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Metal News for February 2, 2025

Last updated on September 13, 2025 at 3:17 AM ET

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Gojira Wins Grammy For Best Metal Performance

This past Summer, French death metal veterans Gojira made history by becoming the first metal band to perform at the opening ceremony of the Olympic games. The quartet performed a rendition of "Mea Culpa (Ah! C¸a ira!)," which delighted fans, thrilled attendees, and offended bible bashers in America who didn't understand that the theatrics had nothing to do with Jesus. Now, Gojira has even more reason to celebrate the show, as at the fourth time of asking, the group won their first Grammy award for Best Metal Performance.

Owing to its widely shared Olympic performance, the song was arguably the favourite to win this year, but nonetheless beat stiff competition from Judas Priest ("Crown Of Thorns,") Metallica ("Screaming Suicide,") Knocked Loose ("Suffocate" featuring Poppy) and Spiritbox ("Cellar Door.") Other notable winners tonight included such icons as The Beatles and The Rolling Stones, as well as pop favourites like Sabrina Carpenter and Beyoncé, the latter of which took home two awards in the country category, so get out your popcorn and enjoy the meltdown in comment sections of country music pages for that one. More...

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Cease To Be Human Premiere New Single

South Germany-based progressive technical death metal/symphonic deathcore outfit Cease To Be Human premiere a new single and lyric video by the name of "Abyss", taken from their upcoming new EP "First Flame's Fragments", which will be out in stores February 1, 2025.

Check out "Abyss" streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you now below.

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Deeproot Premiere New Single & Music Video

The Netherlands-based deathcore outfit Deeproot premiere a new single and music video by the name of "Gemini", streaming via YouTube and Spotify for you now below.


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