This week on Loudwire Nights, we turn our attention to the Upheaval Festival. Not only do we have a new contest where you can win a VIP trip to the 2026 Upheaval Festival, we’re putting two of the music weekend’s biggest bands against each other in the Loudwire Nights Chuck’s Fight Club this week. We’re talking about Papa Roach and Gojira.
In one corner, you’ve got the nu-metal era vets Papa Roach. Now in their fourth decade of music, the band has been a consistent hitmaker at rock radio. While “Even If It Kills Me” is one of their more recent offerings, you’ve got a bunch of bonafide classics in “Last Resort,” “She Loves Me Not,” “Getting Away With Murder,” “Scars,” “To Be Loved,” “Lifeline,” “Still Swingin’, “Face Everything and Rise,” “Help,” “Born for Greatness,” “Kill the Noise” and “Leave a Light On” among others.
For Gojira, the band’s metal legacy started with songs such as “Stranded,” “L’Enfant Sauvage” and “Silvera” before adding “Born for One Thing,” “Amazonia,” “Into the Storm,” “Our Time Is Now” and the recent Grammy winner “Mea Culpa.” They’ve become one of the more respected and critically hailed bands going in modern metal…