Metallica Partners With Vans To Celebrate Black Album’s 30th Anniversary

METALLIC teamed up with Vans to honor the upcoming 30th anniversary of the group’s self-titled album, better known as “Black Album,” with a limited edition Sk8-Hi and Classic Slip-On.

Inspired by the band’s endless quest to go faster, stronger and “Off The Wall”, the Vans x Metallica the assortment of shoes includes works of art inspired by METALLIC and designed by iconic METALLIC artist Thrust and will be sold exclusively through Vans Family on July 25 at 9 p.m. PST and on Metallica.com on July 26 at 9 a.m. PST.

METALLICThe eponymous fifth studio album was released in August 1991 and has sold over 30 million copies worldwide and has spent more than 580 consecutive weeks at the top of the music charts. Vans and METALLIC are long-time partners and collaborators, the group having performed at the House Of Vans in London in 2016 and released three previous collaborations in the footwear and apparel arena over the past decade. This July, METALLIC and Vans once again join forces to release two shoe silhouettes, which feature works of art created by Thrust, who has provided iconic imagery and artwork for the band’s tour books, t-shirts, and stages since 1986. Thrust‘s “Sad but true” the design is synonymous with the whole era of the “Black Album”; his twin skulls have traveled the world, displayed on banners on either side of the stage while METALLIC carried out.

The last Vans x Metallica leave the windows ThrustThe enigmatic skulls face through the quarter panels of the Sk8-Hi as well as the opposite sides of each Classic Slip-On. Each design features a shatter blue and silver graphic design METALLIC mark around the side wall of the Sk8-Hi and stop the top of the Slip-On. Each pair is finished with METALLIC printed on the heel.

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