Gojira won the Best Metal Performance award at the 67th annual Grammy Awards on February 2 at the Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California.
The band earned the honor for their performance of ‘Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça Ira!),’ a rendition of the French Revolution-era song ‘Ah! Ça Ira!’ that they played at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games last year.
As Gojira took the stage to accept the award after a short delay, Joe Duplantier remarked, “Thank you very much, it took us a long time to [get up here]. We were sitting over back there.”
“We are extremely excited to receive this award,” he continued, “We had the privilege to perform at the Olympic ceremony with Marina [Viotti] and Victor [Le Masne] so this is a great day for us, obviously. We want to dedicate this award to all the bands that are pushing the boundaries, support your local artists, support your local bands because that’s where it’s at and they’re inspiring us to continue. So, thank you very much for this.”
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The band competed against Judas Priest with ‘Crown of Horns,’ Metallica with ‘Screaming Suicide,’ Knocked Loose ft. Poppy with ‘Suffocate,’ and Spiritbox with ‘Cellar Door.’
This victory marked Gojira’s first Grammy win after four nominations. In 2017, they were nominated for Best Rock Album for ‘Magma’ and Best Metal Performance for ‘Silvera,’ but those awards went to Cage The Elephant and Megadeth, respectively. In 2021, the group received another nomination for Best Metal Performance with ‘Amazonia,’ but the award went to Dream Theater for ‘The Alien.’
