Here is good news for the fans looking for Japanese press albums. You may have had to go through a lot of websites to find the product you were after and often had to pay a big price fo that. Your hardship is over now.

The Japanese leading record label, Ward Records, now opens a new website for hard rock / heavy metal fans outside of Japan. From this new website, Ward Record Direct Asia, you can directly order the wide variety of Japan press CDs / DVDs / Blu-Rays, which are not easy to come across outside of Japan, at reasonable prices. And needless to say, all of them have an obi strip.

Some of the products available on the site are:

– The latest albums by Shortino and Destinia, which are the limited releases in Japan
– CDs with an autographed postcard by Testament etc.
– The Japanese version of 5 Mercyful Fate and 6 King Diamond CDs

These are just a few examples
Now visit the site and see for yourself!
Ward Records Direct Asia
http://www.wardrecordsdirectasia.com