Just was wondering today when i got Terria through the mail from Hevydevy.com. the name looks like terror and gaia mixed together or something. Anyone anyone have a clue?

Well.....Terra is Latin for Earth....Terra Mater is an Roman godess representing the Earth, whose Greek counterpart is Gaia.

...Or it could have no bearing whatsoever.

Damn those old encyclopaedias for my 7th birthday

Yeah, Terra/Gaia. A fitting name for a heavy metal tribute to mother Earth.

Interesting information, I didn't actually know that.

Yeah, learning new stuff is great

That's what my teacher keeps telling me...

at least you guys learn stuff from your teachers

if I remember right Dev told the other day that he was cruisin' through the Canadian mountains and the word Terria came through his mind...it felt good to him and so he decided to call the album "Terria". Without any further or special meaning.

The word makes no sense.

It may not make sense but the word suits the album entirely.

agreed

The Terra/Gaia theory was pretty cool

Excuse my ignorance, but what does "gaia" mean?

Gah. Terra/Gaia, should've seen that earlier.

[JuZ]

Excuse my ignorance, but what does "gaia" mean?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gaia_philosophy

Gaia philosophy (named after Gaia, Greek goddess of the Earth) is a broadly inclusive term for related concepts that living organisms on a planet will affect the nature of their environment – to make it more suitable for life. This set of theories holds that all organisms on a planet regulate the biosphere to the benefit of the whole. The Gaia concept draws a connection between the survivability of a species, (hence its evolutionary course) and their usefulness to the survival of other species.

While there were a number of precursors to Gaia theory, the first scientific form of this idea was proposed as the Gaia hypothesis by James Lovelock, a UK chemist, in 1970. The Gaia hypothesis deals with the concept of homeostasis, and claim the resident life forms of a host planet coupled with their environment have acted and act as a single, self-regulating system. The system includes the near-surface rocks, the soil, and the atmosphere. While controversial at first, various forms of this idea became accepted to some degree by many within the scientific community.

how is it properly pronounced, just out of curiousity?

tear-e-a

or tur-ria