Ed Repka
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Edward J. Repka is an American artist best known for creating album covers for heavy metal music
bands as well as shirt designs, including those featuring Megadeth
's mascot Vic Rattlehead
. Repka's portfolio also includes Dark Angel
's logo and model designs for the Hellraiser films. He works for the National Entertainment Collectibles Association
as their lead painter and head of art direction.
Repka's artwork based on the original Universal Studios
film The Wolf Man
was used as the cover art for the first issue of horror magazine HorrorHound.
Heavy metal music
Heavy metal is a genre of rock music that developed in the late 1960s and early 1970s, largely in the Midlands of the United Kingdom and the United States...
bands as well as shirt designs, including those featuring Megadeth
Megadeth
Megadeth is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California which was formed in 1983 by guitarist/vocalist Dave Mustaine, bassist Dave Ellefson and guitarist Greg Handevidt, following Mustaine's expulsion from Metallica. The band has since released 13 studio albums, three live albums, two...
's mascot Vic Rattlehead
Vic Rattlehead
Vic Rattlehead is the mascot of the heavy metal band Megadeth. Vic is a skeletal figure who embodies the phrase, "See no evil, hear no evil, speak no evil." His eyes are covered by a riveted-on visor, his mouth is clamped shut, and his ears are closed with metal caps.His image appears on several...
. Repka's portfolio also includes Dark Angel
Dark Angel (band)
Dark Angel was an American thrash metal band from Los Angeles, California. Their over-the-top style earned them the nickname "the L.A...
's logo and model designs for the Hellraiser films. He works for the National Entertainment Collectibles Association
National Entertainment Collectibles Association
The National Entertainment Collectibles Association or NECA is an American manufacturer of collectibles typically licensed from films, video-games, sports, music, and television based in New Jersey...
as their lead painter and head of art direction.
Repka's artwork based on the original Universal Studios
Universal Studios
Universal Pictures , a subsidiary of NBCUniversal, is one of the six major movie studios....
film The Wolf Man
The Wolf Man
The Wolf Man is a 1941 American Werewolf Horror film written by Curt Siodmak and produced and directed by George Waggner. The film stars Lon Chaney, Jr. as The Wolf Man, featuring Claude Rains, Evelyn Ankers, Ralph Bellamy, Patric Knowles, Béla Lugosi, and Maria Ouspenskaya...
was used as the cover art for the first issue of horror magazine HorrorHound.
List of works
- 3 Inches of Blood3 Inches of Blood3 Inches of Blood is a Canadian heavy metal band formed in 2000 in Vancouver, British Columbia, currently consisting of Cam Pipes, Justin Hagberg, Shane Clark, and Ash Pearson...
- Advance & Vanquish - Aggression (Spanish band) - Moshpirit
- Abiotx - Straight to Hell
- AtheistAtheist (band)Atheist is a technical death metal band from Florida, founded in 1984, whose music combines metal riffs with subtle Latin music arrangements and jazz fusion.- History :...
- Piece of TimePiece of Time-2002 Re-release:In 2002, EMG Entertainment re-released Piece of Time. Originally, EMG Entertainment was supposed to reissue all three Atheist albums, but Kelly Shaefer aborted those plans after only Piece of Time had been reissued... - Austrian Death MachineAustrian Death MachineAustrian Death Machine is an American metal side project from San Diego, California, founded by As I Lay Dying vocalist Tim Lambesis to be a parody and tribute of Arnold Schwarzenegger's films.-Biography:...
- Total BrutalTotal BrutalTotal Brutal is the debut full length album by Austrian Death Machine, a project of As I Lay Dying's vocalist; Tim Lambesis. The band and record are based upon Arnold Schwarzenegger and his movies. Tim plays all the instruments and performs vocals but "Ahhhnold" is billed as the vocalist... - Austrian Death MachineAustrian Death MachineAustrian Death Machine is an American metal side project from San Diego, California, founded by As I Lay Dying vocalist Tim Lambesis to be a parody and tribute of Arnold Schwarzenegger's films.-Biography:...
- Double BrutalDouble BrutalDouble Brutal is the second full length album by As I Lay Dying vocalist Tim Lambesis' parody project Austrian Death Machine. Unlike the previous album, Total Brutal, Double Brutal is a two disc effort; the first disc composed of original songs inspired by Arnold Schwarzenegger movies, and the... - Battalion - "Underdogs"
- The Black Zombie Procession - Mess with the Best, Die Like the Rest
- Besieged - "Victims Beyond All Help"
- Circle JerksCircle JerksThe Circle Jerks are an American hardcore punk band, formed in 1980 in Los Angeles, California. It was formed by Black Flag's original singer, Keith Morris, and future Bad Religion guitarist Greg Hetson. They were among the preeminent hardcore punk bands of the L.A. scene in the late 1970s.The band...
