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Three of the most powerful metal bands on the planet were among the acts to perform at the “Back to the Beginning” final Black Sabbath concert on Saturday (July 5th) in Birmingham, England, as Gojira, Pantera, and Slayer all delivered electrifying sets.

Gojira performed “Stranded,” “Silvera,” and their Olympics song “Mea Culpa” with opera singer Marina Viotti before closing with a cover of Sabbath’s “Under the Sun.” Meanwhile, Pantera came out swinging with a 1-2 punch of their own classics “Cowboys From Hell” and “Walk,” before taking on two Sabbath songs: “Planet Caravan” (which they famously covered on their album Far Beyond Driven) and “Electric Funeral.”

Slayer, who reunited to play select shows last year, kicked off their set with “Disciple” and “War Ensemble” before covering Sabbath’s “Wicked World.” The legendary thrash act then played “South of Heaven,” “Raining Blood,” and “Angel of Death” to close out their performance,...

The “Back to the Beginning” concert has begun! The all-day event at Birmingham, England’s Villa Park, leading up to the final performances from Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath, kicked off on Saturday (July 5th) with mini-sets from Mastodon, Rival Sons, Anthrax, Halestorm, and Lamb of God.

Mastodon got things started with two originals (“Black Tongue” and “Blood and Thunder”) before taking on Sabbath’s “Supernaut,” with drummer Brann Dailor handling lead vocals, and Gojira’s Mario Duplantier, Tool’s Danny Carey, and Slipknot’s Eloy Casagrande each adding percussion.

Rival Sons sandwiched a cover of Sabbath’s “Electric Funeral” in between two originals, while Anthrax performed “Indians” and Sabbath’s “Into the Void.” Halestorm played “Love Bites (So Do I)” and “Rain Your Blood on Me” along with a cover of Ozzy’s “Perry Mason,” and Lamb of God performed “Laid to Rest,” “Redneck,” and Sabbath’s “Children of the Grave.

Metallica’s 1991 self-titled fifth studio LP, better known as “The Black Album,” has been certified a whopping 20-times platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), strengthening its long-standing status as the biggest-selling album of any genre in the Soundscan/Luminate era.

The new certification, marking 20 million copies moved in the United States alone, represents a massive jump from the LP’s previous certification, 16-times platinum, in 2012. “The Black Album” continues to sell consistently 34 years after its arrival, as a constant presence on the weekly Billboard 200 chart.

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Upon its release in 1991, “The Black Album” propelled Metallica from metal heroes to rock superstars, with such classics as “Enter Sandman,” “The Unforgiven,” “Nothing Else Matters,” “Wherever I May Roam,” and “Sad But True.” It has now spent 789 non-consecutive weeks on the Billboard 200, the fourth most overall of any album.

And that’s not all. Metallica’s third full-length,...

Metallica have announced a leg of 2026 UK/European concert dates, expanding their ongoing “M72 Tour.”

The outing is set for May and June 2026 and sees Metallica joined by the support pairing of Gojira and Knocked Loose for 10 shows, with Pantera and Avatar supporting the remaining four dates on the European trek. General ticket sales begin Friday (May 30th) at 10 a.m. local time.

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The European dates will feature the same production as previous “M72” shows, including the in-the-round midfield stage with the central “Snake Pit” providing a complete 360-degree view of the show. Additionally, Metallica will be bringing their “No Repeat Weekend” format — in which the band plays unique setlists across two nights — to four cities. The itinerary also features some long-overdue European stops in Athens (for the first time since 2010), Chorzów (for the first time since 2008), and Cardiff (for the first time since 1996).

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Loathe, the UK band who incorporate various metal subgenres into their unique sound, have unveiled the single “Gifted Every Strength,” their first new song in three years.

The new track comes as Loathe continue to support Spiritbox on a spring North American tour that runs through a two-night stand in Los Angeles on May 10th and 11th (pick up tickets here). Later in the year, Loathe will hit the road with Korn and Gojira on a fall Canadian outing (tickets available here).

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“Gifted Every Strength” finds Loathe singer Kadeem France in full scream mode for the first minute or so, before transitioning into some Deftones-like atmospherics, and then taking a roller-coaster ride of various sonics throughout the rest of the song.

Loathe released their most recent full-length album, I Let It In and It Took Everything, in 2020, and followed with the stand-alone single “Dimorphous...

Marvel Comics understands how to keep its fans interested in reading its content, namely with anticipated comics crossovers. From Secret Wars to Avengers vs. X-Men, Marvel loves bringing together two insurmountable forces between its covers, but nothing has been as huge as what they are doing now. Literally.

Toho International Studios, the parent company of the world's favorite nuclear iguana, is partnering with Marvel Comics for a brand-new series that will pit Godzilla against many superheroes in Marvel's assemblage.

