“Our connection was so special, I would probably be able to feel him if he weren’t here anymore, and I don’t”: Wolfgang Van Halen details his spiritual struggle following the death of his father Eddie

Wolfgang Van Halen in 2025 and Eddie Van Halen in 1979.

Wolfgang Van Halen says that he became a less spiritual person after the death of his father, guitar legend Eddie Van Halen.

Talking in the new issue of Metal Hammer, the singer and multi-instrumentalist of hard rockers Mammoth reveals that Eddie’s death left a “black hole” in him, and that the fact he couldn’t feel his father’s presence afterwards led to a spiritual struggle.