On July 22nd, Metallica's Kirk Hammett and Robert Trujillo spoke with San Francisco Giants postgame live analyst George Kontos about the band's 40th Anniversary plans. The chat took place prior to the Giants' game against the Los Angeles Dodgers.

Hammett: "It seems like just yesterday that we were on a tour bus somewhere in the middle of America just trying to keep up with everything, and nowadays it's just… forty years passed so quickly. It's amazing. What's truly amazing now is the fact that I still feel like we haven't really peaked. We're still real hungry, we still wanna make music, we still care about music, we still care about each other. I don't see any signs of us slowing down."

Vans and award-winning rock band Metallica come together this month to honour the upcoming 30th anniversary of the band’s all-time best-selling The Black Album with a limited-edition Sk8-Hi and Classic Slip-On.

Inspired by the band’s never-ending pursuit of going faster, louder and “Off The Wall”, the Vans x Metallica footwear assortment features artwork inspired by Metallica and designed by iconic Metallica artist Pushead and will be sold exclusively via Vans Family and on Metallica.com on July 26.

Vans and Metallica have been long-time partners and collaborators, the band having performed at House of Vans London in 2016 and released three previous footwear and apparel collaborations over the last decade.

This July, Metallica and Vans once again join forces to release two footwear silhouettes, which feature artwork created by Pushead, who has provided iconic imagery and artwork for the band’s tour books, t-shirts and stages since 1986.

The latest Vans x Metallica release showcases Pushead’s enigmatic facing skulls across the quarter panels of the Sk8-Hi as well as the opposing sides of each Classic Slip-On. Each design showcases a graphic blue shatter design and silver Metallica branding around the sidewall of Sk8-Hi and stop the upper of the Slip-On. Each pair is finished with Metallica printed on the heel stay.