In July 2010, French metal band Gojira—at the peak of their tour supporting The Way of All Flesh (2008), marking a shift to technical death metal with philosophical and ecological themes—performed at Vieilles Charrues, France's largest festival launched in 1992 in Carhaix-Plouguer, Brittany, as a platform for alternative music emphasizing rock and metal among 70,000 attendees. Their hour-long main stage set, later AI-upscaled to 4K, embodied their European tour climax, where Joe Duplantier's technical riffs merged with Mario Duplantier's drum power to spark collective ecstasy under summer skies. Part of a lineup with Muse and Phoenix, this show highlighted Gojira's genre-innovator role, turning the Breton arena into a realm of rebellion and unity.