Stake, formerly known as Steak Number Eight, is a

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band based in

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. Their music is a combination of

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and sludge metal, and is influenced by bands like

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and

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Career

In 2007 they won a local contest named Westtalent. A few months later, in March 2008, the band won

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. With an average age of 15.5 they were the youngest band in the history of this contest. Shortly after this victory a home recorded album ''When the Candle Dies Out...'' was released. In March 2011 the band released their second album ''All is Chaos'' produced by

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and mixed by

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. The album received overwhelmingly positive feedback and was later released in 2012 in the UK by

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, 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,

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posted an online stream of the full album. In 2018, they changed their name to Stake.

Discography

*''When the Candle Dies Out...'' (2008)
Steak Number Eight - When the Candle Dies out...
, review, De Morgen, 30 April 2008
, review,

HUMO ''HUMO'' is a popular Dutch-language Belgian weekly radio and television supermarket tabloid. History and profile ''Humoradio'' (meaning a portmanteau of 'humor' and 'radio' in English) was first published in 1936 as a Dutch-language counterpar ...

, 19 April 2008 *''All Is Chaos'' (2011)Steak Number Eight - All Is Chaos
, review, HUMO, 1 March 2011 *''

The Hutch ''The Hutch'' is the third studio album by Belgian group Steak Number Eight, released throughout Spring 2013 in the Benelux (March 18), Norway (April 19) and Europe (April 22). The album is released on the back of extensive touring throughout E ...

'' (2013) *''Kosmokoma'' (2015)STEAK NUMBER EIGHT announce new album KOSMOKOMA!

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7 October 2015 *''Critical Method'' (2019) *''Love, Death and Decay'' (2022)

References

External links

Official website
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