That I am indeed, how can you tell?
(My avatar is of Abbath and Demonaz of Immortal)
True you can find more variety on the net, I have ordered cds on the net before (from amazon) and it was a bit of a hassle.
I also order some cds through stores, I did it with Lordi's first 2 albums (before they made it big at Eurovision)
And as for the digital medium, I prefer to have the cd in hand, even though I don't use them often. More for the value of having the original cd music rather than downloads.
Yeah I'm not that keen on european metal. My main exposure to black metal would have to be Venom and Cradle of Filth. I also covet the hard copies unfortunately... but vinyl is always the best option.
I think that with jb it all depends who is doing the stocking... for example Northlands and Epping have much more european metal than camberwell. They usual have metalheads doing the stocking aswell... so that helps.