Gorjira’s efficiency on the Paris Olympics is now obtainable to stream

Gorjira‘s efficiency on the Paris Olympics is now obtainable on streaming companies.

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In July, they grew to become the primary heavy steel act to look in an Olympic opening ceremony, acting on July 26 alongside experimental opera singer Marina Viotti.

The heavy metallers carried out ‘Ah, Ça Ira!’ (which interprets to ‘It’ll be advantageous’), a track that was in style through the French Revolution, throughout a phase titled ‘Liberté’ (in reference to France’s famed motto ‘Liberté, égalité, fraternité’), which celebrated some of the well-known occasions in French historical past, in addition to the nation’s emphasis on freedom.

Now, the band have made the observe obtainable on Spotify, Apple Music and extra.

In the course of the ceremony, the band appeared on the aspect of a fortress surrounded by hearth and bursts of crimson streamers, with Viotti later showing on a transferring prop boat. Their efficiency adopted a portion devoted to Les Miserables and got here simply after a beheaded Marie Antoinette was proven singing.

The spectacle left viewers asking themselves in the event that they’d simply seen “some of the memorable moments of 2024” or a “freakshow”. As heightened reactions on social media swirled, Gojira have been pressured to answer claims their efficiency was “Satanic”.

Frontman Joe Duplantier advised Rolling Stone: “It’s French historical past. It’s French appeal, you understand, beheaded individuals, crimson wine and blood all over — it’s romantic, it’s regular. There’s nothing satanic.”

Regardless of the controversy, it massively elevated Gojira’s streaming numbers, with their month-to-month listeners taking pictures as much as just below 2.7million per week after their efficiency, a progress of just about 50 per cent.

They’re now set to affix Trivium and Machine Head because the headliners for subsequent 12 months’s version of Bloodstock pageant. Gojira are set to shut out your complete fest on Sunday (August 10). “We’re psyched to play Bloodstock once more subsequent 12 months,” mentioned frontman Joe Duplantier in an announcement. “Maintain on to your socks, it’s gonna be brutal!”