I'm one of those people who enjoy the thrill of the hunt, searching record stores all over the area for that elusive album. I download as a last resort and internet mail orders will not clear through this good Christian household.
Around here in Boston the best record store for metal is Newbury Comics, with less than two dozen locations exclusively in New England. Newbury Comics has very wide selection of extreme metal, but not quite as comprehensive as I would like it. A major fault with them is that they rarely restock, for example it's hard to find a wide selection of Bolt Thrower albums there despite Bolt Thrower being in stock.
Other record stores in the area include Tower Records, which has some metal but pales in comparison to Newbury. Then there is FYE which has next to nothing metal-wise. As for mom & pop record stores they are few and far between around here and rarely have what I'm looking for.
So what record stores, whether a national chain or local hole-in-the-wall, are your top choices when metal shopping in your city? And for the Boston crew, are there any places in the metro area besides Newbury Comics that are bounteous in extreme metal?
Around here in Boston the best record store for metal is Newbury Comics, with less than two dozen locations exclusively in New England. Newbury Comics has very wide selection of extreme metal, but not quite as comprehensive as I would like it. A major fault with them is that they rarely restock, for example it's hard to find a wide selection of Bolt Thrower albums there despite Bolt Thrower being in stock.
Other record stores in the area include Tower Records, which has some metal but pales in comparison to Newbury. Then there is FYE which has next to nothing metal-wise. As for mom & pop record stores they are few and far between around here and rarely have what I'm looking for.
So what record stores, whether a national chain or local hole-in-the-wall, are your top choices when metal shopping in your city? And for the Boston crew, are there any places in the metro area besides Newbury Comics that are bounteous in extreme metal?