In an exclusive with The Wrap, Marvel Comics announced the Kaiju partnership will be a miniseries entitled "Godzilla Destroys the Marvel Universe." The synopsis of the crossover miniseries can be read below:

"A previously dormant Godzilla has been angrily awoken and begun carving a path of annihilation as Earth's Mightiest Heroes band together to try and stop its cataclysmic rampage! But when their combined efforts fail to slow the Bringer of Destruction,...

Gojira came to be only as a consequence of one of history’s worst moments. Nine years after the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1954, producer Tomoyuki Tanaka had a vision for a monster movie. He wanted to bring those horrors of nuclear destruction to life. Inspired by America’s The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, Tanaka conceived his creature as a walking nuclear bomb, a tummy-churning reminder of the bombing, saying, “Mankind created the bomb, and now nature was going to take revenge.”

Under US occupation still, the horrors of radiation were fresh in the memory of Japanese people. Survivors, quite vividly, described the ant-walking alligators – people who were burned so badly their skin was blackened and leathery, with red holes where their mouths should be. They could not scream and could only make an insect-like murmur.

A still from Godzilla (1954) | Credit: Toho

Tanaka’s monster needed a name for the big screens.

Korn have announced a Fall 2025 Canadian tour with support from Gojira and Loathe.

The eight-city “Korn: Kanada Tour” kicks off on September 17th at Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa, hitting Montreal, Winnipeg, Calgary, and more before the finale at Rogers Arena in Vancouver on October 1st.

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A Live Nation ticket pre-sale begins Thursday (March 27th) at 10 a.m. local time using the code Funky. General ticket sales start Friday (March 28th) at 10 a.m. local time via Ticketmaster.

The Canadian outing falls amidst Korn’s slate of 2025 festival appearances, including stops at three Danny Wimmer Presents fests. Korn are also set to share the bill with System of a Down at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey on August 27th and 28th.

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Korn’s 2025 Tour Dates:

05/08 – Columbus, Oh @ Sonic Temple Art & Music Festival

05/18 – Daytona Beach, Fl @ Welcome to Rockville

06/19 – Clisson,...

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Spanning over 70 years and spread across more than 32 films, the monster known as Godzilla is a worldwide icon. Based on a monster awakened from the devastating aftermath of a nuclear attack, the franchise birthed a genre that holds supremacy in pop culture today. The lizard-like monster, which looks more like a creature from the Cretaceous period, piqued the audience's interest in the inspiration and facts behind the elaborate Godzilla universe.

Since its inception in the 1950s in Japan, there have been several takes on Godzilla with...

The lineup for the 2025 edition of the Aftershock festival has just been unveiled, featuring headliners blink-182, Deftones, Korn, and Bring Me the Horizon.

The four-day fest is set for October 2nd-5th at Discovery Park in Sacramento, California, and also features A Perfect Circle, Good Charlotte, Turnstile, Marilyn Manson, Gojira, Bad Omens, Rob Zombie, Acid Bath, Lamb of God, All Time Low, Dream Theater, Gwar, Bruce Dickinson, Knocked Loose, and others among the 115-plus acts on the bill.

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Tickets to Aftershock 2025, including four-day and single-day passes, are available via the festival’s website. Fans can also look for deals via StubHub, where your purchase is 100% guaranteed through StubHub’s Fan Protect program.

Joining blink-182 on the Thursday (October 2nd) lineup will be Good Charlotte, All Time Low, Acid Bath, Taking Back Sunday, Alkaline Trio, The All-American Rejects, Power Trip, Hollywood Undead, Carcass, High on Fire, and more.

Beyoncé and Kendrick Lamar were among the big winners at the 2025 Grammy Awards.

For the first time in her legendary career, Beyoncé took home Album of the Year. After being nominated four previous times in the category, Queen Bey finally broke through with her country album Cowboy Carter.

Beyoncé also made Grammy history as the first Black artist to win Best Country Album, and her collaboration with Miley Cyrus, II Most Wanted,” was named Best Country Duo/Group Performance.

Kendrick Lamar was the night’s other big winner, as his industry-shaking Drake diss track, “Not Like Us,” swept all five categories that it was nominated in: Song of the Year, Record of the Year, Best Rap Song, Best Rap Performance, and Best Music Video.

Rounding out the Big Four Categories, Chappell Roan was christened Best New Artist.

Charli Xcx claimed three Grammys: brat won Dance/Electronic Album and Best Recording Package,...

The 2025 Grammy Awards have just come to an end, and there were so many amazing winners!

The annual ceremony took place at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, and was once again hosted by Trevor Noah.

It was once again a big year for women, with superstars like Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Charli Xcx, Sabrina Carpenter, and Chappell Roan receiving top nominations and taking home many wins.

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Album of the Year

New Blue Sun, André 3000

Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé - Winner!

