TURBO COCK - White

And Judas is coming!

I've been stuck on roosters for a while, so it was pretty organic to mutate the Painkiller motorbike with the metallic bird diving with the turbo-killer armament from Screaming for Vengeance. The concept "Turbo Cock" has several readings under the Judas rap sheet, but works perfectly for what I wanted to do. While I was drawing I felt back in technical drawing class at uni — ruler and inking pen, infinite concentration not to fuck it up, and you can't imagine how happy it makes me to work on paper.

The first Judas record I heard was Painkiller. Early 90s, summers in the south with my cousin Rafa. I didn't know much about the band but I was immediately blown away by the power, the extreme speed, the technique — pure metal incarnate. There's a reason Schuldiner from Death closes "Sound of Perseverance" with a Painkiller cover. He himself, in an interview before his Chile show in '98, talked about how important that album was for him and for the metal world, especially in the 90s when you had to reinvent yourself somehow.

Personally I think Judas keeps making incredible records — they have their formula dialed in but they still surprise. My favorites are still Screaming for Vengeance and Painkiller. Later I caught that SFV is from 1982, same year as Number of the Beast. I was born in '82.

This design isn't just a tribute to the band but also to master Doug Johnson (Canadian), who marked a milestone in metal visual history with the SFV art and two more albums. A great move that gave the band fresh visual identity. I think the SFV cover is perfect. 80s airbrush master with impeccable geometric deconstruction, an ode to diagonals, strong colors, graphic speed straight to the vein. Also incorporating the graphic influence of video games — the logo kept the diagonal but added the 3D extrusion block.

Each piece is unique because there is no original piece.

White version, single-color screen print.

Specs

• Unisex 100% cotton t-shirt
• Sizes S to XXL
• 100% hand-pulled screen print, plastisol inks heat-cured
• Ships in heavyweight envelope screen-printed both sides, with collection stickers included

Care: No bleach · No tumble dry · Do not iron on the print · Iron inside out on low heat.

Shipping: Chile (CorreosChile, Chilexpress) · Worldwide (rates on request).