The close fitting suggests a lettering design. Similar font: Shatter http://www.myfonts.com/fonts/letraset/shatter/
Don

thanks, don. i'm familiar with the shatter typeface and figured that would be the closest, but wanted a second opinion. thank you.

Don't think if it's a font as it, rather an artwork based on Helvetica Ultra Compressed...

One technique for making this type of letter was to print a large scale alphabet of a suitable base font -- perhaps in this case Helvetica Ultra Compressed, as suggested by Ryuk -- use a paper cutter or scissors to cut the letters at about 45 degrees into sections, and reassemble the sections to make new shorter letters with the jagged outlines.
IIRC this was the technique used as part of the process to make the famous RKO Thunderbolt Letters