Short n’ Sweet, Sabrina Carpenter

Brat, Charli xcx

Djesse Vol. 4, Jacob Collier

Hit Me Hard And Soft, Billie Eilish

The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess, Chappell Roan

The Tortured Poets Department, Taylor Swift

Record of the Year

“Now and Then,” The Beatles

“Texas Hold ‘Em,” Beyoncé

“Espresso,” Sabrina Carpenter

“360,” Charli xcx

“Birds Of A Feather,” Billie Eilish

“Not Like Us,” Kendrick Lamar - Winner!

Gojira won the 2025 Grammy for Best Metal Performance on Sunday (February 2nd). The award was presented during the Premiere Ceremony that streamed online prior to the main televised ceremony.

The French metal band took home the Grammy for “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!),” along with collaborators Marina Viotti and Victor Le Masne. Gojira stole the show during the Summer Olympics opening ceremony in Paris back in July, delivering a mesmerizing performance of the song outside the windows of the Conciergerie building, a former prison and courthouse that sits along the River Seine.

In the Best Metal Performance category, Gojira beat out Judas Priest’s “Crown of Horns,” Metallica’s “Screaming Suicide,” Spiritbox’s “Cellar Door,” and Knocked Loose’s “Suffocate” featuring Poppy.

In a somewhat confusing moment, the house band at the Grammy ceremony played Metallica’s “Enter Sandman” as Gojira walked to the stage to receive their award.

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Alien Weaponry have announced a new album, Te Rā, arriving March 28th via Napalm Records. The video for the single “Mao Molo” can be streamed now.

The album announcement comes on the same day Alien Weaponry kick off their tour supporting Slayer guitarist Kerry King and his solo band. The outing, which also features Municipal Waste, runs through February 14th in Austin, Texas, and you can get tickets here.

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The single sees the New Zealand band one again melding technical thrash metal with lyrical content that is pertinent to its native culture. In this case, the lyrics are in the te reo Māori language and honor traditional Māori face tattooing while “delving into the costs of maintaining customs that are at-odds with dominant cultural norms,” according to the band’s press release.

“Māori have a rich history of marking traditions that were nearly lost during colonization,...

While more recent Godzilla movies have revisited the terrifying power, threat, and majesty of the radioactive lizard, his history is still filled with silly story lines and puzzling plot choices. Toho in particular returned Godzilla to his deadly, metaphorical roots with two of the most acclaimed movies in his 70-year career on the big screen: Shin Godzilla and Godzilla Minus One. Legendary’s Monsterverse, on the other hand, has progressed from the gritty reintroduction of Big G in Godzilla (2014) to the comic book-level insanity of Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire.

To be clear, one of Godzilla’s most important features, and a big reason why he’s remained popular for so long, is his adaptability. He can serve as a powerful symbol of the horrors of nuclear war just as easily as he can act as a family-friendly merchandise inspiration. In fact, some of Godzilla's most memorable moments...

Gojira have released an official music video for their electrifying performance of “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)” at the Olympics opening ceremony in Paris this past summer.

The video captures the performance in all its glory, with the members of Gojira playing the song from platforms outside the windows of the Conciergerie building, a former prison and courthouse that sits along the River Seine. As they deliver the metal version of the French Revolution-era song “Ah, Ça Ira!,” they are joined by opera singer Marina Viotti, who floats down the river in a wooden ship.

This new official version of the video gets rid of the semi-annoying commentary from the original broadcast’s NBC announcers, and lets the music and visuals do the talking.

At the end of August, Gojira released an official single version of the song, which went on to be nominated for Best Metal Performance at the upcoming 2025 Grammy Awards.

One shared cinematic universe that has only improved in quality as its grown in scope and size is the MonsterVerse. Starting with 2014's "Godzilla," the MonsterVerse quickly grew to include crossovers with other iconic kaiju, most notably including King Kong. The cinematic universe has also spread to television, from the animated Netflix series "Skull Island" to Apple TV+'s live-action series "Monarch: Legacy of Monsters." Along with these shows, an extensively detailed history for the MonsterVerse has taken shape, particularly with regards to the role of the monsters, or Titans, in the 20th and 21st centuries.

Meticulously plotted, the MonsterVerse has created an entire timeline of itself, complete with recurring characters at different stages of their lives and, of course, plenty of Titans. Through its different projects, the MonsterVerse offers varied character perspectives on the same major events, including Godzilla's pivotal fight in San Francisco, marking the Age of Titans.

Godzilla has played the hero more often than not in his 70-year career on the silver screen, but in one classic Toho movie he was the villain while one of his biggest rivals saved the day. Godzilla began as a terrifying destructive force, acting as a metaphor for the horrors of nuclear war, but he quickly evolved into a more family-friendly heroic monster during the Showa Era of films. Some of the most underrated Godzilla movies returned him to his monstrous roots, and in one 33-year-old movie, that villainous status put him at odds with one of his greatest rivals.

Over the years, Toho has changed the alignment of many of its monsters, with very few exceptions. Mechagodzilla, for example, was an all-powerful alien weapon in his first two appearances before evolving into a human-made defense mechanism against the destruction of Godzilla on Earth. Mothra has never appeared as a true villain,...

