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The Rhythm Is Gonna Get You
If shaking your groove thing or laying your thing down is something you enjoy, you might be interested in Gamespot's Rhythm Game 10 Spot, looking at the 10 Best Rhythm games. From the article: "Some of these rhythm games never made it outside of Japan, and others require you to purchase an expensive peripheral controller, but all of the greatest rhythm games are characterized by a few elements--a noteworthy soundtrack, a unique method of interaction, and an addictive gameplay. To be truly great, the game can be responsible for pioneering the genre or merely perfecting the established formula, and whether you're using your feet, hands, or stylus to map out the beat, we guarantee that in the following 10 games, the rhythm is going to get you." Played Guitar Hero for the first time this weekend, and it is as good as everyone says it is. Highly recommended.
Though frequency is an awesome game in its own right, they fixed a lot of the awkwardness of the game with Amplitude. It's the same game, but with some of the more frustrating features removed (like tracks only being cleared until checkpoints).
Actually, if you RTFA
So while games like Rez require attention to rhythm, it's almost as much of a shooter as it is a rhythm game.
Try Karaoke Revolution on Expert mode. :) Along with the dance pad. I guarantee you won't find that easy, and your percussionist skills won't increase your ability for that game.
It seems to be easily available in Europe. I own a copy and ordered a second copy a few days ago on amazon.de. They had it in stock.
The game itself it pretty cool. The story mode is a lot of fun (with plenty of minigames, like four-way mole whacking), but a bit too easy. The music is mostly well done, with some of techno-styled Mario tracks.