Steak: A Step In The Next Direction

Having slow-roasted (sorry) under a medium grill (just go with it, please) since first forming in 2010, the beefy boys (oh dear) in London’s STEAK have seen their star rising (tried and failed with something meat-based here) in recent years. With their self-titled new album, we sat down with new member, guitarist and vocalist Tom Cameron, and guitarist Reece Tee to talk about the recent explosion of all things doom and stoner in the UK metal scene and, of course, to discuss that much-anticipated new album. So gird your tenderloins (send help now) and tuck in!

We started off by talking about the stoner rock scene in general and how it inspired the band to get together in the first place. “The simple answer is that we just loved that music,” begins Reece. “Earlier in our lives we discovered KYUSS and then got into bands like TRUCKFIGHTERS and then early in the career of the band that’s what we wanted to do. We were very much entrenched in that stoner rock sound and fully embraced it really. We weren’t ever frightened of being tagged with the stoner rock moniker and we went head first into that. KYUSS literally changed the course of my life.”

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