Gojira made worldwide headlines this past summer when they turned an old French Revolution song into a mind-blowing heavy metal anthem at the Olympics opening ceremony in Paris. Now, frontman Joe Duplantier is urging people to “join the vegan revolution” as part of a new campaign with PETA.

Duplantier, who has been vegan for 10 years, stars in a new PSA video for PETA in which he discusses his own experience living on a plant-based diet, including the moral and health benefits that go with it.

“I became vegan for the animals,” says the metal singer-guitarist in the video. “But another benefit to being vegan is for your health. I have more energy now when I perform since I became vegan.”

He adds, “When my second child was born, we decided to go vegan as a family. It’s going fabulous. They love not hurting animals.”

At the end of the clip,...

Godzilla premiered in November of 1954, eight months to the day after the United States set off its first hydrogen bomb. Indebted to but distinct from pioneering giant monster movies like 1925’s The Lost World, 1933’s King Kong, and 1953’s The Beast from 20,000 Fathoms, the seminal Japanese kaiju film is more than just another special effects-driven creature feature. Working from a story by Shigeru Kayama, writer-director Ishirō Honda and co-writer Takeo Murata provide an outlet for post-war Japan’s fears.

In the atomic age parable, an ancient, 164-foot creature dubbed Gojira ravages Tokyo after being awakened from its deep-sea hibernation by nuclear testing. Scientist Daisuke Serizawa (Akihiko Hirata), salvage ship captain Hideto Ogata (Akira Takarada), paleontologist Kyohei Yamane, and his daughter Emiko Yamane (Momoko Kōchi) are tasked with fulfilling their social obligations to stop the seemingly indestructible beast.

The decision to use an actor (Haruo Nakajima and Katsumi Tezuka) in a...

The 2025 Grammy nominations included some artists who made history. That includes Beyoncé’s “Cowboy Carter” earning the most nominations for a single album (11), which also made Beyoncé the most nominated female artist in a single year and the most nominated individual of all time (she has 99 career bids). But here are four more milestones that might’ve flown under the radar.

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The Grammy pop field now comprises four categories: Best Pop Solo Performance, Best Pop Duo/Group Performance, Best Pop Vocal Album and the relatively new Best Dance Pop Recording. This year Billie Eilish is the first artist nominated in all four categories in the same year. She achieved this with her hit “Birds of a Feather” in the pop solo race, “Guess” with Charli Xcx in the duo/group contest, “L’Amour De Ma Vie...

The nominations for the 2025 Grammy Awards have been announced!

The Recording Academy announced the nominees in a YouTube livestream on Friday (November 8).

It was once again a big year for women with Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, Charli Xcx, Sabrina Carpenter, and Chappell Roan receiving top nominations.

Keep reading to find out more…Beyoncé received the most nominations with a total of 11.

The 2025 Grammys will take place on February 2, 2025 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles.

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Record of the Year

“Now and Then,” The Beatles

“Texas Hold ‘Em,” Beyoncé

“Espresso,” Sabrina Carpenter

“360,” Charli xcx

“Birds Of A Feather,” Billie Eilish

“Not Like Us,” Kendrick Lamar

“Good Luck, Babe!,” Chappell Roan

“Fortnight,” Taylor Swift feat. Post Malone

Album of the Year

New Blue Sun, André 3000

Cowboy Carter, Beyoncé

Short n’ Sweet, Sabrina Carpenter

Brat, Charli xcx

Djesse Vol. 4, Jacob Collier

Hit Me Hard And Soft,...

The nominees for the 2025 Grammy Awards were announced on Friday morning (November 8th), with some heavyweight acts among the contenders for Best Metal Performance.

Gojira, alongside collaborators Marina Viotti and Victor Le Masne, have been nominated for “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!),” the song that the French metal masters played during their groundbreaking performance at the Olympics opening ceremony in Paris this past summer.

Two Rock & Roll Hall of Famers will also battle it out in the category, as Judas Priest’s “Crown of Horns” and Metallica’s “Screaming Suicide” each received a nod.

Rounding out the competition for Best Metal Performance are two acts who’ve exploded onto the scene in recent years: Canadian metal band Spiritbox with “Cellar Door” and Kentucky hardcore heroes Knocked Loose with “Suffocate” (featuring Poppy).

The 67th Annual Grammy Awards will take place February 2nd at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, and air live at 8 p.

"There's no way to stop it." The big radioactive lizard is back! Again! Japan's Toho is planning another 2024 re-release of this beloved, Oscar-winning, monster movie mega-hit Godzilla: Minus One. The re-release is part of the 70th Anniversary of Godzilla celebrations (more info here), because the original Gojira movie opened in Japan on November 1st way back in 1954. So this is also re-releasing on November 1st in the US as well - after a successful run last winter. Prolific Japanese filmmaker Takashi Yamazaki directed this epic action sci-fi - starring Ryunosuke Kamiki, Minami Hamabe, Yuki Yamada, Munetaka Aoki, Hidetaka Yoshioka, Sakura Ando, Kuranosuke Sasaki. Post-war Japan is at its lowest point when a new crisis emerges in the form of a giant monster, baptized in the horrific power of the atomic bomb. The movie originally opened in Japan last November and in the US in December, becoming a hit worldwide before...

