Theirs was Gojira, of France metal band who stole the show with his explosive appearance i the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Paristhe opportunity to enjoy live, in a few months, the Greek community. The famous progressive metal band that left millions of spectators from all over the world speechless, performing, together with the opera singer Marina Viotti, the iconic song of the French Revolution “Ca ira” on the balcony the large building of the Palais de Justice, next. for the river Seine, they will give a concert 19 July in Water Square, as part of it Athens 2025 release.
Those unfamiliar with this genre of music might be surprised to see them perform live for the first time, but loyal hardcore fans everywhere expected nothing less from them, since that they were among the best representatives of the genre for years.
The four-piece band was founded by brothers Joe and Mario Duplantier in 1996 in the French community of Ondres. Their name was originally Godzilla, but they had to change it along the way because they had problems with the copyright of the fictional monster from Japanese films. Their career has been extremely successful with records including ‘From Mars To Sirius’, ‘The Way of All Flesh’, ‘L’Enfant Sauvage’ and ‘Magma’ setting sales records and themselves being nominated for two once for the Grammy Music Award. They were also the first French band to top the Billboard Hard Rock Albums chart and the first metal band to perform at the official Olympics ceremony.
Their basic “weapons” are the amazing shows they present in their live performances and of course the specialty of their music which combines the hard sound with a special emotional element, mixing musical elements from the various metal sub-genres with philosophical lyrics that go grappling with importance. concepts such as ecological consciousness, which they themselves are at the forefront of pursuing.
It is therefore clear that their upcoming concert in Athens is big news for the domestic audience of hard metal sound, their loyal Greek fans but also for all those who were excited to watch their explosive appearance in Paris.
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Anastasia Kouka
08.10.2024, 19:21