Vans Unveil Surprise Collab With Heavy Metal Legends Metallica

Excuse us while we break out our air guitar and vent our undying love for everyone's dad's favorite heavy metal band...

EXIT, LIGHT

ENTER, NIGHT

TAKE MY HAND

WE'RE OFF TO NEVER-NEVER LAND

Yes, it is indeed Metallica, and guess what, in one of 2018's most (pleasantly) surprising collabs so far, the multiple-Grammy® Award winning band is teaming up with Vans to release an exclusive collection of footwear, apparel and accessories. Time to shelf that moth-eaten merch, metal kids.

Imbuing Vans' signature coolness with Metallica's lightning-bolt logo, the black and white collection features a deco-stitched full-grain-leather Sk8-Hi Reissue and the Classic Slip-On, as well as a T-shirt and trucker hat.

The collaboration is the perfect response to the dad-inspired trends of the moment, and arrives just over a year after Metallica's new Hardwired...To Self Destruct album.

The Vans x Metallica collection drops tomorrow, February 16, in-store and online at Vans, as well as the band's official website.

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