If you're in the Seattle area, you must check this place out. They have tons of rare doom albums and shirts, and a decent amount of metal in general. They have everything from Southern Lords distro as well.

BTW, this store is next door to a lesbian bar and a two-story punk rock club. It's like my favorite place in downtown xD

haha,, been to Seattle twice, wish i knew about the place (the store not the bar )

very good to know.

I been there, pretty cool

Great storem loots of stuff!

Well it's not "downtown," it's about a half mile from downtown in the Capitol Hill neighborhood, right in the heart of it actually. Lots of great venues nearby to catch good metal and rock shows, and great food and bars.

Zion's Gate has an good selection of CDs, mostly doom, sludge, post, and a bit of black metal, etc, as well as an enormous vinyl selection, (including classic Maiden records). Also a source for reggae and non-metal records, but metal is a sizable chunk of their collection.