Opening Ceremonies by the numbers 1/7 One of the loudest is Gojira, a popular French heavy metal band that has achieved global success while touring with the likes of Metallica and Slipknot.

Gojira's fire-fueled performance at the Olympics opening ceremony in Paris, France (July 26) was a massive win for metal. Now, what does it mean for the genre's future? That's the question we aim ...

France's top metal band, Gojira, have made their presence felt at the 2024 Olympic Games Opening Ceremony. As previously teased, the band collaborated with opera singer Marina Viotti for a ...

Sandwiched between showtunes from "Les Miserables" and "Carmen," the French heavy-metal band Gojira made a head-banging appearance during the Olympics opening ceremony, giving viewers a certain ...

Gojira, a leading French heavy metal band, became the first hard rock act to perform in an Olympic Games opening ceremony when it did a metal version of “Ah! Ça Ira,” a song that was popular ...

European outlets have reported that the legendary French metal band Gojira will be part of the Paris Olympics Opening Ceremony -- the first time a metal band will perform on this stage.

Enter: Gojira. The group became the first metal band to ever perform during the opening ceremonies. They were chosen because a) they’re French, and b) they put on a sick show. The band — made ...

Gojira have done the whole scene proud by becoming the first metal band ever to perform at an Olympic opening ceremony. Gojira’s Joe Duplantier has admitted that the band felt pressure to ...

Duplantier, 47, and his French bandmates have been part of Gojira, a heavy metal band which was called Godzilla upon formation in 1996 until a legal need to change it in 2001. They've since been ...

That phenomenon isn't just limited to athletes, either. French metal band Gojira put on a performance for the ages during Friday's opening ceremony. It was a special display for the Francophone ...