Metallica Joins Fortnite Game, Catch The Trailer

Metallica in the game Fortnite is happening!  They’re set to arrive in the online game with a Metallica In Season Festival starting June 13^th. Plus there will be an immersive music experience starting June 22^nd.

This is cool news.  Metallica has always been an immensely popular band in the world of rock.  And they’ve had almost a resurgence because both of the M72 World Tour and the fact that many younger kids were turned onto them by this past season of Stranger Things on Netflix.  That really opened up a whole other group or fanbase……even if they are just casual listeners.

If you’re a Fortnite player, you know how original and exciting this game is.  With tons of Easter Eggs and appearances by all sorts of celebrities.  It’s really interesting to play.  With Metallica arriving in the game, we’ll also get a Battle Royale POI which will be based on the extremely popular M72 World Tour that Metallica has embarked on.  And as if that’s not enough, we’ll get a rocket racing track!

You’ll be able to take an adventure through 6 of Metallica’s monstrous songs, with intense gameplay.  It should be a really fun and challenging experience! Metallica: Fuel. Fire. Fury will be showcased at 6 different times across two days, so even if you have a busy weekend, you should still be able to enjoy some of the action.

Showtimes as follows:

SATURDAY, JUNE 22, 2024

SUNDAY, JUNE 23, 2024

It’s going to be awesome to see James, Kirk, Lars, and Robert animated on your screen.  Plus there are so many different ways to enjoy Metallica and their music with this Fortnite event. 

Take a look at the video below for a little more info and have fun!!!

Black Sabbath is a band that has inspired so many other artists.  They have a huge library of tunes.  Let’s take a look at the 5 Top Black Sabbath songs according to Jersey!

Each weekday I do a feature called “First Call Last Call” at 5 pm.  I post a question of the day to our WDHA Facebook page. Listeners go on and answer with their band or song and then I put together a block of tunes based on those responses for 5 pm.  It’s a lot of fun to read through everyone’s responses. Sometimes they’re bands or songs I didn’t think of or forgot about. It’s really interesting to see!

Yesterday was the date in 2013 that Black Sabbath released their final album.  I thought, why not ask DHA listeners for their favorite Sabbath songs?  Of course, there were some great responses!  And it was fun to read them.

I personally love Sabbath and although Dio’s time with them gave us some awesome music, I lean towards the Ozzy era.  I love how much they would experiment and also how many different sounds they had.  They were dark and they were heavy and yet they still had moments of emotion and reflection.

They also had very interesting lyrics dealing with fantasy religion and dreams.  They kind of went through and covered everything.  Some very interesting stuff in their body of work!  And it’s always resonated with the DHA listeners.  And so many others who picked up a guitar and started a rock band and created music.  They are pioneers in the world of Heavy Metal.   

As I previously mentioned, I know there are fans of the Dio era and there are some killer songs they made with him.  But for me it’s all about the original lineup.  Either way, let’s take a look at the...

It's got such an iconic guitar riff that opens the song up. And it's so different in the fact that it starts heavy, but has this lighter interlude or prechorus. Really cool stuff!

Very unexpected from a metal band.  A ballad?  Oh yeah!  It works really well and is fun to hear Ozzy sing.

It's such a dark song.  Kicking off with that storm......then the devil chords.  It's haunting and eerie and man, does it let you know that Sabbath has arrived!

I think people love this one because of the harmonica, I really do.  It's so different and almost fun.  But yet still dark and heavy.  Only Black Sabbath could do this!

Such an epic song. Lots of open space with Ozzy railing against politicians and warmongers.  The band is so tight on on point in this one.  Which you have to be.  They sound in top form!