Rhythm’s Magazine’s Thrash Big Four issue out now

The August issue of Rhythm, the UK’s best-selling drum magazine, is on sale now – featuring interviews with the biggest names in Thrash drumming on the birth of the ground-breaking genre.

Hot on the heels of Thrash’s Big Four – Metallica, Slayer, Megadeth and Anthrax – sharing a stage together for the first time ever last month, Rhythm has spoken to the men behind the beats. In this issue we get the lowdown from Lars Ulrich, Dave Lombardo, Shawn Drover and Charlie Benante on how it all began, who invented the blastbeat, what it means to be sharing a stage together and much, much more in our killer cover feature.

Not only do we talk to the four men behind the thrash masters, we also pick the brains of metal sticksmen including Mike Portnoy (Dream Theater), Dave Witte (Municipal Waste), Steve Asheim (Decide), Paul Mazurkiewicz (Cannibal Corpse) and Ben Carter (Evile) to find out exactly why they love Thrash.

For more information on the issue (including a video message from Shawn Drover) head to http://www.musicradar.com/rhythm/august-issue-of-rhythm-on-sale-6-july-258797 or order yourself a copy at http://www.myfavouritemagazines.co.uk/music/rhythm-magazine-subscription .

Relapse Records is proud to announce the signing of CIRCLE OF ANIMALS, the brand new Chicago industrial project from Sanford Parker (MINSK, THE HIGH CONFESSIONS, BURIED AT SEA) and Bruce Lamont (YAKUZA).

CIRCLE OF ANIMALS is Parker and Lamont backed by a rotating cast of established drummers. Each new CIRCLE OF ANIMALS song will be with a new drummer, with the rest of instrumentation remaining in the hands of Parker and Lamont. The band will first release a limited 12” E.P., Invisible War, followed by a full-length album.

Invisible War will include two original tracks, “Invisible War” featuring Jeff Morgan of RWAKE on drums and “Lessen Human Suffering” featuring Dave Witte of BURNT BY THE SUN, MUNICIPAL WASTE on drums. “Invisible War” and “Lesson Human Suffering” will be side A of the LP, with side B including a remix of “Invisible War” by Justin Broadrick (GODFLESH, JESU) and a cover of SWANS’ “Fool” with Jim Staffel of YAKUZA on drums. For more information, please visit http://www.myspace.com/circleofanimals

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