- VIVI (album)VI is the fifth album by the hardcore band Circle Jerks , which was released in 1987... - Deal With it - End Time Prophecies
- Death - Scream Bloody GoreScream Bloody GoreScream Bloody Gore is the debut album by American band Death, released in 1987 and considered "the first true death metal record". Chuck Schuldiner plays bass, wrote all the songs on the album and provides vocals in addition to guitar for the album...
- Death - LeprosyLeprosy (album)Leprosy is the second album by death metal band Death, released in 1988. Notably different in tone and quality from the 1987 debut, it is the first example of Scott Burns' work heard on many of the death metal and grindcore albums of that era...
- Death - Spiritual HealingSpiritual Healing (album)Spiritual Healing is the third album by death metal band Death, released in February 1990. This album is currently out of print but will be reissued by Relapse Records in 2011....
- DefianceDefiance (band)Defiance is a thrash metal band from Oakland, California. While virtually unknown to mainstream metal and rock circles, Defiance is known as one of the classic second-tier thrash bands to come from the Bay Area thrash metal scene...
- Product of SocietyProduct of SocietyProduct of Society was the debut album by thrash metal band Defiance. It was released in 1989 on Roadracer Records. It was the only album by Defiance to feature Ken Elkington on vocals and had cover art by Ed Repka... - Dismantle - Satanic Force
- Eliminator - Breaking The Wheel
- Elm Street - Barbed Wire Metal
- Evil Survives - Judas Priest Live
- Evil Survives - Powerkiller
- Exeloume - Fairytale of Perversion
- EvildeadEvildeadEvildead is an American thrash metal band formed in Los Angeles in 1987. The band was originally composed of members of two former bands, Agent Steel and Abattoir, including guitarist Juan Garcia, who is their only permanent member member...
- The Underworld - Evildead - Annihilation of CivilizationAnnihilation of CivilizationAnnihilation of Civilization is the debut album from Evildead, a thrash metal band originating from California, United States. It was released on April 3, 1989 on Steamhammer, and was followed up by the EP, Rise Above, released some months later...
- Faith Or Fear - Instruments Of Death
- Fallen Man - Mercenary
- Guillotine - Blood Money
- Hexen - State Of Insurgency
- HiraxHiraxHirax is an American thrash metal band from Cypress, California. Starting in 1984 under the leadership of vocalist Katon W. De Pena , the band played in Los Angeles and San Francisco with the other new thrash metal bands of the area such as Metallica, Exodus, and Slayer...
- El Rostro de la Muerte - Holy Grail - Improper Burial
- Hyades - And the Worst is Yet to Come
- Hyades - The Roots of Trash
- Infinite Translation - Impulsive Attack
- KilljoyKilljoy (musician)Killjoy, born Frank Pucci is the lead vocalist for the death metal band Necrophagia, and he is the only remaining original member of the group. He had his own solo band named Killjoy, which released one album, Compelled By Fear, in 1990. He was vocalist for Viking Crown, a black metal project...
- Compelled by Fear - Ludichri$t - Immaculate Deception
- Massacre - From BeyondFrom Beyond (Massacre album)From Beyond is the first album by Massacre released in 1991 on Earache Records. The album was re-released with a different cover and the Inhuman Condition EP as bonus tracks....
- Massacre - Inhuman ConditionInhuman ConditionNot to be confused with the Sam Roberts' album The Inhuman ConditionInhuman Condition is an EP by Massacre. It was released in 1992 by Earache Records.-Track listing:# "Inhuman Condition" – 5:41# "Plains of Insanity" – 4:48...
- MegadethMegadethMegadeth is an American heavy metal band from Los Angeles, California which was formed in 1983 by guitarist/vocalist Dave Mustaine, bassist Dave Ellefson and guitarist Greg Handevidt, following Mustaine's expulsion from Metallica. The band has since released 13 studio albums, three live albums, two...
- Holy Wars... The Punishment DueHoly Wars... The Punishment Due"Holy Wars... The Punishment Due" is the opening track of heavy metal band Megadeth's 1990 album Rust in Peace.The song has an unusual structure, shifting at 2:26 after an acoustic bridge by Marty Friedman to a different, slower and heavier section called "The Punishment Due", before speeding up... - Megadeth - Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?Peace Sells... But Who's Buying?-25th Anniversary 2-CD reissue:-25th Anniversary box set:Disc 5 contains both the original album, and the above listed 1987 show in hi-resolution audio....
