![]() ![]() Album art for Traitor’s Knee-Deep in the Deadis just brutal! German thrash metal is getting stronger with bands like this! 47) Condition Critical – Operational Hazard It would be actually cool to drive and listen to this stuff!Ĥ9) Ultra-Violence - Privilege to OvercomeĪbsolutely sick artwork! Stanley Kubrick would be proud if he saw the mastery of Ed Repka at work! Ultra-Violence’s Privilege to Overcome is straightforward thrash metal that will make you bang your head instantly! These guys are all about Clockwork Orange! 48) Traitor – Knee-Deep in the DeadĬrucifix? Check. Pretty cool, right? Steelwing’s Lord of The Wasteland is some neat sounding Swedish heavy metal. This album cover is like Terminator meets Mad Max. Therefore, with this article we pay a tribute to the King of Thrash Metal art and his finest pieces! ![]() Ed Repka’s breathtaking artwork was sold through millions of albums and T-shirts and his contribution to the rise of many legendary bands was essential. His artwork brought those albums to life by giving the music a visual side that often conveys the idea that bands are pushing through their lyrics. Ed Repka’s artwork deals with the hottest topics of the Cold War such as nuclear war & environmentalism, but on the other side it is also inspired by the 50s Alien themed movies and a lot of zombies (George Romero approves this!) He also did a bunch of artwork for the movie Mars Attacks which is the coolest thing ever! Ed Repka has a huge legacy behind him that outclassed most of other artists within the genre and beyond. ![]() Even though he does not consider himself a metalhead, his career exploded by doing album artwork for some of the strongest metal acts of all time – Megadeth, Death, Venom, Dark Angel, Nuclear Assault, Possessed, Atheist and many others. Ed Repka, better known as King of Thrash Metal Art is quite an essential figure for this genre. ![]()
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