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Opening Ceremony metal: Gojira’s ‘epic challenge’ to shred on the Seine

French metal band Gojira and opera singer Marina Viotti perform at the Conciergerie
French metal band Gojira and opera singer Marina Viotti perform at the Conciergerie

(Photo by NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images)

Fireballs, several headless Marie Antoinettes, billowing red smoke, the Conciergerie, guitars, and double bass. Gojira singer and guitarist Joe Duplantier can count himself part of one the most vivid and jarring moments in Olympic Opening Ceremony history.

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