |
scope="row" | The Link Alive
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scope="row" | The Flesh Alive
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scope="row" | Les Enfants Sauvages
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