- Megadeth - Hangar 18Hangar 18 (song)"Hangar 18" is a song by American heavy metal band Megadeth from the 1990 album Rust in Peace. UFO conspiracy theories, or possibly Hangar 18, the 1980 film based on those theories, inspired drummer Nick Menza to write the lyrics. Shortly thereafter, frontman Dave Mustaine composed the music...
- Megadeth - Rust in PeaceRust in PeaceRust in Peace is the fourth studio album by American heavy metal band Megadeth. Released on September 24, 1990, it was the third Megadeth album distributed through Capitol Records. The album was the band's only collaboration with record producer Mike Clink who was the first producer to...
- Megadeth - Rusted PiecesRusted PiecesRusted Pieces is a 1991 home video released by Megadeth. It contains six uncensored music videos, with Dave Mustaine and David Ellefson speaking about each one briefly...
- Merciless DeathMerciless DeathMerciless Death is an American thrash metal band from Canyon Country, California.-History:Originally founded by Dan Holder and Andy Torres in March 2003, Merciless Death was soon joined by Torres's brother Cesar on drums and Mike Griego on guitars in September 2003...
- Evil In The Night - Municipal WasteMunicipal Waste (band)Municipal Waste is a thrash metal/crossover thrash band from Richmond, Virginia.They performed at the UK's Download Festival on June 15, 2008, on the tuborg stage....
- Hazardous MutationHazardous MutationHazardous Mutation is the second full-length album from the crossover thrash band, Municipal Waste. It is also the band's debut on Earache Records. Its main theme is zombies and other monsters... - Miss Djax - Inferno
- Napalm - Cruel Tranquility
- NecroNecroRon Raphael Braunstein , better known under his stage-name Necro, is a Jewish-American rapper, producer and director from Brooklyn, New York...
- The Pre-Fix for DeathThe Pre-Fix for DeathThe Pre-Fix for Death Instrumentals is the instrumental version of American hip hop musician Necro's third studio album, released on June 20, 2005 by Psycho+Logical-Records... - NOFXNOFXNOFX is an American punk rock band from Los Angeles, California .The band was formed in 1983 by vocalist/bassist Fat Mike and guitarist Eric Melvin. Drummer Erik Sandin joined NOFX shortly after. In 1991 El Hefe joined to play lead guitar and trumpet, rounding out the current line-up...
- S&M AirlinesS&M AirlinesS&M Airlines is the second studio album by the American punk rock band NOFX. It was released on September 5, 1989 through Epitaph Records. It's also their first release on that label. A music video was made for the title track. According to notes on the official NOFX web site, S&M Airlines was... - Nuclear AssaultNuclear AssaultNuclear Assault is an American thrash metal/crossover thrash band formed in 1984.-History:After the release of Anthrax's debut album Fistful of Metal, bass player Danny Lilker, a founding member of the group, was fired by the band...
- Game Over - Pitiful Reign - Visual Violence
- PossessedPossessed (band)Possessed is an American death metal band, originally formed in 1983. Noted for their fast style of playing and Jeff Becerra's guttural vocals, they are routinely called the first band in the death metal genre...
- Beyond the GatesBeyond the GatesBeyond the Gates is the second album released by death metal band Possessed. It took a different direction from their debut, Seven Churches. Compared to Seven Churches, Beyond the Gates has a more technical feeling and, due to poor production, a muddy sound... - Ravage - The End of Tomorrow
- SanctuarySanctuary (band)Sanctuary is an American heavy metal band founded in Seattle in 1985. The band consisted of Warrel Dane , Lenny Rutledge , Sean Blosl, Jim Sheppard , Dave Budbill , and in the end Jeff Loomis.-History:...
- Refuge DeniedRefuge DeniedRefuge Denied is the debut album by the band SanctuaryThis was the only album to feature extremely high pitched, layered vocals from vocalist Warrel Dane... - S.O.B. - Gate Of Doom
- Solstice - Solstice
- Steelwing - Lord Of The Wasteland
- Suicidal Angels - "Bloodbath"
- Suicidal Angels - Dead Again
- Suicide Watch - Global Warning
- Toxic HolocaustToxic HolocaustToxic Holocaust are a thrash metal band from Portland, Oregon, signed to Relapse Records. Influenced by punk rock and heavy metal bands of the 1980s such as Slayer, Exodus, Black Flag, Discharge, Motörhead, Kreator, Celtic Frost, Venom, Possessed, Rigor Mortis and Death. Joel Grind founded Toxic...