Gojira’s instantly legendary performance during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics this past summer beamed heavy metal into households around the world, hopefully paving the way for other major events to spotlight metal bands.

Frontman Joe Duplantier was recently asked on Full Metal Jackie’s radio show (as transcribed by Loudwire) about the potential for such a phenomenon happening at the Super Bowl or the Grammys. At first, Duplantier reached for the full-tilt extreme: “I’d love to see Meshuggah at the Super Bowl.”

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While Meshuggah might be a pipe dream for such a mainstream event, Duplantier quickly pivoted to a very realistic option: the biggest metal band on the planet, aka the mighty Metallica.

In fact, Duplantier went as far as to suggest that Metallica should have already headlined a Super Bowl halftime show, given their overwhelming influence across the globe.

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Metal and hip-hop collide on Megan Thee Stallion’s new song “Tyg” featuring Spiritbox. The track appears on the rapper’s new release, Megan: Act II, which is out today (October 25th).

“Tyg” marks the second collaboration between the hip-hop artist and the Canadian metal band, following last year’s “Cobra (Rock Remix),” which earned our Heavy Song of the Week honors upon its release.

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The new track was co-written by Megan with Spiritbox’s Courtney Laplante and Mike Stringer, among others. The song features Megan delivering spitfire lyrics with Laplante’s metallic screams adding to the ferocity.

Megan: Act II is a super deluxe reissue of Megan Thee Stallion’s third album, Megan, released in June of this year. Act II includes an entire bonus disc of new material, including”Tyg” and collaborations with Flo Milli and BTS member Rm.

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Gojira’s thrilling performance during the opening ceremonies of the Paris Olympics earlier this summer was momentous on a global scale for both the band and heavy metal in general. We might be biased here at Heavy Consequence, but it clearly stole the show.

As a post-celebration of Paris hosting the Summer Games, Gojira’s performance of “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça Ira)” was projected against the famous Arc de Triomphe monument in Place Charles de Gaulle over the weekend.

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Gojira themselves weren’t there this time around, as they are in the midst of supporting Korn on a North American tour (pick up tickets here). Instead, a striking visage of the band from the opening ceremony — performing outside the windows of the Conciergerie building overlooking the River Seine — was projected against the archway at night.

Really, the only thing missing from the reprisal was the band.

Korn launched their Fall 2024 North American tour on Thursday night (September 12th) at MidFlorida Credit Union Amphitheatre in Tampa, Florida.

The outing, which features support from Gojira and Spirtbox, is scheduled through a October 27th show in St. Paul, Minnesota, with tickets available here.

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At the Tampa kickoff, Korn played a career-spanning 18-song set, beginning with “Here to Stay” off 2002’s Untouchables. The nu-metal pioneers’ groundbreaking 1994 self-titled debut, which is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year, was well represented with four songs: “Blind,” “Ball Tongue,” “Clown,” and “Shoots and Ladders.”

Meanwhile, frontman Jonathan Davis and company performed three songs each from classic ’90s albums Life Is Peachy, Follow the Leader, and Issues, with each album represented in three-song encore: “Falling Away From Me,” “Good God,” and the show-closing “Freak on a Leash.” Among the highlights was the band’s first performance of “Hey Daddy” since 1999.

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Spiritbox have unveiled the new single “Soft Spine” as they gear up for a North American tour with Korn and Gojira.

The stand-alone track comes less than a week before the outing kicks off on September 12th in Tampa, Florida. Spiritbox will open each show, with Gojira providing direct support to headliners Korn (pick up tickets here).

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The blistering “Soft Spine” finds singer Courtney Laplante in full scream mode, as the song delves into extreme metal territory. It’s the Canadian band’s first new music since last year’s The Fear of Fear EP, save for a guest spot on Megan Thee Stallion’s “Cobra” remix.

While a proper full-length follow-up to Spirtibox’s 2021 debut album, Eternal Blue, has yet to be announced, a press release promises “more exciting things to come from the band in the near future.”

Following their tour with Korn and Gojira,...

Gojira stole the show at last month’s Olympics opening ceremony in Paris with their mesmerizing performance of “Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)” featuring opera singer Marina Viotti. Now, the French metal masters have unveiled an official single version of the song via streaming services (listen below).

The official audio comes two weeks before Gojira support Korn on a North American tour that kicks off September 12th and runs through October 27th, with tickets available here.

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Viewers who tuned in to the Olympics opening ceremony on July 26th witnessed Gojira performing from platforms extending outside the windows of the Conciergerie building, a former prison and courthouse that sits along the River Seine. They delivered an extreme metal version of the French Revolution-era song “Ah, Ça Ira!,” and were joined by opera singer Marina Viotti, who floated down the river in a wooden ship.

