Fortnite players can now play Metallica's Master of Puppets in-game

Metallica's James Hetfield and Fortnite guitar player
(Image credit: Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for Global Citizen / Epic Games)

Have you ever been strolling on the plains of Artemis and thought, ‘Damn, I wish I could just bust out an electric guitar riff right about now’? Okay, you probably have no idea what we’re talking about.

Artemis is the current map of the hugely popular online video game, Fortnite, and players have just been given the chance to be able to play the guitar riff of Metallica’s 1986 megahit Master of Puppets in-game.

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Sam Roche

Sam was Staff Writer at GuitarWorld.com from 2019 to 2023, and also created content for Total Guitar, Guitarist and Guitar Player. He has well over 15 years of guitar playing under his belt, as well as a degree in Music Technology (Mixing and Mastering). He's a metalhead through and through, but has a thorough appreciation for all genres of music. In his spare time, Sam creates point-of-view guitar lesson videos on YouTube under the name Sightline Guitar.