September issue of Rhythm OUT MONDAY!
DON'T MISS: VIDEO LESSONS FROM THE STARS! 16-PAGE BUYER'S GUIDE! PLUS JOEY JORDISON Metal’s most devastating band are back, wielding a new album and their most disturbing masks yet. Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison lets us behind the mask to talk asphyxiation,...
Muse to commence work on 'Black Holes...' follow-up next month!
Muse have had an extraordinarily busy few years in support of hit album Black Holes and Revelations, but drummer Dom Howard has revealed to BBC 6 Music that the band will start work on the follow-up next month. Howard said: "We just did the V Festival and the...
Slipknot, Machine Head and Children of Bodom hit the UK in December
Despite Slipknot drummer Joey Jordison breaking his ankle (read the blog HERE ), the ground-breaking, Grammy Award-winning, Des Moines nine-piece, have announced their first UK tour in over three years. The tour rolls into the UK in...
Joey Jordison breaks ankle, Slipknot cancel European shows
Those of you hoping to catch Joey Jordison and Slipknot bringing the 'sickness' at the Reading and Leeds festivals this weekend will be disappointed to learn that the band have been forced to cancel their UK and European after Joey Jordison broke his...
Beat 2008 Young Drummer Comp deadline approaching
As some of you may know (and if you don't click HERE for the full details), Sunday 19 October sees the Beat 2008 event hit the Sheffield Carling Academy. As well as a host of star drummers the Beat 2008 Young Drummer competition will take place to celebrate...
Matt Helders picks his late night tracks
For the new edition in the compilation series Late Night Tales, Matt Helders from Arctic Monkeys has selected his all time favourite Late Night tracks. The varied selection moves from classic rock and indie to hip hop, electro, soundtracks and soul -...
Learn djembe with the Rhythm Studio
Ever fancied delving into the world of African percussion and, more specifically, the West African Djembe? Now is your chance with a drumming course covering said instrument kicking off at The Rhythm Studio in London on Tuesday evenings from the start of...
DrumWright auction: Own a slice of drumming history
Many readers will know of the sad death of one of Britain’s greatest jazz drummers, Allan Ganley (pictured), who worked with Johnny Dankworth and Cleo Laine for over fifty years. Allan was a long-standing customer of DrumWright , and as a service to Allan’s...
Scouting for Girls and The Courteeners sign up to use Mapex and Paiste
A raft of new artsts have signed up to join the Mapex and Paiste endorsee programme. Find out more below... Scouting for Girls – Pete Ellard Playing: Mapex Saturn and Paiste Twenty Series Scouting for Girls started 2008 with a No.1 album. These...
Pete Lockett working on new Bond film
www.petelockett.com checked in with Rhythm recently to let us know what he's been up to of late, and boy has he been busy... 2008 kicked off with performances in India with U Shrinivas from Shakti. Pete then arranged and recorded all the percussion on the...



