“But one must guard against being scrupulous. Not every performance with blood etc is Beelzebub. These elements you cite in the Gojira performance hold for Wagner and AC/DC and Alice Cooper and Iron Maiden and a few horror punk bands like The Undead more, which (as far as I can tell) aren’t demonic. Especially Alice and Bobby Steele who are both religious guys. Really.”
Yeah, well... all that aside... when I see a band, ANY band, playing in front of a façade of a building with special effects that looks like fire shooting up (hellfire, perhaps?) and blood sprayed all over it ... even if it’s just red smoke, I tend to look at it as Demonic. Call me crazy. I realize that they’re harkening back to one of THE most bloodiest points in French history with the beheaded Marie Antoinette and all, but .... I have to ask. WHY???
Even the guy on this YouTube video called it ....a wicked, firey set...
Video - 1:14
https://www.bing.com/videos/riverview/relatedvideo?q=gojira+olympic+performance&mid=F32A02800FBCF219339AF32A02800FBCF219339A&FORM=VIRE
“Dr.Deth nailed it: I’m not aware of the band being overtly satanic or anything; they are overtly French. And while they may not be your cup of tea, I’ll take them over Beyoncé.”
My least favorite music genre is heavy metal, next to gangsta rap. Beyonce is just as demonic as the rest, so it’s a tossup. I’m not the kind of Christian that condemns most music as evil, but I do see most heavy metal and gangst rap as such. Again, call me crazy. It’s how I see it.
FRiend, I’m not saying you’re crazy…
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Seriously…
I am not French nor do I play a Frenchman on TV. But perhaps the French view their Revolution the same way we view the Civil War. Over here, we have re-enactments and all kinds of war and violence “celebrations.” Personally, I have zero interest watching a re-enactment, let alone being an actor. But those folks seem to love it.
And the Confederate soldiers…welll…they’re obviously klansmen and Nazis. /sarc.
Do I think they’re demonic? Heck no. But I betcha there are people who feel the Confederate re-enactors are racist.
And that is in THIS country. Can you imagine what foreigners think of Confederate re-enactors?
I view that segment of the ceremony as being by French people, for French people. And just as our Confederate re-enactors aren’t klansmen, I don’t think Hojira et al are demonic.
Now, is it PLAUSIBLE there was demonic influence? Sure. But I live in probable most of the time. I also know a bit about Gojira, and at worst they’re environmentalists. And French.
I also know a bit about contemporary metal. Most of it is garbage, but there are some very creative and awesome bands, such as Sabaton which write songs and albums about military history. People think THEY are Nazis etc.
I stay away from the darker bands and that nonsense. They are pretty open about it. They also suck. There is such balance in nature.
I hope this makes sense. God bless you and have a great evening.
I realize that they’re harkening back to one of THE most bloodiest points in French history with the beheaded Marie Antoinette and all, but .... I have to ask. WHY???The Cult Of Reason that went off the deep end with the Jacobins never really went away. It's been repackaged as Communism, Fascism, and now Globalism. It's what happen when the revolution replaces the Law Of God with the Law Of Man, and pointy headed dweebs seek revenge on society using the social order to do it. They're trying it again, all over the world.