Geoff Summers

Geoff Summers

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Geoff Summers began his "professional" music journalism career in 2007 with the founding of Crustcake.com. He has a fondness for German beer, Swiss chocolate, Italian food, French wine, American bourbon, and English doom.

Shrinebuilder Release Double LP

Shrinebuilder -- the much-hailed supergroup consisting of Scott 'Wino' Weinrich (the Obsessed, the Hidden Hand, St. Vitus), Dale Crover (Melvins), Al Cisneros (Sleep, Om) and Scott Kelly (Neurosis) -- ...

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The Sword Announce Southern Tour

Austin, Texas riff masters the Sword report that they will break from writing their third studio album in late January for a short regional tour with the aim of "showcasing the new songs." The ...

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Tombs Frontman Mike Hill Recaps European Tour

Brooklyn, N.Y.'s Tombs recently returned home from a month-long tour of Europe alongside labelmates Buried Inside. Mike Hill, who handles vocal and guitar duties in the trio, kept an extensive journal ...

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Laudanum's Malevolent Doom Crushes Souls

Oakland's Laudanum recently dropped a mammoth slab of bleak, atmospheric, soul-crushing doom in the form of 'The Coronation,' their debut full-length for 20 Buck Spin -- and also their first ...

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Krallice Up the Ante on 'Dimensional Bleedthrough'

Brooklyn-based post-black metal quartet Krallice boast a formidable lineup that includes guitarists Colin Marston (Behold ... the Arctopus, Dysrhythmia) and Mick Barr (Orthrelm and Ocrilim), ...

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Eyehategod, Shrinebuilder, Coffinworm -- Amplifier Worship

ON A BOAT: Nola sludge kings Eyehategod have a few dates scheduled in the Northeast later this month. The shows feature an impressive supporting cast, including Pig Destroyer, Goatwhore, Anal Cunt, ...

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Kowloon Walled City Drop 'Gambling on the Richter Scale' for the Low Price of Free

Falling somewhere in the cracks between dirty Southern sludge and angular, aggressive noise rock, San Francisco's Kowloon Walled City know how to lay down a riff. The band's debut full-length, ...

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