GOJIRA Wins A GRAMMY For "Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça Ira!)" In The Best Metal Performance Category

Hey, Gojira won a GRAMMY! Gojira was awarded a GRAMMY in the Best Metal Performance category for their Olympic song "Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)" performed alongside vocalist Marina Viotti and composed by Victor Le Masne. If you get the chance, watch the footage too – Gojira got played onto the stage to Metallica's "Enter Sandman". I guess the band was expecting something else.

Gojira beat out Judas Priest, Knocked Loose, Metallica, and Spiritbox in the category (all of whom also deserved it, frankly). This year's nominations for the Best Metal Performance category at the 2025 Grammy Awards were:

• "Mea Culpa (Ah! Ça ira!)" – Gojira, Marina Viotti & Victor Le Masne
• "Crown of Horns" – Judas Priest
• "Suffocate" – Knocked Loose feat. Poppy
• "Screaming Suicide" – Metallica
• "Cellar Door" – Spiritbox

You can also check out the full list of relevant rock and metal GRAMMY winners from this year right here. If you haven't exactly been into watching the GRAMMYs over the years, here's a quick rundown of all the above artist's history:

• Gojira was nominated for Best Metal Performance for the song "Silvera" and Best Rock Album for Magma in 2017; as well as "Amazonia" for Best Metal Performance in 2022.
• Judas Priest was nominated for Best Metal Performance for Painkiller in 1991, Best Metal Performance for "Bullet Train" in 1999, and Best Hard Rock Performance for "Visions" and Best Metal Performance for "Nostradamus" in 2009. Judas Priest won in the Best Metal Performance category for "Dissident Aggressor" in 2010.
• Knocked Loose has never been nominated for a GRAMMY prior to this.
• Metallica has been nominated 26 times over the years and won nine – Best Metal Performance for "One" in 1990, Best Metal Performance for "Stone Cold Crazy" in 1991, Best Metal Performance for the album Metallica in 1992, Best Metal Performance for "Better than You" in 1999, Best Hard Rock Performance for "Whiskey in the Jar" in 2000, Best Rock Instrumental Performance for "The Call of Ktulu" with Michael Kamen and the San Francisco Symphony in 2001, Best Metal Performance for "St. Anger" in 2004, Best Metal Performance for "My Apocalypse" and Best Recording Package for Death Magnetic in 2009, and Best Metal Performance for "72 Seasons" in 2004.
• Spiritbox was nominated for "Jaded" in the Best Metal Performance category in 2024.