GOJIRA‘s performance at last month’s Olympic Games opening ceremony is now available on streaming services.
GOJIRA performed a surprise rendition of “Ah! Ça Ira”, a popular song during the French Revolution, alongside opera singer Marina Viotti as well as a number of beheaded figures representing the slain Queen Marie Antoinette. The performance took place outside the Conciergerie, a former prison and residence of French kings during the French Revolution where Antoinette was held before she was beheaded in 1793.
But the fiery display angered some Christians online, who quickly branded it “satanic”. Even the controversial social media influencer Andrew Tate accused the West of “worshipping the devil”.
Posting a clip of GOJIRA‘s performance, Tate wrote: “Satanists control the west and they show you that they worship the devil. It’s not a conspiracy theory. They literally show you. Are you blind?”
Asked in an interview with Rolling Stone about Tate‘s criticism that GOJIRA‘s …