GOJIRA Responds To 'Satanic' Olympic Ceremony Performance

Following the recent controversy surrounding Gojira's performance at the Olympic Games opening ceremony. Joe Duplantier, frontman of the French metal band, addresses accusations of "perpetuating satanism" during their dramatic display.

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[PrimordialRadio]

Who else do you think would deserve to open the next Olympics Ceremony?

[t.c.b]

No surprise the people who accuse them of being Satanic wouldn't know about its historical context.

[trustmeimmexican]

I mean... We all know they're wrong, but, as metalheads, being called satanic is like saying hi to us.

[Mulvers]

Think Gojira was the perfect choice. Heavy, groovy and at their peak. ... plus that set dressing was epic!

[Serobi_Web]

Separating religion from the state is something most of countries should very much think about

[rachelriley]

It was symbolic of France’s history, not satanic

[Dzdzydz]

Absolutely legendary performance. It makes me even sadder that London didn't showcase Heavy Metal at the 2012 Olympics. Given that a strong argument can be made for Britain being the genesis point for a lot of the sound and themes that would be associated with Metal as a genre

[Metal-Nine]

We Christians have given ourselves a bad reputation for allowing others to call themselves Christians while doing pretty much everything Jesus explicitly said no to. Like judge, hate, separate, don't tolerate, and by all means be as self righteous as possible. I pray all day. I cry for God almost daily. And I absolutely loved Gojiras performance. Seen em live and hope to again. Satanism?? Only if you want to make it so. And then that's between you and God.

[PTrep]

Some people get offended by the wind blowing. Good grief. 🤦🤦

[JesterOfDestiny]

Sex trafficker tries to take the moral high ground. That's the real crazy here.

[bradallard]

Gojira's performance was the highlight of the Olympics

[dirtyduck]

How anyone could think it was satanic is beyond me

[mathisl]

I mean I think it’s clear by now that anything Andrew Tate says you know the opposite is the truth

[monty]

I think it’s too bad they got dragged into that other crap. That was a crazy set for them to perform on (for any band) and really, the only part of the opening ceremony I actually liked.

[stananderson]

This was to symbolize the French revelution which is ugly as it may seem, is part of Frances history.. I thought Gojira did awesome.

[MitoMitoDraw]

They are expecting Pixar's Ratatouille kind of opening 😅

[mztweety]

It was a history lesson set to heavy-metal. Hell, I’m American, and I know that.


And it was brilliant

[potluck]

Haven't they been saying metal has been satanic for decades now? Get over it people

[Ark_knight]

If people on twitter are outraged at something it usually means it's amazing

[HenryLogan-rith]

Imagine if a black metal band played the olympics, people would have died lol