Stake (band)

Belgian post-metal band

STAKE

Stake at Wacken Open Air 2017

Background information
Also known as| Steak Number Eight (2004–2018)
Origin| Wevelgem, Belgium
Genres| Post-metal, sludge metal
Years active| 2004–present
Labels| Play It Again Sam
Members| Joris Casier
Cis Deman
Jesse Surmont
Brent Vanneste
Past members| Louis Provost
Website| stakeband.com

Stake (stylized in all caps), formerly known as Steak Number Eight, is a Belgian post-metal/sludge metal band based in Wevelgem. Their music is a combination of post-rock and sludge metal, and is influenced by bands like Pelican, Isis, Sunn O))) and Amenra.

## Career

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In 2007 they won a local contest named Westtalent.[1] A few months later, in March 2008, the band won Humo's Rock Rally.[2][3] With an average age of 15.5 they were the youngest band in the history of this contest.[4][5] Shortly after this victory a home recorded album When the Candle Dies Out... was released.[6]

In March 2011 the band released their second album All is Chaos produced by Mario Goossens and mixed by Matt Bayles.[5] The album received overwhelmingly positive feedback[citation needed] and was later released in 2012 in the UK by Metal Hammer, who then added the band to their Razor Tour at the end of the year. In March and April their third album, The Hutch, was released across Europe. One week before its Belgian release, De Standaard posted an online stream of the full album.[7]

In 2018, they changed their name to Stake.[8]

## Discography

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* When the Candle Dies Out... (2008)[4][6][9][10]
* All Is Chaos (2011)[5][11][12][13]
* The Hutch (2013)
* Kosmokoma (2015)[14]
* Critical Method (2019)
* Love, Death and Decay (2022)

## References

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1. ^ (in Dutch) "Piepjonge Steak n°8 wint finale Westtalent", Het Nieuwsblad, 3 December 2007
2. ^ (in Dutch) "Steak Number Eight wint Humo's Rock Rally", De Standaard, 17 March 2008
3. ^ (in Dutch) "Steak Number Eight wint 30ste Humo's Rock Rally", De Morgen, 17 March 2008
4. ^ a b (in Dutch) "Steak Number Eight - When the Candle Dies out...", review, De Morgen, 30 April 2008
5. ^ a b c (in Dutch)"Steak Number Eight - All Is Chaos", review, HUMO, 1 March 2011
6. ^ a b (in Dutch)"Steak Number Eight - When the Candle Dies out...", review, HUMO, 19 April 2008
7. ^ (in Dutch) Beluister The Hutch, het nieuwe album van Steak Number Eight De Standaard, 11 March 2013. Retrieved 11 March 2013.
8. ^ "Radar Agency". Radar-agency.com. Retrieved 15 November 2020.
9. ^ (in Dutch) "Ultratop charts When the Candle Dies Out...
10. ^ (in Dutch) "Discogs album info When the Candle Dies Out...
11. ^ (in Dutch) "Steak Number Eight All is chaos", review, De Standaard, 12 March 2011
12. ^ (in Dutch) "Ultratop charts All is Chaos
13. ^ (in Dutch) "Discogs album info All is Chaos
14. ^ "STEAK NUMBER EIGHT announce new album KOSMOKOMA!", gentlepromotion.be, 7 October 2015

## External links

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Steak Number Eight.

* Official website
* Stake at AllMusic

Authority control databases

International|

* ISNI
* VIAF

National|

* Norway

Artists|

* MusicBrainz