For the last 25 years, Virginia Tech begins every game at Lane Stadium the same way: by blasting Metallica‘s “Enter Sandman” while the Hokies take the field. “It’s just a different type of feeling,” ...

First-year Virginia Tech coach James Franklin wants Metallica's music to be the soundtrack for his team's success, not the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Metallica - Credit: Jeremychanphotography/Getty Images Metallica played their first concert at Virginia Tech's Lane Stadium on ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Metallica just rocked Enter Sandman so hard for its most enthusiastic fans that their gig was seismically registered over one mile ...

Many believe James Franklin is seeking redemption going into the 2026 campaign, but the new Virginia Tech football head coach ...

The energy builds from the first guitar notes emanating across Virginia Tech's Lane Stadium, a low and ominous riff building to a thumping heavy-metal peak. As it does, the Hokies barrel out of the ...

They are an odd couple to the uninitiated—Metallica, long a Bay Area institution, and Virginia Tech, an unassuming school in the rural South. In the minds of college football fans, however, the two ...

There are many great entrances in college football, but few are as electric or as loud as Virginia Tech running out to Metallica's "Enter Sandman" for a big game (especially at night). What started as ...

Fans seeing a Metallica concert at Virginia Tech this week were so hyped for the band’s “Enter Sandman,” they were picked up by the college’s Seismological Observatory. With Metallica playing Lane ...

When sports fans hear Metallica's 1991 hit "Enter Sandman," two things generally come to mind: Hall of Fame former New York Yankees pitcher Mariano Rivera (who used it as entrance music), and Virginia ...

The James Franklin era at Virginia Tech has begun. Franklin got to enjoy the Enter Sandman entrance for the Hokies for the first time as the head coach. His team was also dominant, winning 73-3 over ...