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. \m/
thanks for clearing that up, that's what i always figured. sites like catacombs or rockabiliia have to get their stuff from companies like metalblade or jsr, so they're no less legit that any indie music shop that is selling amon amarth cds to the fans. (obviously these stores aren't the ones cutting the royalty checks, so in a sense it's the same for the merchandise stores) i was a bit stunned to see andersson state they don't get paid for any of that stuff. i would also hope that if the guys spot any fakes that they'd do something about it and get it taken off the web!
I dont like t-shirts with alot on them, that's why I am ordering this one: http://shop.metalblade.de/catalog/product_info.php/info/p25_AMON-AMARTH---Viking-Hammer---T-Shirt.html
My Thor's hammer pendant i got from nuclear Blast, it;s fuckin big, best thing i ever bought, apart from Once Sent From The Golden Hall haha. 50 Euro for the fucker though, kind of expensive, but i had been looking for something like this for ages. \m/
I'll check out the merch at the next show, in June. I already have a lot of t-shirts of AA because I like them, more than those of any other band.