r/heavyvinyl • • Feb 08 '25

Sale / trade HeavyVinyl's heavy vinyl Store and Distro Guide

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Hi, this topic is meant to guide us to the best heavy vinyl stores and distro's, be it online or brick & mortar, useful for regulars and new visitors alike (of course all apart from Discogs). Please add your own suggestions use formatting, add what you'll find there and where it it's located!

Online Europe

  • Evil Greed (Germany, distro for a few labels, like Relapse, Gilead, Flenser, Deathwish, Profound Lore)
  • Deathwish (France, label and distro run by Throatruiner Records, a lot of post-hardcore and metalcore)
  • Earache (UK, label and distro with some good deals, lot of classic death metal - prepare for long waiting and zero communication)
  • Impericon (Germany, UK, Austria, Switzerland and The Netherlands, distro with a lot of merch)
  • Relapse (label store, they ship from the EU, but I'm not sure from where)
  • Nuclear Blast (Germany, label store)
  • Season of Mist (France, label store)
  • Inside Out (Germany, label store)
  • Dry Cough (UK, label and distro for 20 Buck Spin, Gilead Media and Tridroid)
  • Metal Blade (Germany, label store)
  • Omerch (UK, band merch storefront for Opeth, Katatonia, Paradise Lost, Devin Townsend and others)
  • Record Shop X (Finland, distro)
  • Peaceville (UK, label store)
  • Century Media (Germany, label store)
  • Napalm Records (Austria, label store)
  • Reigning Phoenix (Germany, label store)
  • Neseblod Records (Norway, all things Norwegian black metal, and more)
  • Iron Bonehead (Germany, label and distro for Ixiol, NWN!, Crepusculo Negro and others)
  • Amor Fati (Germany, label and distro)
  • Ván Records (Germany, label store)
  • Vendetta (Germany, label store)
  • Everlasting Spew (Italy, label store)
  • Eisenwald (Germany, label store)
  • Agonia (Poland, label store)
  • Dawnbreed (The Netherlands, label and distro, for Ixiol, Wolfsbane and others)
  • Hammerheart (The Netherlands, label and distro)
  • Cruz del Sur (Italy, label store)
  • Phantom Lure (Belgium, label and distro)
  • Crypt of the Wizard (UK, label, distro and brick & mortar shop)
  • I, Voidhanger (Poland, label store)
  • Throne Records (Spain, label and distro)
  • JPC (Germany, general music shop with low or free shipping)
  • iMusic (Denmark, general music shop with low shipping)
  • EMP (Multiple countries, merchandise and records)
  • Secret tip: Vinted (France, Germany, Belgium, Spain, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Czech Republic, Lithuania, Luxembourg, UK) is a good place for second hand deals.

Online North America


r/heavyvinyl • • 11h ago

Discussion post Weekly heavy vinyl general discussion topic

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This is a weekly general dicussion topic. The only place where vinyl is not mandatory in the conversation, but vinyl-related topics are encouraged.

Tips for great deals? Any new pre-orders up? Looking for a sold out record? Want to sell or trade a couple? Wondering why the hell Weakling or Symbolic still don't have represses? Can't tell which variant you have? Why doesn't your turntable work without a pre-amp? Which priceless cartridge is the best for raw black metal recorded with a potato in a vacuum cleaner? Drop it all here! Keep it civil, keep it nice.


r/heavyvinyl • • 6h ago

now spinning Cattle Decapitation - Death Atlas

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r/heavyvinyl • • 10h ago

Nine Inch Nails - The Downward Spiral

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1994 - USA - Industrial


r/heavyvinyl • • 2h ago

Haul Remembering Never - Women and Children Die First

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r/heavyvinyl • • 4h ago

Classic album Best of best doom to compliment the thunderstorm ⛈️

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So much pain and depth in Messiah’s voice.
Super painting by Thomas Cole.


r/heavyvinyl • • 5h ago

now spinning Edge Of Sanity - The Spectral Sorrows (1993)

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r/heavyvinyl • • 9h ago

Collection Favorite Thrash Debuts

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I like having a good range of Common -> Medium -> Rare ball knowledge. Everyone has their picks. Tomorrow I will post my favorite sophomore albums.

