James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, Kirk Hammett, and Robert Trujillo — the members who make up the world-famous band Metallica — are taking to the virtual stage. Starting Thursday, the band is headlining Fortnite Festival. Its arrival brings Metallica tracks that fans can play, specially-themed cosmetic items, and most notably, a new PvP mode in case you want to put your rhythm game chops to the test and compete against others.
Fortnite Festival, a rhythm game available within Fortnite, has featured pop stars like The Weeknd and Lady Gaga in the past. Now, the theme will get a bit more metal. Epic Games announced six tracks that collect some of Metallica’s popular hits. They are as follows: “Enter Sandman,” “Fuel,” “Master of Puppets,” “Ride the Lightning,” “The Unforgiven,” and “Wherever I May Roam.”
As usual, the new season will introduce a separate battle pass for Fortnite Festival where players can unlock a variety of cosmetic items for both the free and Premium Reward Track. The Premium track unlocks the Lars Ulrich Outfit right away, but you’ll have to progress through the battle pass to unlock the other three band members. And if you really want to get into it, alternate “Puppet Master” versions of each bandmate will be purchasable in the Fortnite Shop for the duration of Season 4. You can view the full list of cosmetics available on the Fortnite blog.
Chapter 5 Season 4 in Fortnite starts June 13 and ends Aug. 16.
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