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Monde,
France’s biggest newspaper, described the impact of Gojira’s performance at the Paris Olympics Games Opening Ceremony in July. Playing on platforms jutting out of a former prison, as actresses dressed as Marie Antoinette held severed heads below them, and an opera singer ‘sailed’ by on a boat, it was the biggest metal spectacle of the year, played out on an international stage. That’s why we had to get the band to lead off our massive End Of Year round-up, starting on p34.