Metallica finally brought “Enter Sandman” to Virginia Tech’s Lane Stadium — 25 years after it became a school tradition as the Hokies’ game-day hype intro.

In the minds of college football fans, however, the two are inexorably intertwined. That's because the Hokies have played Metallica's 1991 hit "Enter Sandman" before their team takes the field for ...

"Exit light. Enter night. Take my hand. We're off to never-never land" is what the Virginia Tech Hokies hear before they take the field for a home game at Lane Stadium. And that tradition was ...

Metallica caused an earthquake during their encore performance of 'Enter Sandman' at Virginia Tech's Lane Stadium on Wednesday, May 7.

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 was a special moment for Virginia Tech fans, as the football team has been entering the field with "Enter Sandman" playing for 25 years. Fans create small earthquake at Virginia Tech while ...

At last year's ACC media day kick, Hokies head coach Brent Pry talked about coming out of the tunnel to Enter Sandman and why Virginia Tech has the best gameday atmosphere in the country: "Thank ...

In a recent ranking from 247Sports Grant Hughes, Virginia Tech and its playing of Metallica's Enter Sandman was the top gameday tradition in college football: ...

The Virginia Tech Hokies have used “Enter Sandman” as their entrance song since the 2000 season, a tradition that has accompanied the program to 10 bowl game victories since its debut.

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 ...