Endorsed by Slipknot, collaborating with Gojira and battling colonialism – how Mawiza became the most important new metal band of 2025

In the 2010s, Awka was part of the band Nunca Seremos Dichosos (‘We Will Never Be Happy’ in Spanish), who folded Latin ...
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Who are Gojira? First metal band to perform at Olympics

PARIS, France — Not only will Friday's Olympic Opening Ceremony be the first ever held outside a stadium, with the athletes riding boats down the River Seine to make their introduction, it'll also be ...

How Gojira made one of modern metal’s most conscious, powerful anthems

The extreme metal icons played their early shows in a region battling for independence, and they siphoned that political ...
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Holy Sh*t Gojira’s Performance at the Olympics Was Almost Too Badass

When it was announced that Gojira was going to be performing at the 2024 Paris Olympics opening ceremony, admit it — you didn’t think much of it. Sure, they were going to perform with opera singer ...