- Hell on EarthHell on Earth (Toxic Holocaust album)Hell on Earth is the second album by Toxic Holocaust.-Track listing:#Intro - 1:26#Metallic Crucifixion - 1:48#Arise From The Cemetery - 3:01#Send Them To Hell - 3:07#Thrashing Death - 2:38#Burn - 3:06#Death Camp - 3:04... - ToxikToxikToxik is an American thrash metal band from Peekskill, New York. The band plays a style of thrash metal with elements of progressive metal, which would later be named "progressive thrash metal". Initially active from 1985 to 1992, the band reformed in 2007....
- World CircusWorld CircusWorld Circus is the debut studio album of thrash metal band, Toxik, released in 1987 through Roadrunner Records. The album was re-released by Metal Mind Productions and Displeased Records in 2007.-Track listing:#"Heart Attack" - 3:50... - Toxik - Think ThisThink ThisThink This is the second studio album by the thrash metal band, Toxik, released in 1989 by Roadracer Records. The album was re-released by Metal Mind Productions and Displeased Records in 2007...
- Uncle SlamUncle SlamUncle Slam was an American crossover thrash band from Los Angeles, California, formed in 1984 under the name The Brood. They were influenced by punk rock bands of the '80s like Suicidal Tendencies , D.R.I., Corrosion of Conformity, Black Flag and the Circle Jerks, as well as heavy metal bands like...
- Will Work For FoodWill Work for FoodWill Work for Food is an album by Los Angeles, California crossover thrash band Uncle Slam, released in 1993. It was their first full-length studio album in five years, since Say Uncle , and is, to date, their last recording with drummer Amery Smith. Uncle Slam began work on this album in 1991,... - Uncle Slam - When God DiesWhen God DiesWhen God Dies is an album by Los Angeles, California crossover thrash band Uncle Slam, released in 1995.-Track listing:#"When God Dies"#"My Mother's Son"#"Procreation"#"Smoke 'em if You Got 'em"#"An Offering to a Deity"#"Age of Aggression"...
- Untimely Demise - "City Of Steel"
- Untimely Demise - Full Speed Metal
- Various Artists - Butchering The Beatles - A Headbashing Tribute
- Various Artists - Thrash or be Thrashed - An International Tribute to Thrash
- VenomVenom (band)Venom are an English heavy metal band that formed in 1979 in Newcastle upon Tyne. Coming to prominence towards the end of the New Wave of British Heavy Metal, Venom's first two albums—Welcome to Hell and Black Metal —are considered a major influence on thrash metal and extreme metal in general...
- Here Lies - Vio-lenceVio-lenceVio-lence was a thrash metal band formed in 1985 in the San Francisco Bay Area. They released demo tapes, one EP and 3 LPs between 1985 and 1993. Their most stable line-up was Phil Demmel and Robb Flynn on guitars, Deen Dell on bass, Perry Strickland on drums and Sean Killian on vocals.- 1985 -...
- Eternal NightmareEternal NightmareEternal Nightmare is the debut album by the San Francisco Bay Area thrash metal band Vio-lence. It was released originally in 1988 on MCA Records' Mechanix sublabel... - Violent PlaygroundViolent PlaygroundViolent Playground is a 1958 British film directed by Basil Dearden starring Stanley Baker, Peter Cushing and David McCallum.-Plot:A British take on the popular genre of J.D. films, Violent Playground centres on a Liverpool street gang led by Johnny Murphy...
- Thrashin Blues - WhiplashWhiplash (band)Whiplash is an American thrash metal/speed metal band. The band was founded in 1984 in Passaic, New Jersey by the three Tonys: Tony Portaro , Tony Scaglione and Tony Bono . Joe Cangelosi replaced Tony Scaglione in 1986 when he left for a small stint with Slayer...
- Unborn Again - Wrathchild AmericaWrathchild AmericaWrathchild America was an American thrash metal band formed in Martinsburg, West Virginia in 1978. They are regarded as the first thrash metal band. They released two studio albums through Atlantic Records, and gained charting success through the Billboard 200...
- Climbin' the Walls - WildWildThe term wild generally refers to:* Wildlife, all non-domesticated plants, animals, and other organisms* Wilderness or Wilderness area, a natural environment on Earth* Wildness, the quality of being wild or untamedWild may also refer to:...
- Calles de fuego (Spanish band) - Wild - La Nueva Orden
- Zero Down - Good Times...At the Gates of Hell