The performance featured...

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With Godzilla celebrating its 70th birthday in October 2024, the gargantuan beast has never been more popular. Following the release of the hit Godzilla Minus One, the recent Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire, and the Apple TV+ series Monarch: Legacy of Monsters, a renewed fascination with the classic Toho movie monster has brought Godzilla back into the cultural spotlight for new and old generations to enjoy. Yet, despite appearing in countless movies since 1954, several questions about Godzilla's biological makeup remain.

With 70 years of historical mythology to draw from, ascertaining Godzilla's gender, origin, and species is long overdue. Although there has been conflicting information throughout the movies and literature, there's enough consensus to understand Godzilla's physiological traits, what it is, whether the monster is male or female, and what race of creature it belongs to. Now that...

Billie Eilish, Red Hot Chili Peppers, Snoop Dogg, and H.E.R. were among the performers for the energetic Olympics closing ceremony in Paris on Sunday.

The Los Angeles-based artists were chosen to help usher in the handover to LA28, when the summer Olympics head to L.A. from June 14 to July 30, 2028. The performances were a blend of pretaped deliveries alongside live sets.

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Kicking things off, H.E.R. performed the “The Star-Spangled Banner” live from Paris.

Phoenix performed a rousing “Lisztomania” to kickoff their set during the Olympics closing ceremony in Paris on Sunday.

The French band from Versailles appeared in the middle of the Stade de France, surrounded by the athletes and included the song “If I Ever Feel Better” and “Funky Squaredance” featuring VannDa. The performance featured several special guests, including fellow French legends Air, who joined Phoenix to deliver “Playground Love” together. There was also an appearance by DJ-producer Kavinsky, who performed “Nightcall” with singer Angèle. Ezra Koenig from Vampire Weekend also joined Phoenix for their collab “Tonight.

Billie Eilish, Red Hot Chili Peppers, and Olympics correspondent Snoop Dogg — all Los Angeles-based artists — will perform at the 2024 Paris Olympics’ closing ceremony Sunday night as part of the “handover celebration” looking ahead to the LA28 games.

H.E.R. was also deliver the National Anthem live from Paris during the closing ceremony, which will hint at the collective star power that the 2028 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles has in store.

“This is the biggest moment in LA28 history to date, as the Olympic flag passes from Paris to LA,...

French bands Phoenix and Air will both perform at the closing ceremony of the 2024 Paris Olympics on Sunday, August 11th.

The two Versailles-based groups helped usher in the Olympics with a special concert at Paris’ Charles de Gaulle Airport on July 17th — along with Étienne de Crécy and Izzy Lindqwister, Phoenix and Air performed on the roof of Terminal 1, serving as a pre-Olympics summer party as well as a commemoration of the airport’s 50th anniversary.

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Now, after the massive Olympics opening ceremony included performances from Celine Dion, Lady Gaga, Gojira, Aya Nakamura, and dozens others, the closing ceremony will feature even more spectacle. In addition to “French Touch” legends Phoenix and Air, Tom Cruise is reportedly set to pull off a stunt on the Stade de France — Le Parisien confirms that Cruise will be a part of the handoff that symbolizes the transition between Paris...

Prosecutors in Paris are investigating death threats and harassment directed at Thomas Jolly, the artistic director behind the opening ceremony at the 2024 Olympics, according to The Associated Press.

The investigation was launched, the Paris prosecutor’s office said, after Jolly filed a police complaint on Tuesday, July 30 (the opening ceremony took place a few days prior, on July 26). Jolly said he’d been subjected to death threats, “public insults,” and “defamation” and has been “the target of threatening messages and insults on social networks criticizing his sexual orientation and his wrongly-assumed Israeli roots.

The 2024 Summer Olympics are well under way in Paris, and while the world’s nations are still competing to make the podium, there is one individual who has already secured more than a few metaphorical gold medals: Snoop Dogg. In a funny segment that aired during Tuesday’s primetime Olympics broadcast, the rapper linked up with Michael Phelps in the pool to prove his lungs remain as strong as ever.

In the clip, “Mr. 23-Time, The Og, The Goat,” Michael Phelps, attempts to teach Snoop race-ready swimming technique. Adorned in a custom American flag robe, Snoop dives in to see if he has what it takes to achieve athletic glory — just don’t offer him any goggles.

Snoop Dogg has been all over this year’s Olympic coverage. In addition to being the happiest, most experienced (in a way) torchbearer and running a mock 200-meter trial, he’s an NBC correspondent for the event.

Anyone who tuned in to the 2024 Olympics opening ceremony on Friday hoping for big pop music performances like Celine Dion’s and Lady Gaga’s was probably not prepared to see Marie Antoinette, beheaded and bloody, singing the 19th-century French anthem “Ah! Ça Ira” with the French heavy metal band Gojira. The quartet took the reins from the decapitated queen with aplomb, ending her reign with double-kick bass drums, pneumatic rhythm guitar, and frontman Joe Duplantier’s growled interpretation of the lyrics, which insist that after revolution, everything will be just fine.

