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Forming Steak Number Eight in honour of his recently deceased brother Tobias Vanbrabant, Brent channelled the most aching personal tragedy into a set of songs that made the whole European rock scene sit up and take notice. A 2018 rebrand as STAKE (and accompanying album Critical Method) concluded the “mourning process” by moving away from that unwieldy original name – a song-title from Tobias’ band Voidpoint – the last few years have proven that you can never really leave these things behind. The new album \u003ci\u003eLove, Death And Decay\u003c\/i\u003e is testament to that.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIf \u003ci\u003eCritical Method\u003c\/i\u003e showcased the Mastodon-influenced riffy technicality of their sound, the isolation and desolation of \u003ci\u003eLove, Death And Decay\u003c\/i\u003e leans more towards the Deftones and Tool textural end of the sonic spectrum.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo track is more powerful than bold lead-single F*ck My Anxiety. Laced with fear and uncertainty, lyrically the track capture Brent’s uneasy mentality over the past few years, unafraid to chart the suffocating depths of his psyche while forcefully driving home the importance of learning to let go. Brent explains “Anxiety is something that everybody is dealing with to some degree or another: wasting so much energy on stuff or missing a lot of stuff because you’re anxious about things in life. I’ve been thinking about my own anxiety and how it distorts my own being and changes my choices. Am I actually scared? Which anxieties do I have? You try to understand, then you grasp them, then you can get further in life. 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This was the very early beginnings for Stake, under their long-term original band name ‘Steak Number Eight’, \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt a ridiculous pace, the band kept producing new music and touring pretty relentlessly. Steak Number Eight had grown faster and bigger than they could have ever imagined: they were selling out Belgium’s biggest venues, played every serious rock festival across mainland Europe, and had been on the road supporting the likes of Mastodon, Dillinger Escape Plan, and Deftones. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo one expected Steak Number Eight to call it a day. And that was never the intention of the band, but the name now felt outdated despite being close to the band’s heart due to it’s reference to Brent’s older brother, who sadly passed away a couple of years ago. The band wanted to capture fresh creativity under a new name: Stake. To “celebrate” the end for Steak Number Eight, two farewell shows were announced in their hometown of Ghent, and both sold out within a couple of hours – 2,400 concert tickets. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWith the original line-up intact, they promised their metamorphosis would not simply be a change of name. Instead, Stake is a brand new chapter with an unseen energy, producing a unique hyper atmospheric and grunge-influenced melodic post-metal. \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hassle","offers":[{"title":"CD","offer_id":50498444689739,"sku":"1071546","price":8.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0867\/1120\/6219\/files\/f1589026-fcb2-487e-b800-0a2406be783d_thumbnail_4096.jpg?v=1727748355"}],"url":"https:\/\/shop.roughtrade.com\/fr\/collections\/stake.oembed","provider":"Rough Trade","version":"1.0","type":"link"}