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 ...

Metallica's iconic "Enter Sandman" has been a game-day anthem in Blacksburg for over a quarter-century. The song about a child's nightmares and things that go bump in the night has become intertwined ...

For the Virginia Tech Hokies, home games have included a pregame rendition of Metallica's "Enter Sandman" for the last 25 years. [ROBERT SIMMONS/THE ASSOCIATED PRESS] Robert Simmons ...

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 ...

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Virginia Tech has spent a quarter-century taking the field at Lane Stadium to Metallica song “Enter Sandman.” The tradition began for the 2000 season. That came as the school added ...