A number of medals have already been handed out at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris, but the ultimate gold medal might have to go to Gojira for their sensational performance during the opening ceremony on Friday (July 26th). Drummer Mario Duplantier has now reflected on the global gig, calling it “a big step for the metal community.”

The French metal band absolutely wowed the world with their breathtaking performance from platforms extending outside the windows of the Conciergerie building, a former prison and courthouse that sits along the River Seine. The band performed an extreme metal version of the French Revolution-era song “Ah, Ça Ira!,” and were soon joined by opera singer Marina Viotti, who floated down the river in a wooden ship.

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In an Instagram post following the performance, the drummer wrote, “What a tremendous honor to be part of this ambitious and epic ceremony in Paris.

The Olympic Rings at the l’Hôtel de Ville, Esplanade de la Libération in Paris, France.

The opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Games in Paris drew around 28.6 million viewers to NBC and Peacock, according to data from Nielsen shared by the network on Saturday.

The data includes the live broadcast that aired early Friday morning on NBC and Peacock, and the prime-time replays on NBC stations and affiliates later in the day.

“Last night’s Opening Ceremony, one of the most ambitious and complex in Olympic history, was a spectacle for those in attendance in Paris, delivered a huge audience across our [NBC Universal] platforms, and set records for Peacock,” Rick Cordella, the President of NBC Sports, said in a statement. “Thanks to the tireless effort of our production and engineering teams, and extensive promotion, we are off to a strong start that is in line with the expectations of our NBC stations,...

The Paris 2024 Olympics opening ceremony kicked off the summer games with a ratings bang.

The ceremony, which aired live from the Seine in Paris, brought in 28.6 million viewers across NBC and Peacock, according to Nielsen data and NBCUniversal internal viewing figures. That’s up 60% from the 17.9 million viewers tuning in for last summer Olympics’ opening ceremony during the Tokyo Games in 2021.

“Last night’s Opening Ceremony, one of the most ambitious and complex in Olympic history, was a spectacle for those in attendance in Paris, delivered a huge audience across our NBCU platforms, and set records for Peacock,” said NBC Sports President Rick Cordella. “Thanks to the tireless effort of our production and engineering teams, and extensive promotion, we are off to a strong start that is in line with the expectations of our NBC stations, and distribution and advertising partners.” We are in great position as we look forward...

The opening ceremony of the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris was filled with tons of memorable moments. Really, you can’t go wrong with your favorite pick, with everything from Lady Gaga opening the ceremony to the athletes’ arrival on the Seine to the metal beheaded Marie Antoinette (with Gojira!) all worthy answers. But perhaps nothing stood out more from the Olympics opener than Celine Dion’s return to singing, performing Édith Paif’s “L’Hymne à l’amour” two years after unveiling her stiff-person syndrome diagnosis.

Following the ceremonial lighting of the cauldron, Celine Dion – underneath a lit Eiffel Tower and the Olympics logo – broke into the Piaf classic (translating to “Hymn to Love”), surprising the thousands upon thousands in attendance. If you missed it live, do yourself a favor and watch it because it is a stunning performance. Everything is so perfectly aligned here: one of the finest singers...

The skies over a soaked Paris remained overcast for Friday’s 2024 Olympics Opening Ceremony as the promised trés unique spectacle on the River Seine proved rudderless despite some superstars, a historical mixtape, and a grande balançoire or two.

Despite the theatre on the grandest scale with landmarks like the Eiffel Tower, the Notre-Dame de Paris cathedral and the Louvre as the backdrop, the opening ceremony simply wasn’t great TV.

Even with the rain pouring down, things definitely improved once darkness fell over City of Lights more than two hours into NBC’s live coverage. Night unveiled more of the drama of Paris itself, the river, and the performers who came alive as the barge-propelled parade of nation and their 205 delegations came to an end.

In the end as Celine Dion made her much-hyped and pitch-perfect appearance under the Olympic rings on the sparkling Eiffel Tower and past Gold medalist...

Wow! Gojira just delivered one of the most epic performances ever during the Opening Ceremony of the 2024 Olympics in Paris on Friday (July 26th).

The members of the French metal band stood on platforms outside of the windows of a castle in the rain, as they performed a metal version of the the traditional song “Ah, Ça Ira!,” which dates back to the French Revolution. They were soon joined by opera singer Marina Viotti, who floated down the River Seine.

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The performance featured a headless Marie Antoinette, massive pyro, bright red streamers, and more sensational sites for the eyes as Gojira brought the metal in the most ferocious way.

Fans can catch Gojira stateside when they support Korn on the latter’s US headlining tour this fall (get tickets here).

Watch clips from Gojira’s Olympics opening ceremony performance below.

