Metallica brought years of pent-up excitement to Virginia Tech’s Lane Stadium on Wednesday night, energizing the crowd with a live performance of the Virginia Tech Hokies’ iconic entrance song during a stop on their M72 World Tour.

The Virginia Tech Seismological Observatory measured the sold-out crowd's response to the Black Album classic, with singer James Hetfield prompting the performance with a chant of

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 a fan's choice between three songs -- "Enter Sandman,