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Metallica Concert So Loud It Triggers Earthquake!

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The rapid, agile guitar licks they played significantly contributed to the development of thrash metal, earning them a place among the most successful bands ever.

Now, Metallica’s band members have the right to brag about their guitar riffs causing vibrations akin to small earthquakes as well.

During the latest season of Stranger Things, the band that played such a crucial part, generated a seismic impact, as reported by ABC 13 News, due to the enthusiastic crowd jumping during their performance at Virginia Tech on May 7th.

The show taking place at Lane Stadium in Blacksburg, Virginia during Metallica’s M72 World Tour was so energetic that it appears the excitement of the fans caused a tremor strong enough to be recorded on a seismograph, located approximately a mile away at the Virginia Tech Seismological Observatory.

As a die-hard fan, I can’t help but share this fascinating fact: Apparently, back in 1991, my beloved band was able to create vibrations reminiscent of a small quake – just like Dr. Martin Chapman from Virginia Tech Geophysics explains! They did this by playing the opening to their hit single, Enter Sandman. Isn’t that mind-blowing?

He mentioned that the seismograph readings were precise enough for scientists to identify two distinct instances during which the crowd seemed to cause an earthquake, with the initial occurrence happening at the start of the concert, approximately when the crossover hit was hinted at.

However, the group made fans hold their breath until the encore before playing the main track from the Black Album. Interestingly, a second wave of energy seemed to coincide with that point during the performance, concluding the concert.

It’s likely that the Metallica fans were engaged in much jumping, stomping, and dancing, given that Chapman stated the concert attendance was “likely four to five times greater than the usual turnout for a football game.

As per Chapman, the intensity of the vibrations is influenced by the number of attendees in the stadium for any given event. It seems that Wednesday’s show had enough spectators – over 65,000 – to potentially cause a minor earthquake, as they came to witness Metallica perform.

According to Chapman, what was captured last night is much more substantial than what transpires during a football match, which means that Metallica truly ignited the crowd with their performance.

Despite resembling a typical earthquake, as seen in the lab’s observations, Chapman made it clear that what occurred was not exactly the same event.

He mentioned that the magnitude of the earthquake was comparable to the cacophony produced by “Enter Sandman,” but it was short-lived. The intensity was focused.

He clarified that the collective energy generated by the crowd noise at Lane Stadium is distributed across time. If we were to sum up or integrate this energy over a period, it would resemble a signal similar to a magnitude one or two earthquake. However, it’s important to note that these signals are very distinct in nature.

Virginia Tech posted a video on their news site of Metallica’s powerful encore performance of Enter Sandman, which initially showed disheartened fans sighing in disappointment as the band departed from the stage, but they quickly started rocking once again when the group returned to perform their best-known song and conclude the event.

For more than two decades, Virginia Tech’s football team has been walking onto the field to the tune of “Enter Sandman,” a song that isn’t merely a well-liked hit among students in the audience, but an integral part of their team tradition.

Metallica, a band that originated in 1981, consists nowadays of James Hetfield handling the lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Kirk Hammett on the lead guitar as well as providing backup vocals, Robert Trujillo playing the bass and also contributing to the backup vocals, and Lars Ulrich manning the drums.

At present, the band is on tour, promoting their 2023 album titled “72 Seasons.” This work has been highly commended by critics as a reversion to the intricate thrash-metal tracks that Metallica was known for in the ’80s, following which they experimented with various sounds in the ’90s, receiving both praise and criticism.

As a die-hard fan, I can’t contain my excitement! After the earth-shattering concert at Virginia Tech, Metallica is taking a brief hiatus before storming back onto the scene with two shows in Philadelphia on May 23rd and 25th. The tour doesn’t stop there – they’ll be rocking across the US until wrapping up with two epic performances in Denver, Colorado, on June 27th and 29th. Can’t wait to be a part of the metal mayhem!

After that, the team plans to travel overseas, starting with a performance in Birmingham, England on the 5th of July. Following this, they have scheduled shows in Australia, New Zealand, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates in November and December.

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2025-05-13 18:26

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