L'Enfant sauvage
Gojira's fifth studio album, "L'Enfant Sauvage", was co-produced by Josh Wilbur and Joe Duplantier. On "L'Enfant Sauvage", the band juxtaposed their death metal roots with elements more ambient and sophisticated, with an intent to find "the ultimate sound" on which they were working since their beginning, based on experimentation and research. The title translates to "The Wild Child". Joe Duplantier explained that titling the album in English inadequately encapsulated the meaning of the French term: ""Sauvage" is something that is not educated or something that is like free and completely free in nature. ... The idea with "L'Enfant Sauvage" is like with a human that would grow up in nature, raised by wolves, for example, without the influence from others and the influence from institutions or society in general." The album's title made an indirect reference to the French film "The Wild Child" of François Truffaut—"but it's first of all about poetry", noted Mario Duplantier. In 2012, K2 Agency founder John Jackson who represented Metallica, Iron Maiden, Slayer, Mastodon, and Guns N' Roses, signed Gojira to a global deal for the production of their concerts abroad.