distro review thread
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Hi guys, I know there's propably noone from Czech republic, but I just had to write this down. You don't have to read it tbh.
Prague metal shops / Czech online distros
1) Shops in Prague
- Bontonland – has many shops in Prague, but the biggest one is Megastore Koruna. It offers all kind of music, but we’ll concentrate on the „Hard and Heavy“ section. There are the most important metal releases from Heavy, Speed, Death and Black metal spheres. The European metal is cheaper here but not so known metal releases get pretty expensive. If you’re looking for rare stuff, avoid this shop, there are only the most obvious metal hauls. Their catalog is online here - http://www.bontonland.cz/hudba/hardandheavy. You can buy online too.
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- Rockparadise – has a store in Praha Smíchov, seems to offer more stuff in death and black metal veils than Bontonland, but mostly in Speed and Trash reissues. However, the prizes are bigger than in any other shops in Prague, so if you want to buy a cd there, make sure some other shop doesn’t have it much cheaper. They offer some merchandise like shirts and stuff too. Their catalog is online and works as a ditro aswell – www.rockparadise.cz.
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- CD Bazar Gung-Ho – this is the only valuable bazar for rock/metal cds and it seems to distribute Obscure productions releases. I have yet to visit this shop, since I was never there. They do not have an online distro so if you’re lazy and you just sit home it’s too bad for you.
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2) Czech online distros
- http://www.naga-productions.com/ - Naga productions – First Czech online store I’d like to mention is Naga. It’s a distributor for Stíny Plamenů so that makes it amazing. It also distributes death and black metal, mostly black, especially bands like Xasthur, Leviathan etc. they have Anti’s insignificance of life and other good hauls. From deathmetal sphere, I’ll mind Spearhead or Evocation. Definately check out. They don’t have LPs, but they offer few MCs, mainly blackmetal stuff in the veins of Astrofaes. They send you your stuff the day you order it - *****.
- http://www.shindy.cz/ - Shindy productions – I would qualify Shindy productions as a deathmetal equivalent of Naga. They have a big catalogue of deathmetal releases, including even few brutal deathmetal cds like Beheaded or Defeated Sanity. They’re the producers of Brutal Assault festival. They have few vynils and lot of deathmetal MCs including some really cool stuff.
- http://www.musickatalog.cz/ - Musickatalog – this is the biggest music distributor in Czech republic. It has got all genres and quite big metal catalog (bigger than bontonland, lower than rockextremum). The prizes are normal, but beware of the waiting here. You’ll wait 7 weeks for Reverend Bizarre or alike. They have few LPs and SPy, they have no MCs. This shop is not very dependable. I was waiting like 9 months for my Arghoslent vinyl and they didn’t even write a mail to me.
- http://rockextremum.eu/cz/ - Rockextremum – is the biggest online metal distro. It’s a Century Media, Nuclear Blast and Relapse distro. They do discount actions, but other than that, the cd’s are more expensive than in other shops. I don’t know obout this shops reliability as I’ve never used it but you’ll wait 5-7 weeks for some cds due to what’s written there.
- http://www.metalswamp.com/label/ - Metal Swamp – is a small, mainly blackmetal oriented distro and label. It’s fast and reliable but their catalogue is small.
- http://www.obscene.cz/e-shop/ - Obscene Productions – This is a paradise for Brutal death and Grind lovers. Huge catalogue of these genres. They have obscure stuff and low prizes. Very good choice. They do the Obscene Extreme festival, mainly for grind bands.
Prague metal shops / Czech online distros
1) Shops in Prague
- Bontonland – has many shops in Prague, but the biggest one is Megastore Koruna. It offers all kind of music, but we’ll concentrate on the „Hard and Heavy“ section. There are the most important metal releases from Heavy, Speed, Death and Black metal spheres. The European metal is cheaper here but not so known metal releases get pretty expensive. If you’re looking for rare stuff, avoid this shop, there are only the most obvious metal hauls. Their catalog is online here - http://www.bontonland.cz/hudba/hardandheavy. You can buy online too.
Váslavské Náměstí 1
- Rockparadise – has a store in Praha Smíchov, seems to offer more stuff in death and black metal veils than Bontonland, but mostly in Speed and Trash reissues. However, the prizes are bigger than in any other shops in Prague, so if you want to buy a cd there, make sure some other shop doesn’t have it much cheaper. They offer some merchandise like shirts and stuff too. Their catalog is online and works as a ditro aswell – www.rockparadise.cz.
Na Bělidle 27
- CD Bazar Gung-Ho – this is the only valuable bazar for rock/metal cds and it seems to distribute Obscure productions releases. I have yet to visit this shop, since I was never there. They do not have an online distro so if you’re lazy and you just sit home it’s too bad for you.
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2) Czech online distros
- http://www.naga-productions.com/ - Naga productions – First Czech online store I’d like to mention is Naga. It’s a distributor for Stíny Plamenů so that makes it amazing. It also distributes death and black metal, mostly black, especially bands like Xasthur, Leviathan etc. they have Anti’s insignificance of life and other good hauls. From deathmetal sphere, I’ll mind Spearhead or Evocation. Definately check out. They don’t have LPs, but they offer few MCs, mainly blackmetal stuff in the veins of Astrofaes. They send you your stuff the day you order it - *****.
