Twelve Foot Ninja

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Twelve Foot Ninja
Twelve Foot Ninja live at Euroblast Festival 2017
Background information
Origin	Melbourne, Australia
Genres	Alternative metal experimental rock progressive metal avant-garde metal djent
Years active	2008–2024
Labels	Volkanik
Past members	Shane "Russ" Russell Steve "Stevic" Mackay Rohan "Ro" Hayes David de Vent Nik (Kin Etik) Barker Damon "Scrimdog" McKinnon Fred Narkel
Website	www.twelvefootninja.com

Twelve Foot Ninja were an Australian heavy metal band from Melbourne, Victoria. They released their debut album Silent Machine in 2012. The band consists of Kin (vocals), Russ (drums), Stevic (lead guitar), and Rohan (rhythm guitar). They won Best New Talent at the 2014 Revolver Golden Gods Awards (America's only hard rock music awards)^[1] as well as two listener-voted awards from SiriusXM's Liquid Metal the year before. The band broke a world record for the most amount crowdfunded for a music video.^[2] Their first headline tour of Europe in April 2017 sold out five of the seven UK shows. In mid 2022, the band announced an "indefinite hiatus". Although, they (with Nik Barker, departing vocalist) are working on an acoustic album of Twelve Foot Ninja material. The album was released on 11 July 2024 titled Mutant Dreams and Face Transplants: An Acoustic Experience. On the same day as the album's release, the band announced they had broken up.