GOJIRA Streams Their Super Satanic Olympic Song, “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça Ira!)”

Gojira is now streaming their cowl of “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)” from the Paris Olympics opening ceremony. The quilt was carried out alongside visuals of a beheaded Marie Antoinette and blood cannons, in addition to further vocals from opera singer Marina Viotti. Test it out under and relive arguably one of many largest days heavy metallic has had in a very long time!

And no – Gojira‘s efficiency was not “Satanic” regardless of what many (very misguided) individuals might have thought. Gojira frontman Joe Duplantier addressed the accusations in a latest interview with Rolling Stone, saying all of the violence and heavy metallic is just part of French tradition.

“It is none of that. It is French historical past. It is French allure, you understand, beheaded individuals, pink wine, and blood everywhere — it is romantic, it is regular,” mentioned Duplantier.

“There’s nothing satanic [laughs]. France is a rustic that made a separation between the state and faith in the course of the revolution. And it is one thing crucial, very expensive to the muse of republican France. We name it laïcité. It is when the state isn’t spiritual anymore, so subsequently it is free when it comes to expression and symbolism. It is all about historical past and information. We do not look too shut intently at symbolism when it comes to faith.”

Gojira drummer Mario Duplantier took a a lot shorter strategy to criticizing the critics on his Instagram, merely posting the under goof on the Olympics brand.