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Athletes can be vying for gold over the following two weeks, however a unique sort of metallic stole the present on Friday. 

Sandwiched between showtunes from “Les Miserables” and “Carmen,” the French heavy-metal band Gojira made a head-banging look throughout the Olympics opening ceremony, giving viewers a sure stage of tradition shock.

First greeted by a headless Marie Antoinette, Gojira carried out on the Conciergerie alongside the River Seine.

This is what to know.

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Who’s Gojira, metallic band at opening ceremony?

Gojira is made up of Joe Duplantier, Mario Duplantier, Christian Andreu and Jean-Michel La- badie. They carried out on the Conciergerie, which was the residence of French kings in medieval occasions.

It turned a jail throughout the French Revolution, and Marie Antoinette was one among its most well-known prisoners. Gojira carried out alongside singer Marina Viotti.

The identify of the band is impressed by the legendary kaiju Godzilla, they usually have been initially named Godzilla till 2001. They’re three-time Grammy Award nominees and most not too long ago launched their album “Fortitude” in 2021.

Gojira performs metallic and totally different subgenres, together with progressive metallic and groove metallic.

Marie Antoinette might have misplaced her head, but when she nonetheless had one, she’d be banging it in 2024 due to Gojira.