Gojira is a French heavy metal band. Founded as Godzilla in 1996, they changed their name in 2001.
Gojira is knows for their progressive and technical death metal styles and their spiritual and environmentally-themed lyrics. Amazonia, their second single from the album Fortitude, was released on the 26th of March 2021. The song and its music video address the deforestation of the Amazon rain forest; the video depicts the 2019 Amazon rainforest wildfires, native Brazilians performing a ritual dance, and protests against the deforestation of the Amazon which have increased since Jair Bolsonaro became president in 2019.
Amazonia has been nominated for the 2022 Grammy Awards in the category Best Metal Performance.
Listen to the track here: https://youtu.be/B4CcX720DW4
Submitted by Prashant Srinivasan Sarkar
Amazonia
Incite a riot, put yourself in a trance
You rotate the frame in a world you rely on
A scar, a line has been drawn in the sand
Behold the life, the boundaries fools will crush
The greatest miracle
Is burning to the ground
Onto the next stage of the plan
Mourn the witness of the wind
A handful of thunder
Will rise one last time
There’s fire in the sky
You’re in the Amazon
The greatest miracle
Is burning to the ground
Godly Amazonia
Bloody Amazonia
Mighty Amazonia
Killing Amazonia
Godly Amazonia
Bloody Amazonia
Mighty Amazonia
Killing Amazonia
Godly Amazonia
Bloody Amazonia
Burn the land
Learn the end
Burn
Another gold mine is unveiled
The source of our sorrow
Learn
Embedded in these walls of green
Is the curse that we follow
There’s fire in the sky
You’re in the Amazon
The greatest miracle
Is burning to the ground