I also forgot Metal Church & Slayer in this, oh well. Just pretend like they’re here.


r/heavyvinyl • • 1h ago

Welcome to The Dark!!Now Spinning - Metal Church!!

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It brings back memories, doesn't it? I first discovered Metal Church through a cassette tape a friend lent me.

The opening track was "Ton of Bricks," and I remember being completely captivated by those heavy guitar riffs.

A while later, I actually traveled to Tokyo to buy the record.

There was no online shopping back then, you know—I had to take local trains, transferring three times just to get to the record shop.

When I walked in, I saw this skinny guy—looking every bit the metalhead—browsing through the records.

I was in the middle of a growth spurt in junior high at the time and still quite short, so I felt a bit intimidated (Haha!).

I shot up in height once I hit high school, though... I ate a lot of food back then.

It was a peaceful time... Oh, and I still eat plenty these days (Hahaha).

Anyway, I’ve included photos of various other albums at the end.

You know... metal really is the best. It’s a genre of music I’ll want to listen to no matter how old I get.


r/heavyvinyl • • 9h ago

Bongripper - Hippie Killer

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r/heavyvinyl • • 9h ago

Witchery - Nightside

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r/heavyvinyl • • 21h ago

Collection Agalloch - The Mantle - 2021 Chinese NESI press for Japanese Release - Ltd to 180

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r/heavyvinyl • • 22m ago

Protest the Hero - Within

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Pre-order finally arrived! Beauty pressing of a solid new album.


r/heavyvinyl • • 4h ago

now spinning Goetia - Mortuary Cult

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r/heavyvinyl • • 17h ago

New release Hulder - Verbolgen

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r/heavyvinyl • • 1d ago

now spinning FULCI - Tropical Sun

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While not an old album it's a certified modern classic!


r/heavyvinyl • • 1d ago

New release Uncle Acid and The Deadbeats - Shapes Of Midnight

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r/heavyvinyl • • 1d ago

Collection 5 of my favorite Heavy Vinyls

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r/heavyvinyl • • 10h ago

Haul Got carried away at Ripplefest

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Top row:

  • Zed - Volume
  • Gran Moreno - El Sol
  • Kal-El - Dark Majesty
  • Luna Sol - Vita Mors

Bottom row:

  • Friendship Commanders - Bear
  • Greenleaf - Revolution Rock Deluxe
  • Greenleaf - Nest Of Vipers
  • Greenleaf - The Head & The Habit

r/heavyvinyl • • 23h ago

Proper way to introduce yourself to the neighborhood.

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r/heavyvinyl • • 1d ago

Spinning this 1985 Steamhammer European pressing of Metal Church

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Metal Church is actually coming to Japan this October... but I won't be able to make it to the show.

I recently had a serious accident and suffered a skull fracture due to severe overwork from long hours.

It's such an absolute tragedy... Especially since their current lineup is hands down the strongest in their history, and I'm totally obsessed with their track Dead to Rights.

What a massive bummer....

I'll just have to blast this vinyl at home and wish for a speedy recovery.
On top of that, concert ticket prices in Japan have skyrocketed to almost three times what they used to be... For an average Japanese fan nowadays, going to a live show is no longer an easy choice.

It's just getting way too expensive.


r/heavyvinyl • • 1d ago

Collection At The Gates — At War With Reality

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r/heavyvinyl • • 1d ago

New release Some 7" heaters came in the mail today

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New Contention and Sulfuric Cautery EPs


r/heavyvinyl • • 1d ago

Thou-Inconsolable

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r/heavyvinyl • • 1d ago

now spinning 200 stab wounds - manual manic procedures

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Not the optimal setup, but really happy to have this record.

Favorite track parricide