Slayer’s drummer Dave Lombardo has swapped painting the world with blood for painting the world with light. Using a transparent Vistalite drum kit by Ludwig and a pair of glowing drumsticks, Lombardo’s fervent thrash-metal drumming becomes immortalized in a series of long exposure photographs.The project came out of LA-based visual art-team SceneFour, which is collaborating with musicians ranging from The Grateful Dead’s Mickey Hart to Wu-Tang Clan’s The RZA in a series titled, Rhythm On Canvas. The series captures each drummer’s creative style in photographs that look more like frenetic paint on canvas.Lombardo’s collection,titled Rhythm Mysterium, was photographed in front of a live audience at the SceneFour studios. In the collection of photographs, you can see Lombardo’s drumming style as a work of art, each picture is buzzing with motion.“I’d like to be as creative as one can possibly be and not let anything hold me back,” Lombardo told The Creator’s Project of his new art world venture. “I love art in all it’s forms. doing something like this was definitely up my alley…I used a clear drum kit so you can see the lights through the drums.”“What I did was try to fill the screen more. So I’m sure that when I was playing I was being a little more dramatic than just what I’m normally playing 4:4 on the drum set,” Lombardo elaborates.Cory Danziger, founder of SceneFour, explains “Like a painter using paint and oil, the drummers are using drumsticks that paint with light.” Of the collection’s diverse group of artists, Danziger says “I’ve kind of learned that these guys are great for a reason, they’ve had long careers for a reason, they’re talented musically but also visually… We think this is a new medium of art. So we picked the masters of the medium. They’re the pioneers, they’re debuting the medium.”Check out more of Lombardo’s works below.Related:Goth Industrial: Even More Metal in 360 DegreesYes, Baby Chickens Can Be Heavy MetalEnter a Stunning Exploration of Light and Space
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