Shadebeast Records Is a Heavy Metal Haven in Chase Park

Athens’ record-store landscape just got a little heavier. After establishing Shadebeast Records as an online store specializing in heavy metal LPs, Joe Eldridge began operating an underground shop out of his home in Athens. “After about six months, people started coming from as far as Atlanta to browse,” he says. “Then, it was obvious that a metal record shop probably had enough interest to open a retail spot.” The store, now officially doing business in the Chase Park warehouses on Saturdays from 11 a.m.–6 p.m., “plus some other times,” according to its website, has already proven popular, catering to an underserved market of regional metal…