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The Paris Olympics opening ceremony just got a lot more metal: the acclaimed French band Gojira have been revealed among the musical acts set to perform during the ceremony on Friday (July 26th).

French newspaper Le Parisien and Time Out both report that Gojira’s performance will consist of a collaboration with opera singer Marina Viotti, who has previously “experimented with jazz, gospel and heavy metal,” per her website.

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Does that mean Gojira will just be providing musical accompaniment while Viotti sings? Or will we get to hear some death growls at the Olympics?

Metalheads who may have passed on watching the ceremony should now be more inclined to tune in and find out. Gojira certainly stand out against the other performers: Céline Dion, Lady Gaga, and Aya Nakamura. Stage director Thomas Jolly is orchestrating the opening ceremony, which traditionally celebrates the local heritage and culture of the host country.

2023 saw quite a few masterpieces (even though the box office disasters were more), and Godzilla Minus One was one of them.

Besides the tremendous critical praise it has earned from global audiences and critics, the movie seems to have gotten on the good side of quite a few celebrities in Hollywood as well. One of these is the Star Trek actor, Simon Pegg.

Godzilla Minus One. | Credit: Toho Co., Ltd.

However, as compared to other notable reviewers, Pegg seemed to have a mixed opinion on the movie and the MonsterVerse.

This is because, on the one hand, while he greatly acknowledged the gem of a work that the film was, bringing about a new take on the Kaiju and its relationship with humans, he simultaneously also hinted that the MonsterVerse is “f—ing cultural appropriation.”

Simon Pegg Likes Godzilla Minus One but Can’t Stand the MonsterVerse?

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According to the lore of Ishiro Honda's original Godzilla film "Gojira" (1954), the title monster came into being as the direct result of nuclear tests held in out in the Pacific. An unseen ancient sea creature was exposed to radiation from said tests, causing it to mutate into a 130-meter-tall amphibious dinosaur-like behemoth that climbs out of the ocean and lays waste to cities in Japan. It crushed buildings underfoot and can breathe clouds of destructive radiation. Nothing seems to be able to stop it.  

"Gojira" was partially inspired by the real-life Daigo Fukuryu Maru disaster, an even in which a Japanese fishing vessel was exposed to nuclear radiation during the United States' Castle Bravo H-bomb tests. One of the sailors died, the rest of the crew was sick, and the Japanese public became concerned that the fish may have been tainted. Nuclear fears were justifiably high in 1954, making Honda's film incredibly timely.

A documentary about New Zealand metal band Alien Weaponry is set to premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 6th.

Alien Weaponry: Kua Tupu Te Ara takes an “intimate deep dive beneath the surface” of the band’s “past, present and fast-approaching future,” with a particular focus on the founding brothers Lewis de Jong and Henry de Jong (drums). Directed by Kent Belcher, the doc features appearances from metal luminaries such as Lamb of God’s Randy Blythe, Gojira’s Joe and Mario Duplantier, and Testament’s Chuck Billy.

The 97-minute documentary makes it premiere on 8:45 p.m. Et on June 6th at the Village East Cinema as part of the Tribeca Film Festival and be shown at various local theaters for the duration of the festival. The premiere event will include a Q&a with the filmmakers.

“We are so excited to finally share this documentary we...

A documentary about New Zealand metal band Alien Weaponry is set to premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival on June 6th.

Alien Weaponry: Kua Tupu Te Ara takes an “intimate deep dive beneath the surface” of the band’s “past, present and fast-approaching future,” with a particular focus on the founding brothers Lewis de Jong and Henry de Jong (drums). Directed by Kent Belcher, the doc features appearances from metal luminaries such as Lamb of God’s Randy Blythe, Gojira’s Joe and Mario Duplantier, and Testament’s Chuck Billy.

The 97-minute documentary makes it premiere on 8:45 p.m. Et on June 6th at the Village East Cinema as part of the Tribeca Film Festival and be shown at various local theaters for the duration of the festival. The premiere event will include a Q&a with the filmmakers.

“We are so excited to finally share this documentary we...

by Hiranmoy Lahiri

The article contains spoilers

Godzilla (Gojira), the beloved fictional movie monster, is a favorite among viewers. Since 1954, Godzilla has been wreaking havoc on screens, terrifying and delighting audiences. The genesis of this creature can be traced back to something profoundly serious and devastating: thermonuclear weapons and the tangible threats they pose to humanity.

The first instalment in the series was “Godzilla” (1954), directed by Ishirō Honda and produced by Toho Studios. Going beyond a simple horror/monster movie, it drew inspiration from a real-life event involving the ‘Lucky Dragon No. 5' (Daigo Fukuryū Maru) tuna fishing boat. This vessel was navigating in waters near the Bikini Atoll in the Marshall Islands, not far from the area where the American military had chosen to conduct a test of a hydrogen bomb (a thermonuclear device). The United States government had predicted that the area would be safe, but the power...