A momentous day for the metal community, Gojira’s startling performance at this year’s Olympic Games was a real shot in the arm for all of us, and now you can finally get a good look at it with the official video for ‘Mea Culpa’! With any luck the Grammy-nominated single will bring home the award for the French progressive metallers, knocking Metallica off their perch for once.
Gojira made history as the first metal band ever to perform at the Olympic Games during this past summer’s star-studded opening ceremony which also included performances by Lady Gaga and Celine Dion. Working with composer Victor le Manse and French-Swiss mezzo-soprano Marina Viotti, the quartet injected their signature heavy riffs and punishing rhythms into the French Revolution-era song ‘Ah! Ça ira!.’ Joined by Viotti and nearly 300 classical musicians, Gojira performed from the windows of Paris’ iconic Concierge amidst a grand spectacle of pyrotechnics, making international headlines and being widely regarded as one of the most talked about moments from the 2024 Summer Olympics.
Gojira recently wrapped up a North American tour providing direct support to Korn, and are in the midst of working on the follow-up to their critically acclaimed 2021 album ‘Fortitude’, which featured GRAMMY®-nominated single ‘Amazonia’ and was heralded as one of the best metal albums of the year by Rolling Stone, Consequence, The Guardian, and more. They will headline the U.K.’s Bloodstock Open Air Festival in August 2025.
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