The band Merch sites such as JSR have to buy the merch from the label (ie: metal blade). Which means the band will get some sort of cut if metal blade are selling their merch, otherwise that is the label ripping the band off not the "customer".
And no, JSR sell all legit merch, no bootlegs, i got my Kreator hoodie and amon amarth zip up hoodie and hypocrisy shirt from there and it's all 100%.
If yo're in the US and dont want to order from europe i'd recomend JSR for some good shirts.
Fuck after 2 days straight of partying i can still make sense of some of the shit i say hah.
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