- http://www.shindy.cz/ - Shindy productions – I would qualify Shindy productions as a deathmetal equivalent of Naga. They have a big catalogue of deathmetal releases, including even few brutal deathmetal cds like Beheaded or Defeated Sanity. They’re the producers of Brutal Assault festival. They have few vynils and lot of deathmetal MCs including some really cool stuff.
- http://www.musickatalog.cz/ - Musickatalog – this is the biggest music distributor in Czech republic. It has got all genres and quite big metal catalog (bigger than bontonland, lower than rockextremum). The prizes are normal, but beware of the waiting here. You’ll wait 7 weeks for Reverend Bizarre or alike. They have few LPs and SPy, they have no MCs. This shop is not very dependable. I was waiting like 9 months for my Arghoslent vinyl and they didn’t even write a mail to me.
- http://rockextremum.eu/cz/ - Rockextremum – is the biggest online metal distro. It’s a Century Media, Nuclear Blast and Relapse distro. They do discount actions, but other than that, the cd’s are more expensive than in other shops. I don’t know obout this shops reliability as I’ve never used it but you’ll wait 5-7 weeks for some cds due to what’s written there.
- http://www.metalswamp.com/label/ - Metal Swamp – is a small, mainly blackmetal oriented distro and label. It’s fast and reliable but their catalogue is small.
- http://www.obscene.cz/e-shop/ - Obscene Productions – This is a paradise for Brutal death and Grind lovers. Huge catalogue of these genres. They have obscure stuff and low prizes. Very good choice. They do the Obscene Extreme festival, mainly for grind bands.
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Houses Ov Mercury
whiskey funeral
Mother North
I don't really feel like searching the whole thread for an answer so here's my question:
What are the best strictly black metal labels/distros to order from? I'm looking for more North American based labels too. I used to order from Red Stream way back in the day. Are they still any good?
What are the best strictly black metal labels/distros to order from? I'm looking for more North American based labels too. I used to order from Red Stream way back in the day. Are they still any good?
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Houses Ov Mercury
Deathgasm is good. redstream is now very expensive, but if you order from them on eBay it's a little cheaper usually for some reason. I also HIGHLY recommend Pagan Flames...they get new stuff every two weeks and most of the newly stocked CDs are about 6 bucks postage paid in the US which is a retarded deal.
whiskey funeral
Mother North
Zephyrus
Tyrants and Slaves
I'm calling bullshit on Metal Disc. It's been over a month and I still don't have the three albums I ordered.
The Ozzman
Melted by feels
I don't feel like searching through 6 pages of links, but anyone know a good place that sells metal related posters online that takes paypal?
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Houses Ov Mercury
The Ozzman
Melted by feels
The Ozzman
Melted by feels
www.Nightmare-records.com
Country: USA
Selection: Little bit of everything including lots of metal DVDs
Orders:
Shipping: 3-5days
Secure: Yes
Comments: Best selection of progressive and power metal around, owned by Lance King(former vocalist for Balance of Power, Pyramaze, vocalist of Avian, Krucible), always ships on time and the price is the best there is.
Country: USA
Selection: Little bit of everything including lots of metal DVDs
Orders:
Shipping: 3-5days
Secure: Yes
Comments: Best selection of progressive and power metal around, owned by Lance King(former vocalist for Balance of Power, Pyramaze, vocalist of Avian, Krucible), always ships on time and the price is the best there is.
V.V.V.V.V.
Houses Ov Mercury
A lot. NWN!, Enucleated, The End/Omega Order, CM Distro, Sevared, Comatose, etc. are all win.
I can vouch for ABYSS RECORDS, received my priority mail shipped DSO sweatshirt in 3 days from them. Good stuff.
www.officialabyssrecords.com
I can vouch for ABYSS RECORDS, received my priority mail shipped DSO sweatshirt in 3 days from them. Good stuff.
www.officialabyssrecords.com
Life Sucks
and then you die
I have never posted in this tread before, and I don't feel like reading through all the pages. But who are the cheapest distros? All I know is that Moribund often has sales, with a long list of CDs you can get 5 for $20. I get emails from NWN, and most of the CDs in the emails are listed at $15-20. Not exactly cheap.
Ben_t
Member
What?!? NWN is cheap...pretty much all their cds are 5$ (except maybe 5-10 which are 10$ out of 300+). You probably looked at the prices for LPs to have something in the range you mentionned.
Life Sucks
and then you die
optionthree
Better than the first two
The Laser's Edge www.lasercd.com
Country: USA
Selection: Fantastic selection of progressive metal and rock and good selection of power metal, touching on some other related genres as well
Orders: 1
Shipping: 1-2 weeks
Secure: Yes
Additional comments: Great selection with lots of rarities and obscure albums, and good prices. Most albums are $10-13 with sales bringing prices on some albums to $5-8. Fairly fast shipping, too. Will definitely buy from again.
Country: USA
Selection: Fantastic selection of progressive metal and rock and good selection of power metal, touching on some other related genres as well
Orders: 1
Shipping: 1-2 weeks
Secure: Yes
Additional comments: Great selection with lots of rarities and obscure albums, and good prices. Most albums are $10-13 with sales bringing prices on some albums to $5-8. Fairly fast shipping, too. Will definitely buy from again.
