PARIS, July 30 — A thundering performance by thrash metal band Gojira at the Olympics opening ceremony shows how much the demonic-sounding genre has entered the pop culture...
French heavy metal band Gojira performs at the Conciergerie during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games in Paris, France, July 26, 2024. — AFP picPARIS, July 30 — A thundering performance by thrash metal band Gojira at the Olympics opening ceremony shows how much the demonic-sounding genre has entered the pop culture mainstream.
She hopes it will help change the image of metal and finally rid the genre of its “Satanist” or “violent” cliches. “It’s crazy, a very nice surprise and a world first for metal,” said Corentin Charbonnier, a doctor in anthropology and a French researcher on metal music.Charbonnier helped curate France’s largest-ever exhibition about the genre at -- of all places -- the Paris Philharmonic, which is running until September 29.
It is now a fully established genre even in France, with a dedicated festival — Hellfest — that attracted around 240,000 fans to its latest edition last month.“What is interesting in the current revival of metal culture is that some want to be recognised and others want to stay in the shadows, in the counter-culture,” Charbonnier said.
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